csl racing mirrors

[bmw art car]

i am looking for mirrors similar to the 70's gr 4 cars.
can anyone point me toward a model or brand ?
thank you

 

[61porsche]

Any particular car in Grp 4?

Some had none. Some appear to be black Talbot. Some are AERO ( curved aluminum cover). Some are paddle but wide base than stock.

 

[bmw art car]

this is what i had in mind

btw...do you know what the chromy bits are? there are two on the passenger door, but only one on the driver side ...

 

[61porsche]

Sensors

Sensors.$2200 ea. One pointing to the ground is radar measuring track speed presumably for changing conditions. The one pointing up is measuring tires/ temps. same on the other side. Hooked to computers. Pretty modern high tech. Kinda look like license plate lamps till you understand what it is.

Non standard, non period mirrors. Probably custom and probably not legal depending on what you're doing. Breakaway for sure.

Easiest solution is a Sebring mirror mounted sideways or down if you want the period correct look. But pls. check on what and where you want to go with this before you have to redo something because of regs.

Nice color choice. There were a couple independents running Schnitzers ( not the burgandy Schnitzer backed cars) with colors similar to that back in the day. I'll try to find some pictures which were probably what inspired that one.

 

[bmw art car]

its alexander calders art car

i want to do a homage to alexander calder.
since it was the first art car. and since i have a copy of one already 8 series

wow interesting thing on the sensors i got to do some reading on how they worked.
early telemetry , huh?

thank you for the mirror info. ill see if i can them

 

[61porsche]

try this

http://www.porschespecialist.nl/fotoalbum_projecten.php?album=BMW 3.5 CSL 1972

 

[bmw art car]

http://www.porschespecialist.nl/fotoalbum_projecten.php?album=BMW 3.5 CSL 1972

wow...that is impressive.
if the proportions are slightly off, the whole paint scheme will look wrong.
it scares me a bit of how perfect the copy has to be to look good.

 

[Yannick]

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[bmw art car]

Too much science fiction in your life ?!

These are simple lights and are mandatory to race Le Mans (Marshalls to see the car number during the night).

oh... do you know what kind ? they look a bit like licence plate lights

 

[Arde]

oh... do you know what kind ? they look a bit like licence plate lights

I thought they were ashtrays for those who like to look cool and keep their smoke outside the car. When nobody is watching you rotate them from the inside and they empty on the street.

 

[bmw art car]

I thought they were ashtrays for those who like to look cool and keep their smoke outside the car. When nobody is watching you rotate them from the inside and they empty on the street.

that's a good idea...especially for le mans, where you can't really pull over for a cigarette break

 

[pamp]

3.5

Looks to me to be standard 2002 licence illumination lamps...re-worked...more shiny than my cars ever were. Nice album previous by 61porsche

 

[bmw art car]

Looks to me to be standard 2002 licence illumination lamps...re-worked...more shiny than my cars ever were. Nice album previous by 61porsche

the license plate light is a good lead...
the 2002 lights look a bit different but they will do
unless i find a perfect match

 

[nameless]

this is what i had in mind

I found a pair of those which were Abarth/Alfa GTA replacement mirrors. I found them here at International Auto Parts, an Alfa, Fiat, Lancia parts house.

Might need to fab up some holders to adjust them properly, but from my Calder model they were simply flush mount to the door. Perhaps that's only the driver side.

My Art Car is going to be a little different however (sans swastika of course :-/):

Jason

 

[Arde]

How about these Talbots?

http://www.vintagebmwsource.com/mirrors

 

[bmw art car]

How about these Talbots?

http://www.vintagebmwsource.com/mirrors

they are nice
and cheers for thinking of me

...but they don't look like this...
and that's what i am after