Steve posted this on the autox list and miata list. I figure the britcar
guys are his best bet. Don't reply to this list, as he is not a member
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> From sebruun@ihlpe.att.com Tue Nov 16 10:40:57 1993
> Message-Id: <9311161633.AA11728@hoosier.cs.utah.edu>
> From: sebruun@ihlpe.att.com
> Date: Tue, 16 Nov 93 10:22 CST
> Original-From: ihlpe!sebruun (Steven E Bruun +1 708 713 5492)
> To: autox@autox.team.net, miata@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu
> Subject: Looking for Talbot mirrors
>
> Anybody here old enough to remember Talbot mirrors? Back in the
> sixties when I cut my teeth on British roadsters, I installed a
> pair of these way-cool bullet-shaped chrome-plated racing-style
> rear view mirrors on each one of the cars I owned (MGB/AHSprite/
> Datsun1600/Datsun2000), and I'd like to put a pair on my Miata.
>
> As I recall, genuine Talbots came in three flavors. There were
> large and small versions with center pedestals and another one
> with a swoopier "faired-in" pedestal. Since I want to make sure
> that the base covers the standard mounting points and I want as
> much mirror surface as I can get, I think I'm looking for a pair
> of the large center pedestal models (I never liked the swoopier
> ones much).
>
> Does anyone know where I might find a pair? The sources I used
> back then, places like MG Mitten and Vilem B. Haan, seem to have
> disappeared, and I don't see anything like what I'm looking for
> in any of the catalogs I have at hand. I have a hunch that they
> must still be available for the classic/restoration market, so
> if you have any leads, I'd sure appreciate hearing about them.
> A pair of these mirrors has become the holy grail of accessories
> for my Miata. I'm pursuing the retro look ("Cobra" stripes and
> Minilite-lookalike eight-spoke Panasports), and Talbot mirrors
> will complete the package.
>
> My apologies to readers on the autox list. I realize that this
> message has scant solo-related content, but there are enough of
> you out there who might know where to look (Phil E and Mark B,
> for example) that I thought I'd give it a try. My fellow Miata
> folks may remember a brochure that one of the parts houses -- I
> think it was Millen -- put out maybe a year and a half ago in
> which they floated the idea of offering such mirrors and asked
> for input. I've called them a couple of times asking if they'd
> followed up on it, and each time the answer has been "not yet"
> so I think it's time to look elsewhere.
>
> Thanks in advance for any leads you can give me. Please reply
> via private e-mail since I'd guess that most of the folks on
> either list couldn't give a rat's ass about what mirrors I've
> got on my car.
>
> - Steve Bruun (sebruun@ihlpe.att.com)
Let me start it off by saying that they were made in East Germany, I
think. I have just one left. It is the smaller one, and was not in good
enough shape to put on a car. They were spun out of rather thin metal.
In addition to the genuile Talbots I have owned, I had some nice cast
replicas on my Sonett. They had flat lenses which I covered with truck
bubbles. Sure filled in the blind spots for which Sonetts were famous.
phile@stpaul.gov
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