V.O.A. mirrors

travelvw · Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2005 4:39 am Post subject: V.O.A. mirrors

Does anybody know if any specific buses got these voa mirrors? By that I mean, only campers, or just this year to that year, etc. I'm pretty sure it was just a dealer installed option... I'm thinking about installing them on my 58 kombi... Thanks for your help!

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=61886
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localboy · Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2005 9:28 am Post subject:

I can only say that my '66 Westy appeared to have these mounted at one time. They are long gone but the mounts still remain. Can't say whether they were OG, put on by Westfalia or the dealer...Can say they will be coming off when paint time rolls around.
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put-put...whee!! · Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2005 9:38 am Post subject:

I bought a '67 deluxe a few years ago, from the original owner, and it had a pair of the same mirrors on it. The lady told me they had added them as a dealer accessory the day they picked the bus up new.
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NorCalWeekender · Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2005 9:59 am Post subject:

Say, I recognize that picture! Wink

I have no idea, but I know it was a catalogued option.

Who was it that started calling them NorCalRiviera Mirrors?

-Taylor
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travelvw · Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2005 10:58 am Post subject:

Lind · Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2005 12:19 pm Post subject:

first, let me say them is ugly ass mirrors (sorry Taylor). I have a dealership catalog from the mid '60s showing their availability at that time.
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BarryL · Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2005 1:21 pm Post subject:

My wife's '67 Westy came with those. Be careful or you can pooch in your door with the slightest bump. Also when removed the holes are water traps especially at the top. In the sixties we called them "backup", "trailer", or "truck mirrors. Also it hurts terrific if your shoulder gets hit by one going by.

Sergeant D · Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2005 3:01 pm Post subject:

Yuck, my 67 Deluxe bears the scars from a set of those....some PO must have had them surgically removed, but the memory remains in the form of the little holes in my doors...
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pizzaguywithasinglecab · Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2005 8:21 pm Post subject:

I pulled s set of the ugly bastards off of my SC. They're laying around my garage if anyone is interested. I kinow that these are dealer ad-ons but VW should be ashamed of themselves for ever selling them. I wonder if the installer had to go to some special seminar in how to royally screw up a perfectly good set of doors Laughing

biggraham · Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 12:52 am Post subject:

Isn't beauty in the eye of the beholder? Shocked

My kid might someday be riding in my bus, so function over form...
Thanks to Em and Aaron for my wide truck style mirrors! Very Happy

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travelvw · Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 4:48 am Post subject:

j.pickens · Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 8:09 am Post subject:

For functionality, as long as you have a rear passenger window bus, get yourself a clip on panoramic inside rear-view mirror. There are enough windows even in a Kombi to see everything behind and alongside you without even using the little round rearview. I almost never use my passenger side mirror, as the angle of view is so small. The driver's side is aimed to see alongside, but for any other views, I use the panoramic interior mirror.
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travelvw · Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 8:19 am Post subject:

NorCalWeekender · Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 9:28 am Post subject:

j.pickens · Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 11:18 am Post subject:

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

I LOVE that shot!
Took that when I was bringing home my deluxe from Denver to New Jersey in 40 hours of driving. (38 on the clock due to the time zones changes)
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Sergeant D · Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 11:57 am Post subject:

Two words, M 194's...love em...

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gearhead · Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 12:09 pm Post subject: mirrors

great pic's pickens, now back to the post. i'm old enought to remember things from the sixtys. thoses mirrors were sold on the market for any thing you wanted to put them on (my dad put a pair on his new 67 chevy pickup). vw probably had them packaged for them, for resale. AND i don't want to here any dumbass shit about my age..... now back to my nap. #Sleep

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