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  1. Guest5979

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    does any body have or know wher i can find a template to drill 2 holes for a passenger side mirror i only want to drill 2 not a half a dozen.i am starting on the body work again.
    thanks Robert
     
  2. ol' chebby

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    If you look up under the cowl, there are usually 2 nuts or holes already there, just dimple and drill, as far as I remember.
     
  3. spurgeon

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    from another source:

    There should be a plate under the cowl once you remove the glove box.

    A reinforcement plate was installed at the factory on the drivers side and the passenger side to mount the mirror arms. The reinforcements are above a ledge on the left and right inner cowls and difficult to see without a mirror or sticking your head far up behind the instrument panel. Remove the glovebox case to see the passenger side. They are predrilled to accept the bolts for the mirror arms. You may see nuts attached to the reinforcements; or the holes may be threaded; or the bolts may require nuts and lock washers - I'm not sure.

    I feel that it is difficult to drill through the outside of the fender to hit the holes in the reinforcements. Other AD truck owners suggest inserting a spring punch through the correct two holes in the reinforcements and snap it to make bumps on the outside of the fender. Then set the mirror bracket over the impressions to fine tune the location to drill the holes in the fender. I agree with the suggestion.

    Make sure that you have the correct mirror arms. The passenger side arm (RPO 210G) was the same for all years of AD trucks '47-'55. It has a screwy bend so that you can see the mirror through the lower corner of the windshield. The drivers side outside mirror arm for '47-'50 trucks is different than the arm for '51-'55 AD trucks because a vent window was added to the doors in 1951. The arm and mirror head were painted black.
     
  4. Guest5979

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    cool

    looks like i will be looking around the underside of the dash this weekend thanks
     
  5. Guest5979

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    thanks

    thanks guys i looked under the dash found the reinforcement plate with the holes in it no threads or nuts but should be easy to drill out again thanks
     

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