Yes ,they sit above the window opening and both sides are electric. None are wired up yet as I'm still not at the stage of wiring. You can see quite well out of both when seated behind the wheel. I should mention as well that I'm using solid side glass in my doors.

 

Awesome Julie, what a cool idea! Nifty place for the tach, as well.

 

Abe, great information on the original style mirrors. My '54 had the west coast style mirrors on it when I got the truck. They were in bad shape.

I like the original style mirrors like you have if you are ever going to do some towing. It keeps an original style, but gives the option to adjust the mirrors to see when pulling a wider load. I remember using lots of those types of mirrors on old farm trucks when I was a kid. The worst ones had a round 6 inch diameter mirror. They were tough to judge distance etc. when backing up a truck.

 

can you send me a pic of the black painted mirror arm? I may be interested in it.

If anyone else has an original mirror arm like the one in the pic I showed or the mirror head I would be interested if you want to get rid of them.

thanks!

 

Mirrors look awesome!!! how come i`ve never seen them posted before??

 

I have an orginal from a 53 if anybody is interested. Has about 5 layers of black paint on it, but should clean up pretty nice. $40

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Had?

I love those mirrors. I also like that color...I am thinking about that color for my F600!

Do you have any more pictures of it?

 

Actually, when I made them I was having trouble posting pictures and Bobj49f2 started the sticky "Help to post pictures" and you'll see the mirrors there,lol. I think that I started a thread showing them but it was awhile back. I've picked up a few more mirrors and will eventually give it another try to make them less bulky around the arms. Here's the old link to the thread https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/6...w-mirrors.html

 

So in this thread, we have 2 different mirrors that are stated as being stock for 53; a round mirror and a square mirror. To further complicate things, I have mirrors that the PO told me were original to my 53 that look identical to the square mirrors above but are rectangular and have rubber around the outer edges (see images).

Thoughts?

 

Your mirrors are not stock. And I don't think your arms are either. I would have to look at them more closely...