47 Dodge truck mirrors

[dgrinnan]

Are you guys using the original style stamped metal mirror brackets for the exterior mirrors?  They mount using the hinge pin.  How difficult is it to remove the hinge pin to install them?  Does anyone have a better source for them besides DCM?  I buy a lot from DCM but the price of these brackets seem excessive. 

[Los_Control]

Your truck appears the pins may have been removed or replaced at some point when it was painted? ...... Thinking they should not be to difficult to remove.

 

A old rusty one you may need to use heat, then a hammer & punch ..... force them out.

 

I would prefer to use a large C clamp, put a socket over the top of the pin. Something to push the pin under neath and use the clamp to force the pin out.

 

I wonder if your paint is as good as it looks? Seems it would be difficult to remove without marking the paint ....... maybe wrap tape heavily around the area before applying C clamp?

 

I'm not using factory mirrors, will be bolting mine to the doors. ...... Is my plan for today if I get to it.

[dgrinnan]

Paint is good but I do not like the silver.  New paint in it's future. 

[Los_Control]

Looks can be deceiving, just because it has been painted does not mean the pins have been pulled. I think it may be the best way to remove the doors.

I pulled the door hinges from the cab myself. This created other problems & then needed to adjust the doors ..... In the end my pins still need to be replaced. I should have just pulled them in the first place.

 

I would only assume others are smarter then me & did it right the first time  

 

 

[dgrinnan]

I will try the c-clamp method.  that is what I did when I rebuilt my wheel cylinders in order to get the stuck plungers out. 

[Young Ed]

There is actually a tool for them that I picked up from a ford vendor that's a modified clamp that incorporates a pin to push on the door pin. As Los said they can be a real bear if they have been rusted in place. Beyond that once you get them apart it's good to have a slightly longer pin to make sure it goes fully through the mirror bracket

[Los_Control]

I got one mirror installed just to test the waters.  Took about 10 minutes to drill 4 holes.

They are not original or everybody's cup of tea ..... I love trucks & I like to see around me when driving .... these are exactly what I wanted or hoping for.

 

 

 

 

[dgrinnan]

I have similar mirrors on my 54 Chevy 1/2 ton.  I like the bigger surface area for visibility.  I might eventually step up to those type mirrors.

[Los_Control]

I feel vehicles have a personality & tell you what they want.  Something like this could be pretty cool. These are $25 each. Probably close to the same diameter as the stock mirrors for your truck. Then there is the larger diameter round jeep mirrors you could put on the stock mirror brackets.

 

 

 

My first project I started but ended up moving so gave it away.  Was a 3/4 ton factory flat bed & had what would come on a large 2 ton truck.

They still mounted to the hinge pins .... I do not know if there are reproductions made for them available?

They look pretty funky here, Below is a photo of some 1947-1972 stainless steel GMC truck mirrors $14 each.

Modify & shorten the arms.

 

 

 

 

 

Lots of choices out there.