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Mirrors

Posted By : Erica Ogawa, 22-Apr-2005, 07:02pm

Hi! I just managed to break my beloved wing (bullet AND stainless-steel) mirror off of my Herald, and I need one to replace it. And I began to wonder... These mirrors are actually useless and I never use them, and every time I see Heralds in magazines they NEVER have mirrors. I tried to find out the legality on mirrors, on classic cars, but failed. Could anyone kindly educate this new owner of a classic car? My Herald is 13/60 from 1968. Than you very much for your timexx

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Mirrors

Posted By : Mark Telkman, 22-Apr-2005, 07:27pm

Cars used before 78 must have one mirror, in most of our cases, the interior mirror, though this could also be either of the door/wing mirrors.

Those first used after 78 must have two mirrors, one of which must be on the right hand side, the other can be on the left hand side, or an interior mirror.

For the MOT, only the required mirror(s) are tested, so there's no problem with having a mirror on the left hand side (provided it's not your one obligitory mirror) that you can't see from the driver's seat or doesn't have a full view.
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  Posted By : Mike Crewes, 23-Apr-2005, 12:38pm
  
  Erica and Mark
  
  Mark is about right, unless your car is an Estate, in which case it will need an interior mirror and an offside external mirror. If it is a saloon then it only needs an interior mirror.
  
  Just clearing the matter up
  
  Regards
  Mike
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    Posted By : Andy Cook, 25-Apr-2005, 10:36am
    
    Yep,
    
    I remember this well as the tester tried to fail my GT6 a few years ago claiming that it needed a door or wing , I challenged this as it had passed several times without exterior mirrors before and made him refer to "the book" and he had to eat humble pie and pass my car when he found that this only applied to 78 cars onwards
    
    Wouldn't be an issue now as I've added a pair of nice shiny chrome mirrors since then.
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      Posted By : Erica Ogawa, 28-Apr-2005, 07:33pm
      
      Thank you so much for your comment everybody!!
      
      As my saloon was first used in 68, and I have one wing and
      one interior mirror, I now am sure I am a-OK!
      
      Always wondered why it may be a legal requirement to have
      three while I can never see anything on the left hand side
      wing mirror... (As I failed my driving test once for not
      checking it.)
      
      Thank you so much again!!