It allows you to see what is coming in the oncoming lane around the vehicle in front of you if you can not see around it.
I bet these were in the Warshawsky catalog
https://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/207511-passing-eye-mirror
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=379362
But not only was it new to me, no one but Maurice had ever seen one... not even Jay Leno!
I've never seen that before, that's a brilliant idea.
ReplyDeleteWhich of course begs the question....
ReplyDeleteDamn, I started going to old car shows with my father (and my grandfather) in the early 50's and I have NEVER seen one of those!
ReplyDeleteI saw an ad for one in an old catalog, but I couldn't figure out how it worked from that. Never seen one for real.
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