[DeTomaso] Removing glue-on mirrors

[gow2 at rc-tech.net]

Is the glass still available? I know I am going to change mine. It's a
"squarish mirror" on a "roundish" car. I am actually thinking of taking
the assembly cutting a different glass and forming a mirror assembly form
aluminum.

Gary

> Mike, when Hall glued those mirrors on 6559, they actually used a rotary
> grinder to scratch up the window glass to help get the glue to stick
> better.
> (It still broke off regularly and had to be reglued.)
>
> If the mirrors were electrically adjustable, they also cut a small groove
> in the rubber gasket around the window on the outside so that they could
> get
> the  wires up into to the mirror.
>
> Perhaps you can trade the whole vent glass assembly with the mirrors
> still
> glued on to someone who wants that style of mirror. You get his  virgin
> vent glass assembly in return.
>
> Jeff
> 6559
>
>
>
>
>
> In a message dated 1/16/2010 6:40:28 P.M. Central Standard Time,
> mikeldrew at aol.com writes:
>
> Hey  guys,
>
> I'm helping somebody who is about to deep-six the horrible, ugly,
> repulsive
> Hall Pantera glue-on mirrors which attach to the front window  glass, in
> favor of the classic, original-style Ford mirrors.   I  already have all
> the
> information I need to install the new mirrors thanks  to Darrell Mountjoy.
>  But
> does anybody have any advice for  removing the glued-on mirrors and
> eliminating all traces of the  glue?
>
> I desperately don't want to break the  glass.   That could prove
> problematic
> I  think.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mike
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