1929 Chevrolet International - 4 Door Sedan Project by BearsFan315

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Been looking at side view mirrors for the 1929, all kinds of clamp, hinge, etc out there. not sure what to do, so found some suction cup mirrors to try out. ordered one from Amazon: Side View Mirror Option 1

these have a 6" flex arm, with a suction cup and 3.35" diameter convex mirror. only issue is that it has to mount on a FLAT surface in order for the suction cup to work, and have a long enough arm to get the mirror where i need it so see. got the mirror in today and tinkered with locations where i can mount it and use it, tried the door, but have to look out and down to see it, no good, tried on hood, no good. then what about the visor ?? bam enough area to suction on and arm is just long enough to reach around so i can see. i can see behind and around me without moving my head from natural position while driving. 

also tried it on the passenger side and was able to mount it same location and get the mirror around so i could see down the side of the car and around me. so think these will work, and good value for the money. plus i can remove for shows if desired. if they fall off while driving then will find another route. did a short test drive for the engine with these on and it did not budge and was SO NICE to be able to see behind me !!

few pictures of the mirrors and mounting on the drivers side

while testing and playing with the sideview mirror, i did my second test drive after timing. car started right up, ran strong, good acceleration, etc... temp was 80F low humidity, and at dusk. drove the same 1.5 mile 5 minute trip. when i parked in driveway temp on radiator was around 180F at the top 150F at the bottom. no puking when i shut it off. there is still air bubbles when not at idle, not as bad and only when it warms up. 

7-9-2022

played around to see IF i could use the same mirror on the passenger side, but realized the arm was too short. in order for me see out the mirror i have to lean back and over to see the mirror. figure the arm needs to be a few inches longer.  looking around realized that the arms used on the mirror are the same arms they use on the flexible cell phone mounts. so went online and bought a few options of various lengths to see what works best for passenger side.

The arm on the mirror is 8" overall from base to the ball. the ones i ordered ended up being 10", 12", and 14" so great assortment.

after tinkering around, figured out that the 10" was near perfect length. the 14" was way too long, and the 12" as well.

went back and froth and messed around, but very happy with the 10" arm. 

you could use the 12" or 14" and mount them on the door panel and position them in typical side view mirror on the bottom corner of window

here is the setup i have, standard mirror with 8" arm on driver side, then the same mirror on the 10" arm on passenger side.

very happy with this, and can easily see both of them from neutral driving position, just like my daily driver. been raining all afternoon so no chance to take it out and do a real world test, but will do soon enough.

nice thing is they come off in a few seconds, are inexpensive, and work !!

7-14-2022

did a few more test drives and same results...

driving around 5-10 minutes, no faster than 25 mph, Cloudy evening, temps around 85F 60% humidity. coolant level was just over the core. car fired right up, let it idle for about 10 minutes.

car ran fine, accelerated smoothly. Saw some bubbles on acceleration and when i came to a stop, pulled in driveway and cut it off, no puking but had some bubbles. ran temps. top of radiator was around 190-195 bottom around 160-65. cylinders walls were around 200-210. fired it back up no issues, and pulled it into garage for the night.

double checked timing, it is around 15 deg 

...verified with timing light, but set by ear and engine feel & sound
plugs gapped to .040"
point gap set to .018"

car fired right up, idles great, no sputtering or stuttering

exhaust is a constant synchronize put put put

if i retard or advance a little I get a slight miss at idle not consistent but random every 30+ seconds or so
put put put put poof put put put put put put