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Old 12-30-2015, 10:30 PM   #13
davepl
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Re: Mirror with map light built in

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Originally Posted by bronze 72 super View Post
This said, Map Light Mirrors must have been available only in the '70 model year, or a G.M.C. only option. Does this sound more accurate?
Not an option on the trucks. I define "option" as "RPO", or "Regular Production Option", as in a box you could check when placing a factory order. All of this stuff is stuff you'd buy at GM over the counter or, more likely, spec it and they'd install it when your truck came in for delivery prep.

My best guess for the mirrors specifically would be that they were an RPO on vehicles like Bonnevilles and Impalas and that GM offered them as an accessory for our trucks via the accessory catalog. That's about all I can claim!

I wonder how you'd wire it? Not like we have a headliner to hide the wire. I fished wire for my cab lights but I doubt they'd take that kind of time. Unfortunately most of the book has labor amounts but not the mirror.
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