Stripes are on....WOHOOOOOooooooooo

[HK1837]

I've had a look at some other pics since you pointed it out and some, as per your pic, are towards the front of the door but if you look at Leif Muliks (spelling?) Green HJ van pics on this forum his look to be similar to mine....or maybe it's just my eyes. Anyway, it doesn't matter now...I'm not going to weld up the holes, move them forward and repaint the doors.:errf:

That wasn't what I was getting at, I was wondering if it is a plant based thing. Left side variaton I understand as I believe these are dealer fitted.

[GTS]

I was wondering if it is a plant based thing.

I was thinking the same thing myself. I'm almost certain that L/H mirrors were not required back then by law but sometime shortly after they were. I have no reason to doubt that the holes in the R/H door are not original unless it had a new door skin fitted at some stage and the holes were simply drilled on the wrong spot.

[playwme]

I'm almost certain that L/H mirrors were not required back then by law but sometime shortly after they were.

Sounds about right. No LH mirror on my HJ Statesman, which may or may not be the reason for the big scrape down the LHS.

[wbute]

I was thinking the same thing myself. I'm almost certain that L/H mirrors were not required back then by law but sometime shortly after they were. I have no reason to doubt that the holes in the R/H door are not original unless it had a new door skin fitted at some stage and the holes were simply drilled on the wrong spot.

Sandaro should have some info on this as his HJ is in the family from new.

[Sandaro]

Sandaro should have some info on this as his HJ is in the family from new.

I'm pretty certain that the left hand mirror came standard on the Sandman in 76. I can recall Dad making the point that he had to order the passenger side one for a Torana he bought a year prior.