Good morning ladies and gentlemen
Has anyone fitted a similar mirror to this on there series II? Was fitting difficult what did you do with the adjuster inside the car for the original mirror. Just need to replace my original mirrors they are very tatty.
Thanks

 

the Classic Bullet mirrors, 1960's vintage. I had those in my 1969 MG. The problem is that they are not motorized and cannot be adjusted remotely especially at night.

 

Was the series 2 fitted with electric mirrors or manual adjustable, via "joysticks" on the inside?

Pretty sure they are the same as the XJS. They turn up from time to time on ebay.

 

ohh, it's a Series 2... sorry, I thought it was a Series 3 with motorized door mirrors.

I don't think the Series 2 came with electric mirrors, but adapting Series 3 mirrors is not impossible, I did it to my 1965 S type, electrically it was a piece of cake, I pulled the entire mirror-harness from a salvage XJ-6 and tranferred it to the S type, it is just a 1-hot, 1-earth wire harness.

Mounting the mirrors on the doors was another story, it required measuring 100 times, making a final template, and then drilling once, no room for errors here. But I did it.

 

Looks good. Great looking car.

 

Yes,really nice. I used to see a really nice bright red one running around town. haven't seen it for quite a while. Moved on, I guess.


Carpenters say measure twice cut once. I dabble in it. Even twice isn't enough for me!!


But, in metal, over and over before drilling or cutting. Some time back, we had a retired Chrysler cop car in the drive. son made a dirt racer of it. It's big body and tough 440 engine made it a formidable competitor. A bit odd as a four door, though!!


Well, it had a real nice set of "A" post mounted Unity spot lights. Just what my 79 IHC Scout II needed. Measure, measure, over and over. Then drill the screw holes in the "A" post and mount the escutcheons. They formed the guides for the long reach bit for the shaft hole. Ugh, not quite correct, right to left. But, so close as to not be discernible. Son called then "hokey". I and others "slick". that generation gap thing!!


I changed the side mirrors for better ones. Amazingly, the mounting holes matched.
Once in a million years!!!


Carl

 

here's some more pics. I also added rubber "accordion" necks at the door jambs to run the wires to the interior. Got them from the rear doors of a GM SUV. Had to drill 1" holes on both jambs. Looks like a factory job.

I can't drive without electric mirrors, especially at night, there is nothing like being able to control the mirrors as you need. The S type came with original Lucas door-mounted mirrors which were totally useless in today's traffic conditions.