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My British coupe has been a nice car, treating me far better than Lucas jokes imply.

There was this problem with the rearview mirror, however. It hangs on a stalk–and it attaches to the windshield with a suction cup. As pliable parts will do over the decades, the suction cup got brittle, cracked and ceased to hold.

Major British parts supplier Moss lists this mirror N/A. Roadster factory doesn’t seem to have it. For a minute it looked like it was going to take a major hunt–serious Googling, eBay, MG clubs. But hold on! The car doesn’t need the last in-the-box NOS B GT rearview mirror to be frenzy-bid to a hundred bucks on eBay. It just needs a mirror that doesn’t move like a pendulum or G-force indicator.

The mirror itself is fine. Reflects stuff behind the car and everything. All that’s wrong is that the little suction cup is dead. Well, shoot! What American-raised kid doesn’t know where to find a suction cup?

The new Dollar store at 46th and Nicollet answered the call for–you guessed it–a buck. Phew! If toy guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have steady mirrors.

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