DOOR MIRRORS - which Tex is most appropriate?

[haikuhead]

I still have wing mirrors on my P5B Coupe but, as I did with my old P5B saloon, I'll probably switch over to door mirrors for safety reasons.

So, my question is, which of these Tex reproduction mirrors is closest to what would have been an option on the P5B back in the day?

texautomotive.com/classic_exterior_mirrors.html

Wadhams sell the 'MTR01 Classic Torpedo Racing Mirror' on their site too.

www.jrwadhams.co.uk/browse-p5-categories/miscellaneous-1746438412/mirror-pod-style.html

But there are also many other designs from Tex which could fit.

And would you agree the glass inside the door mirrors should be flat for drivers and convex for passengers?

Many thanks

[guidedog]

As you can see there are so many choices, I got something simular to the wing.That is the model MB 321c. The bullet style looks wrong in my point view. But each to there own

[norvin]

I know you say you are going over to door mirrors for safety, but I used a door mirror and found it had such a bad blind spot that I did away with it and just stuck with the wing mirrors which I thought were much better.

[haikuhead]

Mar 16, 2015 19:37:04 GMT guidedog said:

The bullet style looks wrong in my point view.

Yes, I wondered about that and why Wadhams offered them as one of their two P5 door mirror styles. I'd need to see it actually on the car to know if it looks odd or good though.

[haikuhead]

Mar 16, 2015 20:50:18 GMT norvin said:

I know you say you are going over to door mirrors for safety, but I just stuck with the wing mirrors which I thought were much better.

Yes, the jury seems to be out on this one. I do remember the last door mirrors I installed did seem better than the wing ones they replaced but I'm not sure they were the correct period ones.

[Simon H]

I made the mistake of buying the style of mirror at the top of the page in the Tex link. Just about OK on the drivers side but the passenger side mirror is too low and the bottom of the mirror is obscured by the door. Maybe it would be OK if I was 6 inches taller...

[haikuhead]

Mar 17, 2015 7:35:28 GMT Simon H said:

I made the mistake of buying the style of mirror at the top of the page in the Tex link.

Yes, it is a tricky one. How about the large round mirrors? I've seen these on both wings and doors of P5s (even the Queen's I believe) and they do look suitably grand and old fashioned, plus the generous mirror size should give plenty of visual information.