Vehicle outside mirror attaching arrangement

In a vehicle body having a side door with door-half hinge plates adapted for detachment from their associated body-half hinge plate upon removal of their associated hinge pins, an upper door-half hinge plate providing a body hinge knuckle with a through bore aligned on a hinge axis, first and second external body portions intersecting at a vertically extending juncture defining a predetermined exterior angle, and a bracket including means for receiving a mounting stem of an exterior rear view mirror assembly, the bracket adapted for removable attachment to the vehicle body, the bracket comprising:

• a one-piece bracket defining an elongated housing having one end formed with upper and lower flanges providing upper and lower aligned holes respectively, a housing opposite end having a vertically extending through bore the upper end of which is formed with fitting means, said flanges having opposed internal faces spaced a determined vertical dimension therebetween slightly larger than the dimension between upper and lower ends of the knuckle;
• said pair of flanges each formed with vertically aligned first and second notch means, each said notch means having first and second intersecting edges defining a predetermined angle, whereby with each said flange face abutting an associated knuckle end and said first and second notch means edges contacting an associated first and second body surface portion said holes aligned with the through bore, such that with fastener means received in said holes and through bore said bracket being fixedly positioned on the vehicle body;
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• whereby with the mirror assembly mounting stem being received through said bracket other end bore, and wherein said bracket having an upper surface thereof provided with fitting means adapted for engagement with complementary fitting means on an opposed surface of the mirror assembly thereby positioning the mirror assembly at a predetermined orientation on the vehicle.