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mpeyrac wrote:
I spoke to QLD transport today and they told me so long as my car didnt come with one from factory i dont need to have one.
Imported Datsuns arrived in Australia by ship without any external mirrors at all to avoid mirror & body damage during shipping, so it would truthfull to say that your Ute came from the 'factory' without any mirror on the left side. [or the right either]
They seem to have been fitted during pre delivery at dealerships.
Don't know about Qld, but in NSW, new vehicles were not actually presented for inspection at the DMT offices/inspection stations & dealers were required to ensure that the vehicle complied with the relevant requirements before presenting the paperwork for a new registration.
Since this was never actually policed, it's possible, just possible mind you, that an unscrupulous dealer left off a mirror to save a buck. We would need to know what the actual Qld regs were when your ride was new to know for sure.
EDIT
This
link will take you to a picture of a 1200 with the type of 'peep' mirror that I mentioned earlier. This car has two of them.
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