Peep mirror mounting issue resolved

I have been trying to come up with a way to mount a pair of peep mirrors on my roadster pickup. This isn't as easy as you'd think, as my cowl and windshield posts are actually from a sedan, but I have no tops on my doors, and no rain gutters. Today I purchased a pair of peep mirrors, and after disassembling them I found that I can make a stainless adapter plate, which will bolt to my windshield posts (I will drill and tap holes in them), and will also bolt to the mounting base of the peep mirror without modifying it an any way. (except for unbolting the pressed steel flange that would normally wrap around the door edge or rain gutter.) In the model I have created, the purple part is the windshield post, the transparent yellow part is the peep mirror base, and the blue part is the adapter plate. I will make the adapter plates from stainless and polish them to a high lustre to match the chrome on the peep mirror base, then attach them with stainless steel screws. In the model, the visible side of the blue adapter plate is the side which faces towards the front of the car.-----interesting stuff!!!!

Glad ya found a solution.

Why not a nutsert in the piller and then just thread the stud at the base of the mirror shaft into it?

Hmmm........couple of things. I've been following this thread with interest, since I'll be looking at a similar problem real soon. My Model A Sedan has the peep mirrors, and I'm worried about them being yanked off in a car wash. Trying to figure a quick disconnect or fold option for them. Might just adapt your idea. Thanks. Bob, my experience with nutserts has been pretty iffy, and in my business I've seen lots of 'em. They tend to loosen and rotate with the bolt if the bolt is tight in the threads at all. Then you play hell getting the bolt out.

Lar.

Bob---Main reason is that I don't have an insertion tool for nutserts, and I don't really know what is inside the window post. I am afraid of doing anything that might mess up the paint. I really have never used nutserts, don't know much about them, other than that they exist.----Brian

O.K.--We got peep mirrors. I made up adapters from stainless steel and polished them, then mounted them this morning, as per the solid model. It seems to work allright, and it looks good. I used #10-32 stainless steel screws to mount the adapter to the windshield post. The post has only one layer of fairly thick sheet metal, so I drilled and tapped it and used blue loctite on the screws---time will tell if this will be strong enough to support the mirrors without a problem. I mounted the mirrors about 1" below the top of the post so they won't interfere with my top header when I make my Carson style top.----one good thing here, I didn't have to modify the peep mirror in any way, just removed the "flange" that gripped the door edge. (it is attached with one bolt).

Now that looks great good job!


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