1966 Day Night Mirror

[Seth]

Can anyone tell me if a NOS daynight mirror for a 67 midyear would be correct for a 1966 optional daynight mirror? Also, does anyone know how I can take my original outside mirror and have the glass professionally removed and inserted into new triple plated bezel? THANKS.

Seth

[Peter J.]

Re: 1966 Day Night Mirror

Seth, See if you can contact Reba Whitington. She had a post not to long ago about a lady that that restores mirrors including day/night. I got one from her in Knoxville a couple years ago for a good price and am still happy with the quality. Wish I could remember her name. Good hunting

[Peter J.]

Re: 1966 Day Night Mirror

Seth, See if you can contact Reba Whitington. She had a post not to long ago about a lady that that restores mirrors including day/night. I got one from her in Knoxville a couple years ago for a good price and am still happy with the quality. Wish I could remember her name. Good hunting

[Dan 80]

Carol Fish, Louisville,KY, 502-933-3734 (EOM)

Carol Fish, Louisville,KY, 502-933-3734

[Dan 80]

Carol Fish, Louisville,KY, 502-933-3734 (EOM)

Carol Fish, Louisville,KY, 502-933-3734

[Jack H.]

Depends....

EARLY '67 day/nite mirrors (through approx VIN 4000) were same as '64-66 with 'teardrop' knob (grey plastic painted black). After the leftover inventory was used up, '67 cars shipped with grey plastic 'L' handle and grey rubber protector surrounding frame. So answer to your question is 'maybe'....

PS, just having good looking mirror isn't the whole story. Mirror mounts to windshield support shaft with a large shouldered slot head screw. To prevent over/under tightening and 'droop' or 'vibration', the mirror's mounting hole was stuffed with a small stamped fill piece (not available). This provided interference fit to shoulder of mounting screw and eliminated overtightening of mirror. You don't get this part from most who restore or reproduce mirrors.

Bottom line, you can wind up paying oddles for a full credit Flight mirror only to flunk PV due to excess mirror vibration on the road....

[Jack H.]

Depends....

EARLY '67 day/nite mirrors (through approx VIN 4000) were same as '64-66 with 'teardrop' knob (grey plastic painted black). After the leftover inventory was used up, '67 cars shipped with grey plastic 'L' handle and grey rubber protector surrounding frame. So answer to your question is 'maybe'....

PS, just having good looking mirror isn't the whole story. Mirror mounts to windshield support shaft with a large shouldered slot head screw. To prevent over/under tightening and 'droop' or 'vibration', the mirror's mounting hole was stuffed with a small stamped fill piece (not available). This provided interference fit to shoulder of mounting screw and eliminated overtightening of mirror. You don't get this part from most who restore or reproduce mirrors.

Bottom line, you can wind up paying oddles for a full credit Flight mirror only to flunk PV due to excess mirror vibration on the road....

[John Rohe]

Re: Depends....

Seth,

the "stamped fill piece" that Jack mentions is available (repro) from Long Island Corvette Supply. I'm sure though that this piece was used on virtually every GM vehicle of that era, so hit a junkyard if you need it...

John R.

[John Rohe]

Re: Depends....

Seth,

the "stamped fill piece" that Jack mentions is available (repro) from Long Island Corvette Supply. I'm sure though that this piece was used on virtually every GM vehicle of that era, so hit a junkyard if you need it...

John R.

[Bill W.]

Re: Depends....

Jack,

I, like a lot of other users of this board, have added the day/nite mirror to my Corvette after it left the factory. I have never heard of this antivibration fill piece. What is it made of? Can I make or substitute another material? Can you describe it's deminsions? Where exactly does it install? Thanks, Bill... PS. please don't tell me I must install this in a state of undress!

[Bill W.]

Re: Depends....

Jack,

I, like a lot of other users of this board, have added the day/nite mirror to my Corvette after it left the factory. I have never heard of this antivibration fill piece. What is it made of? Can I make or substitute another material? Can you describe it's deminsions? Where exactly does it install? Thanks, Bill... PS. please don't tell me I must install this in a state of undress!

[Bill W.]

Re: Depends....

John,

Please excuse my previous post, it was made before I read John's response. Bill

[Bill W.]

Re: Depends....

John,

Please excuse my previous post, it was made before I read John's response. Bill

[Jack H.]

Mirror 101

Presuming you haven't tossed out your '65 AIM after joining the 'Red Shirt' club, let's use it as a textbook for Mirror 101. Oh, your PV Judge should have checked for the 'effect' of the part's presence during accel test as well as by hand 'flinking' the mirror in it's 'nite' mode setting to see if he could 'trick' it into resetting to 'day' mode....

Now, class, open your '65 AIM books to UPC 1, Sheet D5 where we see the mirror going into the car during final assembly. Note Item 10 is the windshield garnish molding support/bracket we're all familiar with. Also, observe the other familiar pieces of the system we know and love: Item 9, Mirror Assy (Std), Item 8, Special shouldered screw.

Now ask yourselves what the heck's Item 11, GM P/N 565801, Bushing? Well, it's the piece Uncle Jack (UJ) was yammerin' on about. A simple piece of pressed steel formed into a rectangle that gets cramed inside the mirror mount hole. For our special pupil, Mr. Bill, send UJ an off-line e with your home address and an NCRS bonus freebee will magically show up in your mailbox.... The rest of the class may hunt their own (if missing) on any Chevy car/truck mirror of the era at your local scrap yard. Class dismissed!

[Jack H.]

Mirror 101

Presuming you haven't tossed out your '65 AIM after joining the 'Red Shirt' club, let's use it as a textbook for Mirror 101. Oh, your PV Judge should have checked for the 'effect' of the part's presence during accel test as well as by hand 'flinking' the mirror in it's 'nite' mode setting to see if he could 'trick' it into resetting to 'day' mode....

Now, class, open your '65 AIM books to UPC 1, Sheet D5 where we see the mirror going into the car during final assembly. Note Item 10 is the windshield garnish molding support/bracket we're all familiar with. Also, observe the other familiar pieces of the system we know and love: Item 9, Mirror Assy (Std), Item 8, Special shouldered screw.

Now ask yourselves what the heck's Item 11, GM P/N 565801, Bushing? Well, it's the piece Uncle Jack (UJ) was yammerin' on about. A simple piece of pressed steel formed into a rectangle that gets cramed inside the mirror mount hole. For our special pupil, Mr. Bill, send UJ an off-line e with your home address and an NCRS bonus freebee will magically show up in your mailbox.... The rest of the class may hunt their own (if missing) on any Chevy car/truck mirror of the era at your local scrap yard. Class dismissed!