Re: Hornet interior trim piece needed..odd part?

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I'm thinking the later cars had a two piece top strip. but also remember a top strip with a center filler. It could be another brand I'm thinking of.
  The glass mounted mirror will usually come off with no damage to the windshield at all and the early mirror should bolt up. you may have to drill holes. Be careful you don't dimple the roof with too long a drill bit!
  if you grab the glass mounted mirror and give it a quick twist they usually pop right off.
 It's hard to get a really good glue bond to glass! A razor or utility knife blade at the edge between the little metal glue on piece will usually do the trick too.
Mark Price
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Morgantown, WV
69 AMC rambler, 4.0L, EFI, 5 speed 
65 Ambassador Conv, 327 AUTO, Basketcase
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From: "John W Rosa" <JohnRosa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: mail-From-mprice-westco.net@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Date:  Mon, 12 Sep 2005 11:12:01 -0400

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>The blue Hornet I sold recently is in need of 'something'. 
>Here's the scoop...you tell me the solution.
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>The car is a '73 originally with a tan interior. It currently 
>has a windshield-mounted mirror that doesn't look 'stock' to 
>me...but could be?
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>ANYWAY...the current BLACK LEVIS interior came from a '78 
>Concord AMX...and the two pieces of plastic trim that go along 
>the top of the windshield do NOT meet in the middle. There's a 
>gap, and the end of each has a 'U' shaped notch as if the car 
>had a mirror mounted between these pieces, at the center/top of 
>the windshield....like my copper Hornet X has.
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>My quandry is this: The '78 catalog shows all 78s with a glass- 
>mounted rear view mirror. So, is there a small 'filler' piece 
>we're missing? Judging by this auction photo, there is-
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>http://i24.ebayimg.com/01/i/04/e6/6f/69_1_b.JPG
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>If so, anyone got a spare of that small, rectangular piece... 
>in black, preferably?
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>Or...
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>Can the glass-mounted mirror be removed leaving no trace or
>is the windshield permanently scarred? And does anyone have 
>an ealry frame-mounted mirror available out of a Hornet/Gremlin?
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>Reply direct if you've got either piece. Thanks.
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>John
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