Hi All,
Shortly after purchasing my Healey, I installed wing mirrors, driving lights and a luggage rack. At the time (April 1964) I purchased my lights and mirrors directly from Lucas and placed my mirrors as directed by the Lucas representative to BMC USA. The directions indicated the correct position was 1" from the bead at the high point of the front wheel opening just forward of the inner fender.
Although correctly positioned on the fender, I was near-sighted at the time and, for me, use of my flat mirrors was more a joke then practical. As I got older, my sight transitioned toward being more far-sighted and I was really happy to be able to begin to take advantage of my mirrors. However, after 10 years of being able to use the mirrors, my sight was again changed as a result of lens replacement in response to Cataract surgery and my use of wing mirrors has been greatly diminished.
Although I do like the look of wing mirrors, I have not found them to be either comfortable or that useful over their period of installation and, if I knew then what I know now, would have opted for a closer mounted mirror. Keep in mind that I had just purchased my new Healey and the over the wheel mounting was easily accessible but a closer mounted mirror would have required removing part of the fender to properly secure the under-fender washer and bolt.
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Just my thoughts,
Ray(64BJ8P1)