Has anyone played around with making an exterior sunvisor? I have a couple of thoughts, one was to use a piece of 1/8" aluminum and form it to fit the roof. the other was to possibly use a piece of plastic. Maybe acrylic, ABS, PVC or maybe poly carbonate. Has anyone played with plastics that are heat form-able?

 

Not seen one on a slick. I would think ABS or other plastics would be too flimsy, though.

Are you talking about a Fulton-type visor?

 

yes, I like the look, it's too bad they stopped them in the 50's

 

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...l#post15057352

Enjoy!

 

I think the photo from that thread, with the rounded visor looks goofy as hell, and out of place, on a slick. It is from an era of more rounded automobiles,
I’d say, 40’s or early 50’s. Wait, whose truck is it, anyway, though . . ,

 

Looks like a Fulton Sun Shield. When these were installed on 1940's/50's cars, a traffic light viewer was a necessary accessory.

GM also offered accessory visors for their cars and trucks, traffic light viewers were also available, could be mounted on the steering column or dashboard.

 

I agree, that's why I want to shape my own to match the '66 roof .

 

A Ford authorized accessory sunvisor for an early-mid '50's sedan can be adapted.I'm pretty sure that's the one on the slick in the link. I had one on my '53 Ford Mainline sedan and loved it even though I never had a view prism for high-placed traffic signals. The most common missing item for those is the center bracket that attaches to the roof, but one can be fabbed up. You'll also need to make extension brackets for the sides, but shouldn't have too much trouble making it all work. The curvature may not quite match the roof curvature of a slick, so it's going to be a personal taste issue as to whether it really looks right. A nice feature of the Ford-authorized one-piece sunvisor is that it does not rely on a brace to a windshield center post and since it's a one-piece design it is much stronger and less rattle-y than the earlier Fulton 2-piece sunvisors.

There are three on eBay now. This one is complete with the center bracket, which is nice for a starting point to make the mounts.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1952-53-54-...ry!30319!US!-1

Another option would be to fabricate one from the front section of a hood or cab roof as a starting point. If you could make one from a hood, think how awesome the correct hood ornament on the leading point of your new sunvisor would be. See the above link for picture details of what the cab bracket would look like so you can properly support the middle. Be sure to leave a gap of about 1/2" between the back of your visor and the front of the cab roof so air can move past... otherwise you've got a giant ice cream scoop gathering up air pressure at the windshield. Either the visor will tear off or you'll blow in the windshield, perhaps.

 

A post production visor ripped my DD Ranger a new sunroof. Should cost about $1000.00 to fix that mess.

 

I have thought of doing this too. I'm surprised no one has. I like the look on the 60's chevy's and thought that might be the best way... to cut and weld up the visor off of a chev.
Removing the front window may pose a problem though