CMP mirror replacement

[Lynn Eades]

I thought they were all curved.

[Jacques Reed]

Here's a picture of an original one on a restored Ford CMP ambulance at the Bandiana Army Museum in Victoria (Australia). As can be seen the sides are straight and the four screws are shown. Can't say for sure but believe the glass was flat and not curved.

Cheers,

[Keith Webb]

The glass is curved so the reflection is convex.

[Lynn Eades]

There is the possibility a new flat glass has been fitted, or indeed the possibility that more than one type was made. The one in your picture does look to be a straight frame.
The two I bought from Argentina through E bay a few years ago are both curved, and with some spotting to the glass I wondered how I might replace the glass.
These two pictures are my ones ,from one of the threads Hanno listed above. They came in original boxes.

[Jacques Reed]

Thanks Keith and Lynn for your info.

Looks like CO1Q 17702-C confirms it all.

Cheers

[Alex van de Wetering]

I believe the pictures that Lynn, Jaques and Keith posted are the ones that show the original CMP mirror (screws on the rear). This is modelled after a Lucas wing mirror as used on pre-war British cars and early MV's.

The other that Svenn shows is modelled after a Lucas interior mirror (screws on the sides) as used on pre-war cars....on the dash or windscreen frame.

At least that's what I have been able to conclude by comparing pics on the web with period CMP pictures!

Both types of mirrors are available from dealers that specialize in British classics. The "interior" mirrors seem to be cheaper, so that might be the reason you often see them on restored CMP's (?)

Alex

[David Dunlop]

If your mirror frames and the glass are in good shape, but the 'silvering' on the back of the glass is starting to deteriorate, check to see if there are any shops in your area that deal in mirrors.

Sadly, this seems to be more of a "Disposable Age" we live in today, but 30 or 40 years ago around here, it was possible to have mirrors resilvered for a fraction of the cost of buying new. If you are dealing with a smoked glass, curved mirror, and the glass is solid, that alone is irreplaceable today and worth getting redone if you can.

Cheers,


David

[Harry Moon]

Locally one of our guys went to a glass shop and had a matching round convex mirror cut to size and it matches the originals perfectly.
he had to pay for several as it is very hard to cut the curved mirror and a few were sacrificed in the process. but still came out at about $20.00 a piece.