I was always puzzled as to why Ford offered west coast mirrors as an option on the early D series, they weren’t very good as they were very
long and thin, causing bad blind spots. I always rated the standard mirrors on the D series, but when production stopped, i remember
everyone slating the early Ford cargo mirrors, the mirror arm used to flex the door skin when traveling at motorway speeds, resulting in the
doors usually splitting around the mirror mounts, Ford did seem to cure this problem pretty quick though…
Jerry