Early 911 side mirrors

[alschlegel]

Did the 69-71 911 come with a right side mirror? An option? I mounted one that was for those years and it is unusable. Cannot be adjusted to see traffic to the right and behind especially valuable on the CA freeways. I am thinking of using 72/73 that will allow a better view even though it isn't correct. Any suggestions?

[Jagshund]

Not sure. Try posting in the 911 Tech Forum.

[johnS porsches]

the answer is short

No

[fbarrett]

Al:

Years ago, I put a stock outside right rear view mirror on my '70E. It, too, was useless. There's a reason they went to the later mirrors!

Frank

[mrruffhouser]

The right side mirror was an option. I don't know if it had convex glass or not. I located one from a German supplier recently, but the price was too steep for me. Over $200.

[moneymanager]

You needed to mount it further back on the door to make it work...can't go in the same spot as the driver's. I made this mistake on my 74, then made a kind of ugly extension to make it usable.
Doubt my solution is relevant to your mirror, but you get the idea.

[mrruffhouser]

Thanks for the idea about the extension. Unfortunately I mounted my right side mirror in the same door location as the left side mirror, only to find it didn't work. I have run with it for a number of years now because of the holes in the door and the car is a concours level car. I have held a 4X6" mirror to the passenger sunvisor with rubber bands and that works very well.
I'm looking at mirrors only because the glass mirror as started to delaminate and I haven't found a solution for glass mirror replacement yet.
Does anyone have ideas? I would be very appreciative.

[moneymanager]

That's why I made the extension...so that the mirror is moved back from the stock left hand side position. Just take your mirror to a competent auto glass shop; they can replace the mirror, even make it convex if you actually want to be able to see behind you.