body and interior Hella Talbot Or Talbot Berlin 300

[mickem02]

Hi,

Which of these two mirrors should I choose? Are there any difference in value or valuable?

Do anyone knows how these fit on a 02 door or do I have to make other holes? I hope not though..

Cheers Micke

Edited September 9, 2013 by mickem02

[John_in_VA]

A pic of the mounting base would be nice, but from the shape I'd imagine new holes are needed, unless you move the seat waaaay back to see into the mirror!

[ryansti]

New holes are needed. In the stock location they are worthless. I have them on my 1970 1600 and the look amazing but you really can't see anything with them in the stock location.

Edited September 10, 2013 by ryansti

[Mike Self]

Agree with previous posters--Talbot mirrors look very cool and period, but will need to be mounted in different spots to be useful.  Also, they are even smaller than the original early (68-70) stock outside mirrors so don't provide much rearward vision.  If you're gonna use 'em you should consider finding a larger inside mirror to help compensate--E21, E30, early 5s and 6s have mirrors that pop into the 02 mount and are significantly larger for better rearward vision.  Might as well take advantage of that big rear window!

 

cheers

mike

[Koblenz]

The bullet mirror in the original holes may interfere with the wing window opening.  I wanted the bullet but found them to require me drilling new holes.  I have seen them mounted to the hood sides but heard the passenger side was harder to see from drivers seat. For the record, I like the Talbots.

[TobyB]

https://myspace.com/talbottagora

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talbot_Tagora

 

who knew...

 

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[layers]

Hi--

 

Here is the best way to mount Talbot mirrors, as shown on my late '73.  Thanks again  to Tom Jones for this great photo just a few hours before my accident.  After using small, flat Talbot mirrors (installed just a couple months after purchasing this car new) I migrated to convex tinted mirrors to help see more in the blind spots.  By the way, I'm getting the useable Talboval mirror ready for the classified section.

 

Larry

[mickem02]

Thanks guys for input! I will stay with my trapeziod mirrors, but will invest in some new mirrorglass.

 

Cheers Micke

[rover1]

i went through this a couple of years ago except i used talbot bullet replicas and i couldnt see S__t and the reason why is because the pedestals are to short and the problem is exasperated on the passanger side. i think if your a really small person you could use talbots on a 2002 but if your like 5'5 and up you will have problems. still they do look nice on 2002. but mirrors are like wheels very subjective eveybody sees something differant for example the this white 2002 above looks ugly with those gold and silver wheels?