Miata Mailing List: November 1993, Message #149
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   From: sebruun@ihlpe.att.com
Subject: Looking for Talbot mirrors
   Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1993 11:33:46 -0500

Anybody here old enough to remember Talbot mirrors?  Back in the
sixties when I cut my teeth on British roadsters, I installed a
pair of these way-cool bullet-shaped chrome-plated racing-style
rear view mirrors on each one of the cars I owned (MGB/AHSprite/
Datsun1600/Datsun2000), and I'd like to put a pair on my Miata.

As I recall, genuine Talbots came in three flavors.  There were
large and small versions with center pedestals and another one
with a swoopier "faired-in" pedestal.  Since I want to make sure
that the base covers the standard mounting points and I want as
much mirror surface as I can get, I think I'm looking for a pair
of the large center pedestal models (I never liked the swoopier
ones much).

Does anyone know where I might find a pair?  The sources I used
back then, places like MG Mitten and Vilem B. Haan, seem to have 
disappeared, and I don't see anything like what I'm looking for
in any of the catalogs I have at hand.  I have a hunch that they
must still be available for the classic/restoration market, so
if you have any leads, I'd sure appreciate hearing about them.
A pair of these mirrors has become the holy grail of accessories
for my Miata.  I'm pursuing the retro look ("Cobra" stripes and
Minilite-lookalike eight-spoke Panasports), and Talbot mirrors
will complete the package.

My apologies to readers on the autox list.  I realize that this
message has scant solo-related content, but there are enough of
you out there who might know where to look (Phil E and Mark B,
for example) that I thought I'd give it a try.  My fellow Miata
folks may remember a brochure that one of the parts houses -- I
think it was Millen -- put out maybe a year and a half ago in
which they floated the idea of offering such mirrors and asked
for input.  I've called them a couple of times asking if they'd
followed up on it, and each time the answer has been "not yet" 
so I think it's time to look elsewhere.

Thanks in advance for any leads you can give me.  Please reply
via private e-mail since I'd guess that most of the folks on
either list couldn't give a rat's ass about what mirrors I've
got on my car.

- Steve Bruun (aka 22cs)