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Ford F834

Junkyard find: type 12 mirrors

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My diesel currently has Type 8 gooseneck towing mirrors or "tripod" mirrors. They offer a good view, but I'm not crazy about the lower struts, and being all stainless they will be a real challenge to paint black and keep them looking nice if I go with the XLS exterior trim theme....

So yesterday at the junkyard I noticed that there was a 1973 F600 with painted Type 12 Ford mirrors. They might be "a bit much" for a pickup, but should be great for trailering. I grabbed them because the price is right ($14 each side) and west coast mirrors can get very spendy. These are not super slick but they are period correct, and will hopefully clean up well.

SHORT BED 4-DOOR DIESEL: 1986 F350 4x4 under construction-- 7.3 IDIT ZF5+GVOD

STRAIGHT SIX 4X4: 1981 F150 2wd to 4x4-- 300 I6 close ratio diesel T19, hydroboost brakes, Saginaw steering

BIG F: 1995 F-Superduty under construction— converting to 6.9L IDI diesel ZF5+DNE2

Gary Lewis

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I like them! They will be so much better for towing. And they'll look good in black.

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Dad's: '81 F150 Ranger XLT 4x4: Down for restomod: Full-roller "stroked 351M" w/Trick Flow heads & intake, EEC-V SEFI/E4OD/3.50 gears w/Kevlar clutches
Blue: 2015 F150 Platinum 4x4 SuperCrew wearing Blue Jeans & sporting a 3.5L EB & Max Tow
Big Blue: 1985 F250HD 4x4: 460/ZF5/3.55's, D60 w/Ox locker & 10.25 Sterling/Trutrac, Blue Top & Borgeson, & EEC-V MAF/SEFI

Ford F834

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Thanks Gary, I'm hoping so. On both accounts. The tripod mirrors do actually provide a great view, but I think these will be better still. Not the greatest for aerodynamics but it's a bullnose! What's a little more drag and turbulence going to hurt? 😅 I lost that war before it even started.

Ford F834

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Wow. This place is charging $125-$150 per side for similar mirrors 😳

https://www.heavytruckparts.net/search.php?qsearch=TRUE&PartID=1280&ManufMake=FORD&Model=F600

Gary Lewis

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Yipes!!! You got them for 1/10th that.

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grumpin

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Nice find!

Hope to see them painted and installed.

I had a set of west coast mirrors on my 1974 F250 Supercab. I like them.

They are big, but great for towing. Plus you can use a big convex mirror! I missed them after I sold that truck.

Dane
1986 F250HD SC XLT Lariat 4x4 460 C6-Sold
1992 Bronco XLT 4x4 351W E4OD
1998 GMC Sierra SLE K1500 350 4L60E
Arizona

Gary Lewis

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I think there's another huge advantage to those mirrors - they are far enough out that they won't interfere with the vent windows, regardless of where you put them. The other mirrors have to be back far enough to clear the vent windows, which makes you have to turn your head in order to use them, which is a problem if you are old like me and your neck doesn't turn easily or if you wear glasses.

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1986F150Six

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Or, if money was not an issue and you wanted the mirrors with lights!!!

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1967-79-NOS-OEM-FORD-TRUCK-LIGHTED-WEST-COAST-MIRRORS-F100-F600-SET-OF-2-RANGER/132407075777?epid=1322965695&hash=item1ed413a3c1:g:1V4AAOSwJtdaFFV5&vxp=mtr

Ford F834

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1986F150Six wrote

Or, if money was not an issue and you wanted the mirrors with lights!!!

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1967-79-NOS-OEM-FORD-TRUCK-LIGHTED-WEST-COAST-MIRRORS-F100-F600-SET-OF-2-RANGER/132407075777?epid=1322965695&hash=item1ed413a3c1:g:1V4AAOSwJtdaFFV5&vxp=mtr

Neat find David! But quite expensive. I'd be nervous to have lights on wide mirrors like that. They could take a thrashing if you like to drive around in the woods or the desert like I like to do. I wonder if they fill a legal marker light requirement or if they are just decorative? I read that some states require trailers taller than the cab to have marker lights, but that cab marker lights filled that requirement if the trailer did not have them, hence the reason cab lights were part of the "tow package"on F250's and F350's. Could be hog wash but that's what I read.

Gary Lewis

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Big Blue came with the trailering package from the factory but no cab lights.

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