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On 19 Jul 2006 at 9:02, fess wrote: > I'm looking for side mirrors for my '72 square. My current > understanding is that there were two styles, early and late. So, I just > need to find any of the larger square-ish mirrors, to get the right > ones. Is that correct? There are probably more than 2 eras, plus there are right side and left side for both RHD and LHD. > Currently on the car I have been using the early oval-ish ones. , which > not only look funny to me on the later styling., they're harder to use. > :) Those early ones are even harder to find, and more valuable, than the later ones which would be correct for your '72. > I also have one original 72 mirror [with no glass.], but it's all > floppy and won't tighten because it's stripped. I believe that means > it's beyond repair? I have glass and a whole box of parts, but I don't think I have ANY OE mirrors that I'd be willing to sell. They are just really hard to find in good condition. Tell me exactly what's stripped. I might have the part to fix it. I even have the tap to chase out the threads in your door, in case those have been damaged. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~