Windshield footmen loop size

oldbluedodge · Post by **oldbluedodge** » Tue Mar 12, 2019 2:34 pm

Well bubba took off the windshield hold down footman loop

If someone could measure theirs and let me know so I can make a new one that would be great. I’m so close to getting her make together

Thanks

mdainsd · Post by **mdainsd** » Tue Mar 12, 2019 6:21 pm

About 2 1/8" center of hole to center of hole. Both my M38s have those welded on. Welded right through the screw holes to the windshield frame.

Funny I was just looking at it 10 minutes ago. If they had been screwed on I thought I had a good place for a rearview mirror to mount to without altering anything.

RonD2 · Post by **RonD2** » Tue Mar 12, 2019 8:35 pm

My footman loop the same size as all the rest on the truck, and also welded on. Hard to figure why they did one of 22 that way?

I use a strong magnet to mount my mirror (vintage 1950-something Chevy truck mirror, nice tinted glass).

It scuffs the paint a bit after taking it on-off a few times, but no unauthorized holes and it stows well in the glove box without rattling around.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-1949-C ... SwUP5cJXDV

mdainsd · Post by **mdainsd** » Wed Mar 13, 2019 7:38 am

I like your magnet approach. No new holes is a requirement! Also you don't want it showing? Stow it in the glove box as you say. Even better (for me) is when the 50cal is mounted I can move the mirror further to the right to still have a useful second mirror.

maybe a real thin sheet of Mylar on the magnet to stop scuffing the paint?

What magnet did you use? I like that is seems to have had a mounting bolt or hole.

I have a NOS GPA mirror I have been saving for something like this and with the magnetic base I can l keep taking it with me from vehicle to vehicle.

RonD2 · Post by **RonD2** » Wed Mar 13, 2019 8:33 am

Magnetic hooks fairly common hardware store item, different sizes: https://www.acehardware.com/departments ... ts/2108520

Yup, the magnet sits in a chrome steel cup with a hole through the center. I can't remember if the hook was riveted in or had a nut on it. Either easily removed. I might've had to enlarge the hole a bit to mount my mirror arm into it. Also had to scuff the chrome to get paint to stick.

I experimented with a thin piece of felt over the magnet to keep from scuffing the paint but it made the magnetic connection a shade too slippery for me. Still messing with a solution in my spare time.

Apologies for hijacking the thread Old Blue. Wes is about to pull me over for a ticket.....

oldbluedodge · Post by **oldbluedodge** » Wed Mar 13, 2019 10:13 am

Great, I was looking at as many pics as I could find and they all seemed to make the footman loop look small

Thanks again and if anyone has a good source of footman loops let me know.

Thanks again
Drew

billybob · Post by **billybob** » Thu Mar 14, 2019 5:51 am

I found mine at my local hardware store and farm supply store. Both places had all sorts of them. They're nickel plated so I blasted them a bit then painted them. Mine are 2 1/8.