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    Default 83 GT: Are all side view mirrors different?

    Sorry if this has been discussed before but with the search function broken i can't find any thread. I noticed a distinct difference between the side view mirrors on my cars. The passenger mirror has a visible "body line" in the housing but the drivers side has a much smoother curve- no distinct body line. This was the same on all my cars and spare doors. Anyone else seen this or does anyone have a drivers side mirror with the "body line"?

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    Mine are exactly as you describe on the 83gt.hard ridge on passenger smooth on drivers.

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    Hmmmm...mine are up the street in storage or I would go look. Will be curious when I get a chance to get up there.
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    Weird. Gotta check mine. Wonder if this harkens back to the "optional p/s mirror" days.
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    Just my input, mines not an '83 but an '84 and both sides are the same. Identical to your passenger side.

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    Sharper ridge on the passenger side and the driver side is more rounded. ('83 GT hatchback manuf. 10/82)
    Both are manual adjust from inside the car. And, passenger mirror is flat.

    What's up with the extra molding/weather stripping on some of them?
    One picture above has it on the passenger side and another pic has it on the driver side.
    I don't have that molding on either side.

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    [QUOTE What's up with the extra molding/weather stripping on some of them?
    One picture above has it on the passenger side and another pic has it on the driver side.
    I don't have that molding on either side.

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    Sorry about that. The extra molding/weather striping is probably a frameless window thing. The pictures I took were of two cars side by side- one was a convertible. I know BTD's car is a convertible and the pass side picture I took was from my convertible. However of the 5 cars & two sets of doors I checked, they all had this weird mismatched mirror thing.
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    I went and looked at mine. the 80 and 83 capri had the line but my 81 t top stang dosent.

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    T-tops and convertibles. Of course.

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    I can't imagine they would come from a different supplier. I saw another low mileage 83 convertible and his mirrors were just like the above - non matching. I could see replacement mirrors being slightly different but these appear to be original. Strange.
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    Without knowing better, I would have guessed the rounded ones to be maybe the 87/88 version.

    I wonder what the early chrome one look like?

    This will be interesting to how this plays out.
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    FWIW, '83s still had the "optional RH mirror." My invoice actually states that on my L T-top. So maybe assembly line workers were pinched, since there could have been an uneven number of mirrors available. I know for a fact that the T-top vs. solid-roof cars utilized a different appearing mirror; my GT T-top has that little stylized do-hickey thing on the top, while the solid roof car does not. Tomorrow, I shall investigate further...
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    my '83 GT has mismatched mirrors also. Both manual remote, both original, as far as I can tell.
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    Quote Originally Posted by FB71 View Post
    my '83 GT has mismatched mirrors also. Both manual remote, both original, as far as I can tell.
    Now, I'm going to have to look at my '83 GLX just to see how the mirrors compare...
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    Checked mine on my 84.5. Same thing as you. They're different.
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    The mirrors on my 85 are mismatched also. Though I'm not certain if my drivers side mirror is the original one to my car.
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    Same mismatch on my 85, and I know they are original since I have had since new.

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    Fwiw my mirrors on my 86 Capri t top are the same.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dtmilsap View Post
    Fwiw my mirrors on my 86 Capri t top are the same.

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    Does anyone have a picture of a drivers side mirror with the "body line"? I think later on the body line disappeared from the pass side mirror.
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