'67

[Joel Falk]

The rear view mirror the '67 is just plain tired. Within 10 minutes of driving, I am can easily check which gear I am in by glancing in the mirror. Am I better off buying a repop or is there a way to restore the friction to the mirror so it does not sag?

Also, should the day/night adjustment lever be gray or black? I think the JG says black but mine appears black.

Thanks

[Jack H.]

Re: '67

There's a 'collar' that inserts in the mirror's mounting hole. It's a simple piece of stamped steel folded to form a hollow square that simply sits inside the mounting hole with the mirror's attaching screw going through it. The collar acts to contact the shoulder on the attaching screw and keep the screw from over-tightening the mirror inside its mounting base.

Without the collar installed, you'll have a too loose mounting (mirror droops due to vibration) or an over-tight mount (mirror vibrates in sympathy to the the roadway causing blurred vision). Often, a mirror's original collar/bearing is discarded during removal & replacment generating the problem(s) you complain of.

Some catalogs list replacements, or you can go to a local scrap yard and pull one from a passenger car mirror of similar design from the era... The the collar/bearing installed in the mirror's mounting hole, it's impossible to get the screw tension wrong...

On the D/N lever, the actual material is grey plastic. However, some were painted black. From '64-66, the D/N mirror lacked the grey rubber outside surround and used a 'tear drop' shaped (trapezoidal) lever and these were painted black over the base grey plastic. In '67, the design of the mirror was updated to incorporate the grey plastic surround (a safety feature to prevent facial injury in a collision).

The first few cars (up to roughly VIN 4500) in '67 used the '64-66 style 'tear drop' actuator lever and I can't say whether or not all of these were left natural grey or carry-over knobs (painted black) were used up. The balance of '67 production mirros used an 'L-shaped' actuator knob (points rearward as an additional safety feature) and these were left grey natural plastic to cosmetically compliment the grey rubber surrounding the mirror.

Later, circa '73, the outside housing of the D/N mirror became black vs. polished SS (eliminate reflection to on-coming drivers) and the rubber surround + the actuator lever were color coordinated to the match the mirror housing.

[Paul L.]

Re: '67

A quick fix is clear LocTite.

[Jack H.]

This applies to the interior mirror... *NM*