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So my 1970 wagon has holes in the door from whatever mirror it came with. But the bolt hole spacing I show is 3", staggered (one higher than the other).

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I'd like to put a stock mirror on there. Some brand new Tiawan mirrors came with the car (bottom right), but they were obviously not the right ones. So I bought a stock 510 mirror that should be correct for this goon (Upper Left). Even has the offset holes. (Here are both styles.)

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Problem is, on what should be the stock mirror, the hole spacing is 1-7/8, so I can't use my holes. I've checked with a few sources and 1-7/8 seems to be the distance on the oem mirror.

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So my 1st question is, was there a third style mirror on 510 goons with a 3" hole spacing that is offset?

 

My second question is, is there a source for the rubber gasket for the mirror? Cause in the end the oem mirror will cover both holes on my door. I will just have to drill another hole. If there is no source for a gasket, I will just try to cut some thick rubber my self.

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Being a 40 year old car who knows what mirrors were on the car or what mirror those holes are for.

 

The factory mirrors should have a soft plastic piece that goes between the mirror and the body that acts like a gasket.

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I use my pica pole to measure things too. :D

 

What does the google images show for factory mirrors?

From what I can tell the one shown in the upper left of my photo is the factory mirror. I was suspecting someone put something else on there at some point that wasn't Datsun. But wondered if there was an OEM mirror style I am unaware of. Especially because of the staggered hole placement. My car was repainted by the PO so I guess there could be a filled in hole under the paint.

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An update on this for those on a similar quest. I may have found the match. THese have the wider offset mounting holes and were listed for a Datusn 510 sedan and wagon on ebay. Listed as OEM, but IKI is the branding.

 

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