More mirrors

["Dean Mericas" <dmericas@domain.elided>]

On my 1974 2000GTV the mirrors and wiper arms are flat black, a color option I
haven't seen from any of the parts suppliers.

Is this unique to the 74s?

Dean Mericas
Ann Arbor, MI
1974 2000 GTV
1965 TR4

> -----Original Message-----
> Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 21:11:21 -0500
> From: "John Hertzman" <johnhertzman@domain.elided>
> Subject: scraping bottom, still  (was: mirrors)
>
> Jack Rugh notes that his 1969, US 1750 GT Veloce came with a
> no-logo, plated,
> round mirror, definitely. Makes great sense. The logo mirror
> 105.64.61.017.00
> had its first use, according to Alfa parts numbering
> conventions, on the
> production version of the 105.64 Montreal which was
> introduced as a 1971 car
> at the 1970 Geneva show. It shows up in my USA 1750 GT Veloce
> parts books on
> one of the 'aggiornamento' pages which replaced the
> corresponding page which
> had been in the parts book when published in 1969 and which,
> implicitly,
> differed. How quickly after the introduction of the Montreal
> the mirror
> migrated down to current production of what some (but not I)
> would consider
> lesser cars is another question, but its presence on a car
> built before the
> introduction of the Montreal would seem to be a slight,
> albeit forgivable,
> anachronism, evidently sanctioned for replacements by Arese
> as shown by its
> inclusion for all 105 cars in the 1974 Catalogo Rapido. (:-)
> to you, too, most
> estimable Rugh.
>
> Cordially,
>
> John H.
>
> Rughly, N.C.

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