"Dillon Pyron" <invaliddmpyron@austin.rr.com> wrote in message
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> Thus spake Tegger <invalid@invalid.inv> :
>
>>Dillon Pyron <invaliddmpyron@austin.rr.com> wrote in
>>news:e4oj959tghrvhgrue1s9p606neclkloivm@4ax.co m:
>>
>>> 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.
>
> That's what I thought, thanks.


Still very popular over there on taxis. The most popular taxi (informal
survey, specifically my personal observation) is the Toyota Crown. Fender
forward mirrors and a driver activated door opener/closer.