Dillon Pyron <invaliddmpyron@austin.rr.com> wrote in
news:e4oj959tghrvhgrue1s9p606neclkloivm@4ax.com:

> Thus spake "E. Meyer" <epmeyer50@msn.com> :
>

>>>
>>
>>I remember the '55 Olds had the side mirrors way forward on the
>>fenders towards the front of the car. No blind spots, but adjusting
>>them was a real PITA.
>
> Ankle weights and second story balcony railings would have fixed that
> problem.
>
> I have some pictures from the early 70s of Datsuns and Hondas with
> that kind of mirror.



They were mandatory on Japan-market cars until somewhere around 1985.


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