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Old 12-30-2015, 05:14 PM   #4
davepl
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Re: Mirror with map light built in

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Originally Posted by bronze 72 super View Post
You say Accessory Book, but what years? I deal mostly in '71-'72 and have Accessory Booklets for both years, and no mention of this option. Must be for information for earlier years. How ever Map Light Mirrors were available as an option for all '70 model year passenger cars. I have one in my El Camino. It was part as the Auxilary Lighting Group RPO NO. ZJ9. Very common years ago. Seen lots of these in cars, most common in Impalas and Caprices years ago. Don't know about other makes of G.M. but it was more that likely available as an option. And this option I'm sure was available for other years too.
Hope this helps out a bit. I still have one of these mirrors stashed away!!
"1970 Accessories Catalog", branded GMC with a little fat dude on the cover.

Thanks for the tip on the mirrors! Mine was a stripper that came with very few options but EVERY lighting option possible, for some reason. Glad to hear they're on Caprices and US Pontiacs as well if I need to hunt one down!

I notice in the book the mount is different. Is that to be able to fish the wire? Never looked to see if you can fish a wire through a normal mount.
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