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Number: 0875
From: cigarsandy
Date: Sun May 12, 2002  11:33 am
Subject: Re: Power Mirrors

Body:
It appears that the Console was changed BEFORE the electric mirrors
were made standard, thusly cars with the new console & remote
mirrors. Your car was one of the ones with the old console & OPTION
of Power Mirrors, thusly the different location of your power mirror
switches........

S A N D Y



--- In ascmclaren@y..., cigarsandy <no_reply@y...> wrote:
> I have always wanted to get the VIN of the car at which the change
> took place, BUT that now seems impossible! The 1987 consoles were
> used in very early 1988s, until the supply was gone, (OR) possibly
> until the newer style arrived from the manufacturer: Colamco (Owned
> by American SunRoof at the time). From cars I've seen, I can tell
> that the change was early on in the 1,015 car-unit build, certainly
> within the first 400 units. (Forget your dash plaque, it's
> meaningless)!! I and asc go only by the VIN of the car.
> As for the exterior mirrors, the same as above for the console. It
> was a running change, BUT even harder to track, because BEFORE they
> became standard equipment on the 1988 asc/McLarens they were a
listed
> OPTION by asc, at $60.00 extra. So, it's possible to find very low
> VIN cars WITH the electric mirrors, and higher VIN cars with the
> remote control mirrors! Once it became standard about mid-way thru
> the 1988 build, naturally the "option" was no more. You can tell
by
> pictures which a car has:
> Mirror mounted to the "A" pillar, is remote control
> Mirror mounted to the door panel, is electric power control.
> All 1989 & 1990s were the electric power, and all 1987s were the
> remote control type. 1988s sported both, until mid way in the
build,
> and then they all had the electric power.
> The console & the mirrors did not happen at the same time! I have
> found cars with the 1987 console & the electric power mirrors (I
> assume ordered under the options), and I have found cars with the
> remote control mirrors & the NEW console, as well. There was an
> overlap period of time in there.
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--- In ascmclaren@y..., asc709 <no_reply@y...> wrote:
> > Sandy,
> >
> > What's the deal with the mirrors? Some have the HT style
mirrors,
> > some the t-top, conv. mirrors.
> >
> > I understand that the consoles for 88 were carried over from the
> 87,
> > only while they had stock. My ASC has the power mirror button
> > located in the shift plate, is this because it has the carry over
> > console? Just curious.
> >
> > Robert