Jeff Church wrote:
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> Hi all,
> I received a very nice NOS gift recently for my '59 Bugeye - a rear view
> mirror. The mirror came in it's original box and packing and is perfect in
> every way but one - the mirror is broken right down the middle. I removed
> it last night and noted that the mirror was thin - only 1/16" thick. No
> one, I repeat, no one in town carries the stuff at this thickness. Everyone
> has 1/8" stock. I've tried glass shops, hardware stores, craft shops, et
> al, to no avail. I even looked to the incorrect later model sprite mirror
> currently on the car. Close, but no cigar. It is the right thickness, but
> the wrong overall size. Bummer.
>
> With such a perfect overall specimen on my hands, I obviously don't want to
> buy a new mirror assembly. Can anyone out there suggest a source for this
> material?
>
> TIA
> Jeff Church
Jeff
Go to your local fabric store or K-mart, look at the cheap mirrors,
Those hang on the back of the door mirrors are about 1/16" thick, for
$10 you will have enough mirror to reglaze it about 200 times.
The local craft supply will also have it and in smaller pieces.
I have done this before, cut it close to size but square, round off the
corners with a belt sander. (wear eye protection) Or take it to a local
glass place, they can cut and wet sand it to shape for a couple of
bucks.
good luck
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Frank Clarici
Toms River, NJ
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