pinto sport mirrors on maverick?

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    I'm looking at a pair of sport mirrors from a mid 70's pinto. They look real similar to a mav sport mirror. Anyone know if they'll work as far as the angle of the pedestal?
     
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    I have a remote on the passanger side from Bobcat and another remote one on the driver from a Pinto. I think I paid $10 for them at a local yard.
     

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    When you mounted them, is the mirror housing angle and appearance "correct". (Not tilted or anything?)
     
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    The heads on sport mirrors of that era are all the same. The Mavericks and Comets had their own unique bases. The Pinto mirrors will work, they just won't be the same as the factory Maverick/Comet ones because of the bases being different.
     
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    Are the pinto bases larger or smaller (so I'd know if I'll have holes to fill in). If I have to deal with exposed holes, I'll go to the cosmetic thread and find the best way. I have a wire welder so I could tack something from behind if needed then bondo the front.
     
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    The Pinto bases are shorter than the factory Maverick/Comet sport mirror bases. But aslong as your car didn't have the factory sport mirrors on it already you shouldn't have holes showing. The factory square chrome mirrors shouldn't be any longer than the Pinto sport mirrors.
     
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    Thanks mav73---------is there anything out there you don't know the answer to?:bowdown:
     
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    Mine are stright but but I did'nt have stock mirrors to beguin with.
     
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    A nice touch when mounting these is to get rivnuts and stainless machine screws.

    Rivnut tools are kind of expensive for only doing a few of them, but with a little searching, I found the correct anvil for sale for just the size I needed. You turn it with a wrench to set it.
     
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    rivnut tool

    I'll definitely go the rivnut / rivet nut route when I swap them out. My motorcycle shop will pop in a few of them for me for about $15 so I'll drive it over there and have him do it. If any other folks are thinking about installing mirrors or anything else that would require a rivnut application, call around to some shops and ask them what it might run.

    I also found this link that showed how to make one. I had to read it a couple of times to get an understanding of how it would work but seems perfectly logical to me.

    http://www.fjr1300.info/howto/rivnut-tool.html
     
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