Everytime I find a truck with these mirrors, the brackets are there, but the mirrors are gone. Guess I'm not the only one that likes them. Does anyone know where you can buy them?
http://www.fordification.net/partnos...r_type8_01.jpg

 

D5TZ-17723-A .. Mirror Head-Right/Left is the same / Obsolete

1975/91 F100/350 & 1978/91 Bronco with "Type 8 Recreation Swing-Out Low Profile Gooseneck Mirror."

1975/91 Econoline Type 8 mirror and mirror head: NOT the same!

 

So you're saying I can't buy them (At least not Motorcraft ones)?

 

This is the Ford part number for the mirror head only.

There is no Motorcraft part number for the complete mirror or the mirror head.

Both the complete mirror and its head are obsolete .. no longer available from FoMoCo.

No Ford dealer or obsolete parts vendor has the mirror head NOS

These mirrors are common here in LA LA Land. It hasn't snowed here since September 1949 (!), so no salt on the roads.

1980/91 F100/350/Bronco mirror assembly is different from 1975/79, only the mirror head is the same.

1975/91 Econoline Type 8 mirror and its head: NOT the same as F100/350 & Bronco!

 

Well, I can't believe my luck. I went to the salvage yard today and found a truck with these mirrors on it!! The drivers side is actually missing the glass mirror, but the mirror head is there, with the brackets and all the hardware. I'll just take an old mirror to the hardware store and have them cut one for me the same size.
So, I'll be installing these in the next few weeks and I thought of a question: How do I keep the holes that I drill free of rust? Every one of the doors that have these or similar mirrors, has an ugly rust stain from the hole, and that's if it's not already rusted through. I saved the rubber/plastic/teflon grommets from the salvage yard when i took them off, but I just don't think that will be enough. Any suggestions?

 

spray the edges of the holes with primer even rubberized undercoating/bed liner to help protect the steel from rusting. Good Luck

 

Unless you are towing a lot they are bulky. I have them on my current truck and have them folded in because they stick out too far to walk past two vehicles in my driveway. Plus they wear on the door and rust around over time.

 

Don't spray them with anything like bedliner. Buy all new stainless hardware for them and if you really feel the need put some silicone on the screws before mounting them. It's the hardware that causes the rust most of the time, not the mirrors themselves.

 

About the rust, I put the same mirrors on my truck just a couple months ago after finding a complete set off another truck in Tucson, AZ. Prior to that I dealt with the pitiful Type 9's.

After drilling the doors, I painted the drilled surface with a couple coats of Rustoleum (I didn't have the patience to find POR15), and installed a rubber grommet for the screw to pass through. I used stainless bolts and washers, but not stainless nuts as threading them together can gall the threads very quickly and you're stuck with a frozen, loose bolt. Since I didn't have the plastic pads, I used some high density foam tape between the mirror base and door to cut down on scratches.

Use a lot of anti-size on the threads too. It's not perfect, but seeing how doors in the Midwest rusted around the plastic insert from the factory my method may be better than what the factory did. I'll see in time.

On a side note, does anyone know where the Type 12 ('Western') mirrors in the graphics posted above could be found? I'd have much preferred a set of those but never saw an older F600/700/800 in any junkyards from Ohio to Washington, to California, to Texas. My Type 8's are great, but thought the 12's would be more to my liking.

 

Thanks for the tips!!! You said you didn't have time to look around for POR15? Would that work best? I don't mind paying for it (I heard it's expensive) because I plan on doing some panel patches in the near future, if it's what works best. FTR, I absolutely love the type 8 mirrors as well, but I've never even seen them in the salvage yards around here (SE Mich). I search a lot of Craigslist ads and they seem to be popular in Cali, Texas, Montana, etc. Guess that's why they call them "Western" mirrors!!

 

Type 8 are not Western mirrors.

Type 2: Western mirrors have two 'goose-necked' arms. One mounts above the vent window on the door frame, one mounts below the vent window on the door. The mirror is between the arms.

Type 3: Western mirrors with 3rd "Steady-Rest" arms.

Western mirrors were not installed on 1980 and later F100/350's, Type 2 was only used on Econolines.

Type 2: Optional for 1965/79 F100/350. Type 3 were standard equipment on 1967/74 Camper Specials, optional on others.

Either Type 3 or Type 8 were standard equipment on 1975/79 Camper Specials, optional on others.

Type 8: Recreational - Swing Out - Low Profile - Goose Neck

 

Yeah, I typoed that. I meant to say that "I love the type 12 mirrors as well, but I've never seen them in salvage yards.....".

 

They actually put those little type 1 mirrors on pick up trucks?

I don't think I've ever seen them.

 

To me, they look like add-ons. Like you would fasten them to the frame of one of the larger mirrors. Not sure though.

 

How do they differ--mounting points?