lone73
Well-known member
I am in the middle of body work on my '73 and I am working on getting the drivers side door mirror mounting holes repaired.
Apparently the mirror has been broken off at some point in the past and has a few different holes in the door that have been filled in with new ones made for the mirror. It appears that someone moved forward a bit and drilled a new hole to get into the metal part under the skin and put a self threading screw in to hold the mirror tight. I am assuming that there were holes drilled into the metal under the fiberglass (at the factory) that the well nuts passed through and the previous owner didn't want to fix it right so he made new holes and filled the old ones. My passenger door has big holes for the well nuts, on the front drivers side the hole for the mirror is only about 1/8" in diameter and goes into metal below the fiberglass. No way am I gonna be able to get a well nut in there w/out drilling a bigger hole so I want to make sure I drill in the right place.
I'm probably not making much sense here but what I need is the measurement form say, the center of the lock to each of the mirror mounting screws on the drivers door. The dimensions are a little different between my passengers and drivers door so I want to be sure I am going to drill in the right place to find the holes in the metal beneath for the well nut to go into.
thanks
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Apparently the mirror has been broken off at some point in the past and has a few different holes in the door that have been filled in with new ones made for the mirror. It appears that someone moved forward a bit and drilled a new hole to get into the metal part under the skin and put a self threading screw in to hold the mirror tight. I am assuming that there were holes drilled into the metal under the fiberglass (at the factory) that the well nuts passed through and the previous owner didn't want to fix it right so he made new holes and filled the old ones. My passenger door has big holes for the well nuts, on the front drivers side the hole for the mirror is only about 1/8" in diameter and goes into metal below the fiberglass. No way am I gonna be able to get a well nut in there w/out drilling a bigger hole so I want to make sure I drill in the right place.
I'm probably not making much sense here but what I need is the measurement form say, the center of the lock to each of the mirror mounting screws on the drivers door. The dimensions are a little different between my passengers and drivers door so I want to be sure I am going to drill in the right place to find the holes in the metal beneath for the well nut to go into.
thanks
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