Unfortunately my GTC is missing its original mirrors and at some point got a pair of generic folding truck mirrors. These mirrors don't stick out enough so they added an extension for the mirror head. These extensions weren't long enough so I only had about 1/3 of the mirror being useable. Plus they flopped around and shook too much to actually be safe. I had to hold the left one while driving in order to see what was in the mirror. And they were stuck so they wouldn't fold.
I looked at replacement west coast mirrors but they are quite expensive new. I haven't found any good ones in the junkyard either. I started looking at 1980s Dodge van mirrors and how I might be able to modify them to work on the GTC. While searching around on ebay I found these replacement mirror heads that can extend out for towing. I got them for a great price and just had to go to the junkyard to get the bases to mount them. They were made for angled mounts so I had to straighten out the bend to 90 degrees.
So far I've just mounted the right hand one and it looks like it's going to work well. They extend a lot further out than the others and a nice feature is that they can be folded flat against the body. The base covers up the upper holes from the old mirror, just need to find something to put in the lower holes. I also need to add some spot mirrors.
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