[DeTomaso] Ford mirror part number?

[Doug]

Mike,

My car is apart so here are the stock door mirror numbers that I can read the numbers off them.
One says  D3TB - 17743 - DA
The other says  C7AF - 17743 - ?? (last 2 letters are un-readable)
My notes say I've seen another Pantera's stock C7AF mirror where the last 2 letters were also unreadable so it must be a casting flaw.

Looking at the 2 mirrors, they look identical such that either one could be used on either side. 
Looking at both from the top, both of their pivot ball posts have about a 10 degree cant to the left so again they appear identical but this does offset the glass about 1/10th inch to the left.
The only subtle difference I see between the two mirrors is at the top of the casting where the pivot ball post is pressed into.  This area of the casing kind of looks like a mini 70 Mach1 bullet mirror housing.  On the C7AF mirror this mini-bullet is symmetrical in both its top-view and side while the D2TB mirror's mini bullet has a leftward cant to its rear face (top view) and upward cant (side view).  But this difference between mirrors may be due to nothing more than casting/grinding/plating variance.   

I haven't bought one to verify it but this mirror from Scott Drake might be a match:
https://www.drakeautomotivegroup.com/67-73-std-outside-mirror-lh-rh-c7az-17696-a

They also have a convex-glass version (provides a wider view) for the right side as:
https://www.drakeautomotivegroup.com/67-73-standard-mirror-w-convex-c7az-17696-c

They retail these mirrors through various Mustang vendors such as 
National Parts Depot  www.npdlink.com 
and  CJ Pony Parts  www.cjponyparts.com 

Doug Braun
Blue 73L #5505 


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Subject: [DeTomaso] Ford mirror part number?

All,

Does anybody have an original, stock chrome door mirror lying around? Steve Liebenow is trying to get identifying part numbers for it. It’s widely known the Pantera used a generic Ford mirror for the 67 Mustang (and other cars) but the gaskets differ between applications. The Mustang had a convex door top so the mounting gasket is thick and shaped a bit like a boat—flat on top, curved on the bottom, and unusable on a flat Pantera door top. If he could find the actual Ford part number (which is cast into the underside of the mirror base) then he could cross it with all other Ford cars that used that same mirror and perhaps find one that works perfectly for the Pantera. 

So many people have installed aftermarket mirrors, surely somebody out there has an original one on the shelf somewhere?

Mike

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