Passenger Mirror Question

[72vert]

I have tried to figure this out for a while with no luck. My passenger mirror sits at a different angle than the driver’s side. The driver’s side sits mostly flat while the passenger’s is angled up. When I bought the car it had a C9 part number passenger mirror, so I found one with a D1, but it didn’t seem to change anything. I’m wondering if it’s possibly the base? Or something with the door? At car shows I have seen a couple other 71-73s with angled mirrors, but most seem to be flat. Any ideas or part numbers would be helpful. (The pictures with the black mirrors are mine. The sprint mirror seems to be flat.)

 

[MikeGriese]

Sport mirrors were used on a lot of different Ford cars. They had different door sill contours, so I would think that the base on your passenger mirror was from one of those other cars.

 

[Hemikiller]

If you remove the mirror, there will be a casting number inside the base. A 71-73 Mustang base would be a D1ZB casting. A mirror from another year or car line will have a different casting number.

 

[72vert]

I checked the number on the base and it is the correct D1ZB. I seem to have been mistaken on the mirror number though. The only number that I can see on it looks like 60842 40. So maybe it’s still the wrong mirror?

 

[Hemikiller]

Compare the distance from the upper body line to the screw centerline against the driver's side. It looks to me like the mirror is mounted too low, which could cause it the tilt.

 

[70cobrascj]

Compare the distance from the upper body line to the screw centerline against the driver's side. It looks to me like the mirror is mounted too low, which could cause it the tilt.

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I think you are right it definitely looks to be mounted too low.
Also maybe take the screws out and see if it just screwed to the door or does it have the rivet nuts or inserts or whatever they are called.
Where they’re any 71-73 mustang models that didn’t come with a passenger side mirror?

 

[Hemikiller]

Where there any 71-73 mustang models that didn’t come with a passenger side mirror?

Base hardtop and sportsroof models came with only the driver's chrome mirror for 71-73. Convertibles were on again/ off again with the sport mirrors as standard equipment. Ford also did not offer a matching passenger chrome mirror for the 71-73s, but you could buy a complete sport mirror kit over the counter.

OP has a '72, so the pre-1/72 cars got the racing mirrors, 1/72 and later only had the single chrome mirror as standard equipment. It could also be that the passenger door was replaced and the mirror was simply mounted incorrectly.

 

[MikeGriese]

My '71 convertible originally had a single chrome mirror.

 

[70cobrascj]

Base hardtop and sportsroof models came with only the driver's chrome mirror for 71-73. Convertibles were on again/ off again with the sport mirrors as standard equipment. Ford also did not offer a matching passenger chrome mirror for the 71-73s, but you could buy a complete sport mirror kit over the counter.

OP has a '72, so the pre-1/72 cars got the racing mirrors, 1/72 and later only had the single chrome mirror as standard equipment. It could also be that the passenger door was replaced and the mirror was simply mounted incorrectly.

That’s what I was thinking that someone replaced the passenger door with a non mirror door and just screwed it to the door.

 

[Sheriff41]

My 1/72 build convertible came with the single chrome mirror. I added the sport mirrors the first time I repainted the car in the late 70s. Placement on the door makes a big difference in the angle.

 

[72vert]

I measured the passenger side and compared that to the driver’s and it looks like the passenger is slightly lower. It does have the rivets in the door. The car was made 12/71.