1975 Mark IV passenger side mirror

[Gr97x]

Why some af the marks dont have a passenger side mirror?
I did my research and couldnt find out.

[Dan Szwarc]

Because it was optional. And the mirrors sucked, functionally.

[Gr97x]

I get that it was optional, but how can it be that bad at doing its job

[Dan Szwarc]

It wasn’t curved so the viewing size is terrible. Plus, 70s mirrors are half the size of modern mirrors.

If you want one, go for it. But IMHO it’s not worth passing up a really nice car without one.

[Lee]

I get that it was optional, but how can it be that bad at doing its job

One advantage is that objects in the mirror are NOT closer than they appear.

[frasern]

I think I have one if needed, cheap! And, you can have a glass shop cut curved glass for them, but it just won't be "right".
If you can't turn your head, it is worth installing one. I have a crushed disc, so I have had to add lame right hand mirrors. You do what you gotta do.

[Gr97x]

I really appreciate all the responds, I haven't got the mark 4 yet, but soon it's the first time I feel love at first sight towards any car. It's really unique.

The pictures below are mine and it is the same car that I want to buy.

[Lee]

I like it! William Conrad would approve.

[papawayne]

Enjoy the car but feed us your problems. We can sometimes help you out, and if we can't we'll make something up! Wayne

[Gr97x]

Enjoy the car but feed us your problems. We can sometimes help you out, and if we can't we'll make something up! Wayne

Sure as soon as i get it i will tell my experience with it,
I'm at the U.A.E.

[TonyC]

I have to (respectfully) disagree with Dan's assessment. A starboard-side mirror is always an advantage, as long as you learn how to properly adjust it. Even the poorly-engineered mirror options of the late-'60s are better than nothing, despite the design flaw in them...which, incidentally, the '70s mirrors do not have.

The superiority of panoramic distortion (the curve Dan was referring to) is debatable at best; I personally tend to be in Lee's camp on that topic, preferring to see objects in the mirror as close as they actually are. The late, great, iconic Leo Gallagher once stabbed at that distortion as well.

But, in any case, you can do no less than upgrade your field of rear vision with a starboard-side mirror. Some countries won't even permit operation of a car without one, regardless of age; though luckily America is not among those fascists (not sure if the UAE has rules like those). Here, if a car was not fitted from the factory with something that is considered mandatory now, it is exempt from those mandates. An owner can choose to retrofit any such items if he/she chooses, for good measure or for upgrade purposes; but such retrofits are not ever required.

In the 20 years I've had a starboard mirror on my car, not once have I driven without looking at it. Granted, part of that is simply aesthetics–I love the symmetrical appearance. But also, when properly adjusted, it actually does serve the purpose it's supposed to serve...however barely, due to the design flaw.

If/When you do acquire and install one for your prospective car, you must remember this very important rule regarding adjustment. It is supposed to be adjusted in conjunction with the central mirror, the one on the windshield. It is supposed to pick up line of sight that terminates at the central mirror's right edge. That means, for instance, as soon as a passing car's tail end is moving out of view of the central mirror's right-hand edge, the nose end of the same car should already be in the view of the starboard mirror. Ergo, no blind spot. But too many people–in fact, just about everybody in America save for me–adjust that mirror to show the side of their own vehicles. They're all wrong. If you see the side of your car in that mirror, you're just as blind as though the mirror were not even there.

---Tony

[Gr97x]

I have to (respectfully) disagree with Dan's assessment. A starboard-side mirror is always an advantage, as long as you learn how to properly adjust it. Even the poorly-engineered mirror options of the late-'60s are better than nothing, despite the design flaw in them...which, incidentally, the '70s mirrors do not have.

The superiority of panoramic distortion (the curve Dan was referring to) is debatable at best; I personally tend to be in Lee's camp on that topic, preferring to see objects in the mirror as close as they actually are. The late, great, iconic Leo Gallagher once stabbed at that distortion as well.

But, in any case, you can do no less than upgrade your field of rear vision with a starboard-side mirror. Some countries won't even permit operation of a car without one, regardless of age; though luckily America is not among those fascists (not sure if the UAE has rules like those). Here, if a car was not fitted from the factory with something that is considered mandatory now, it is exempt from those mandates. An owner can choose to retrofit any such items if he/she chooses, for good measure or for upgrade purposes; but such retrofits are not ever required.

In the 20 years I've had a starboard mirror on my car, not once have I driven without looking at it. Granted, part of that is simply aesthetics–I love the symmetrical appearance. But also, when properly adjusted, it actually does serve the purpose it's supposed to serve...however barely, due to the design flaw.

If/When you do acquire and install one for your prospective car, you must remember this very important rule regarding adjustment. It is supposed to be adjusted in conjunction with the central mirror, the one on the windshield. It is supposed to pick up line of sight that terminates at the central mirror's right edge. That means, for instance, as soon as a passing car's tail end is moving out of view of the central mirror's right-hand edge, the nose end of the same car should already be in the view of the starboard mirror. Ergo, no blind spot. But too many people–in fact, just about everybody in America save for me–adjust that mirror to show the side of their own vehicles. They're all wrong. If you see the side of your car in that mirror, you're just as blind as though the mirror were not even there.

---Tony

Thanks for sharing the informations, When I own it, I'll take the installation information into consideration.
I appreciate all the responds.