I finally figured out what that slot was for on each door of my '65. Bracket for the oem mirror to fit through. However, I do not have oem mirrors on my truck, but large mirrors anchored on the door and the post by 3 and 4 bolts. I really don't care for this look at all but was wondering how one would go about hiding/repairing these holes after they are removed. Could put the original mirrors in but then I would have 7 empty holes per side rather than 1 empty slot each side. I bet there is no elegant way to deal with this...

 

You may have the West Coast Junior mirrors, it sounds like to me. They were just as much OEM as the small round ones which fit into the slots you mentioned.

 

Well

When ford installed West Coast Jrs they installed a rubber plug in the slots. All doors have the slots.

The Plugs are readily avalible through NPD or LMC. About 2 bucks to 3 bucks for a set.

Garbz

 

If decide to replace the weatherstrip; window channel felt, vent window rubber, etc. and door is pretty much dismantled. Good time to clean and grease the window regulators and other moving parts at same time. Not an authority on auto body work, imagine correct way would be to drill each exposed hole, just to point it's round, tack in a plug, weld, then use body filler, sand and paint. Realistically, some of those are hard to get to so when I replaced the side mirrors on my 65 I used body filler. You can get it in different forms, 'Evercoat' has variety of different types, 'cat hair' , 'rage extreme' described as body filler for pin holes. If decide to go this route, try to also work the filler on backside so filler has something to adhere to, less likely to work out, not too excessive don't want it to interfer once install weatherstrip and reassemble the door. If decide not to used the opening for the mirror, you can either paint over the plugs mentioned, I painted over them, not too noticable. When, or if you decide on project may want to post simular question in the paint and body forum, found members very helpful. Also, have another 65 with the small round type side mirrors, which I don't find very useful if hauling a large load blocking rear view, or hauling a trailor. Thought would a my $.02

dave

 

I've been considering making aluminum brackets to mount a 6X9 SS heads on the original brackets, they seem to be pretty rugged.