I came across this large Durant mirror and would like to know from the experts if it’s original. If so it’ll go our ‘68 SWT, if not, I’ll need to source a real one. Thanks in advance for your input.
I came across this large Durant mirror and would like to know from the experts if it’s original. If so it’ll go our ‘68 SWT, if not, I’ll need to source a real one. Thanks in advance for your input.
Fake............
What makes you say that Jim?
I thought that the mirrors with the one fixed bolt at the rear of the mounting were genuine ones and all the fake ones had two loose bolts in the mounting not one fixed and one movable. I thought that was the best tell when looking at photos rather than having them to touch and examine closely.
It looks , to my eye at least, identical to the one I know for certain is original on my 73 (Australia other RHD markets had the round Durants in 73 rather than the flag ones).
Hugh Hodges
73 911E
Melbourne Australia
Foundation Member #005
Australian TYP901 Register Inc.
Early S Registry #776
Wow Jim,,,,I was going for real also, due to the sharp stamping of "made,,,,,," and the three stars. Waiting to learn.
Early S Registry member #90
R Gruppe member #138
Fort Worth Tx.
Stamp looks real to me with most of the 3 stars inside the semi-circle "Made in Germany".
Mike Fitton # 2071
2018 911S Carrera White
2012 991 Platinum Silver ( Gone)
1971 911T Targa Bahia Red (Gone to France)
1995 911 Carrera Polar Silver (Gone)
No Affiliation with City of Chicago!
Can somebody show an OE versus a repro??? Also if it's for sale let me know.
Thanks David
Mike Fitton # 2071
2018 911S Carrera White
2012 991 Platinum Silver ( Gone)
1971 911T Targa Bahia Red (Gone to France)
1995 911 Carrera Polar Silver (Gone)
No Affiliation with City of Chicago!
Thanks so far guys. Mike, I did view those threads before posting. They lead me to believe that the mirror I have, and posted here, was real. I was looking for the 'braintrusts' opinion. Now, I'm more confused than ever!!
I will take a picture of mine today, I am pretty confident yours is real.
Mike Fitton # 2071
2018 911S Carrera White
2012 991 Platinum Silver ( Gone)
1971 911T Targa Bahia Red (Gone to France)
1995 911 Carrera Polar Silver (Gone)
No Affiliation with City of Chicago!
OK, I'm going to take a step back after looking very carefully at all the pictures. There have been many iterations of those mirrors through the years. Repops of those mirrors have been available for more that 40 years. The first bunch of those repops were pretty good and they have gotten progressively worse since. I thought that it was a repop after looking at the first picture of the logo but I think it was taken from a bad angle and made it look like one of the star points was not pointed directly at the A in Made and the A in Germany. I believe that the early versions of repops had a stationary bolt and not till fairly recently were they both movable. I'm going to take photos of a couple of correct mirrors this evening. I'm leaning toward saying it is an original but not just yet.
Regards
Jim
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