69' blazer side view mirrors question

[Badmothertucker]

Can anyone tell me why this 69 blazer has these old metal side view mirrors and others I see on here have cool looking chrome ones.

[Steven B]

Those were stock for 69-70. 71-72 had the sport mirrors

[briank]

My 69 cst k5 has those painted arms but had round chrome mirrors on it which are original.

[Sacramento70]

the arms are painted and someone replace the circle chrome mirrors for those....just bolt on i suppose

[briank]

Now my 70 plain jane k5 has those mirror heads but they are painted.

[Badmothertucker]

Thanks BrianK. My Dad Bought this Blazer brand new in 1969 and I believe
those mirrors came on it. He always said something about the sideview mirrors. That is why I was curious if that model was different from all others.
Thanks again!

[jaros44sr]

Originally Posted by Badmothertucker

Thanks BrianK. My Dad Bought this Blazer brand new in 1969 and I believe
those mirrors came on it. He always said something about the sideview mirrors. That is why I was curious if that model was different from all others.
Thanks again!

Yeah but, how do they work? I wanted to use those but read that they vibrate and are unuseable

[Badmothertucker]

No that you said something no they don't.

[AZBlazer]

The mirror pictured is what is on my '70 Blazer, which I bought with about 3000 miles on it in 1970. The only difference is that mine weren't chromed, but are painted white. They do vibrate some, but not much. I put a bull's eye on the passenger side which reduces the distortion. Big problem was water getting in around the ball attach point. There was no way for water to drain out the bottom, so the ball and the bottom edge began to rust out. Not a problem now in AZ, but it was when I lived with it in Oregon.

[jaros44sr]

Thanks for the info guys, may still put those mirrors on it.....or west coast jrs.

[harrisoncole4]

Here are 3 photos of 69/70 blazers with the factory rectangular mirror heads.

The arm was always painted body colour. From what I could find, the heads were available in either white or silver/raw metal colour. I believe that makes all the chrome/stainless heads aftermarket. Can someone who knows more about this than I do confirm this?

[hemi43]

Originally Posted by jaros44sr

Yeah but, how do they work? I wanted to use those but read that they vibrate and are unuseable

I have those on my truck, and they do vibrate . My fix was to ram a 1/4" diameter aluminum rod the full length of the mounting arm, then poured epoxy into it. It still shakes a bit, but it got rid of 75% of the vibration.

[jaros44sr]

Thanks Hemi, so its the mounting arm and not the mirror union to the arm?

[hemi43]

Originally Posted by jaros44sr

Thanks Hemi, so its the mounting arm and not the mirror union to the arm?

Well, it's a bit of both. The mirror is very thin, and it does flex. I thought about putting a layer of glass mat and epoxy inside of the mirror head to stiffen it up, but I've just learned to live with a bit of vibration. My thinking is that if I need to use the mirrors, it means I'm driving too slow. ;-)

['68OrangeSunshine]

Originally Posted by jaros44sr

Thanks for the info guys, may still put those mirrors on it.....or west coast jrs.

West Coast Jrs won't fit the K/5 upper door frame [which ain't there].
Next best thing is the Below-the-Eyeline type, that was optional '69 MY and later.

[jaros44sr]

The last time I mocked mine up, there was just enough of metal to make it work, but I will recheck it

thanks for your thoughts Hemi

['68OrangeSunshine]

Originally Posted by jaros44sr

The last time I mocked mine up, there was just enough of metal to make it work, but I will recheck it

Just looked at my '71 Jimmy and '68 C/10 Stepside.
The K/5 upper window ''frame'' is under 1-1/2'' long.
The WC Jr on the pickup has the forward mirror-mounting bolt hole right in the angle above the wind vane, second hole ~2'' aft of that.
Not enough meat.
Unless you added on an upper window frame extension, it won't fly.
Even if you did, the whole assembly would vibrate in the wind something fierce.