outside sunvisor
I like the look of the sunvisor that attaches to the header outside above the windshield. I'm a little worried that it will be loud and not hold up on the freeway when doing 80-85mph. Any experience?
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Can't see why anyone wants one of those ugly things but it must be a midwest/Ozark thing.
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It may be just me but no one except Migrant fruit pickers from the Ozarks ever had them on their cars or trucks around here in the 50's or 60's I don't think the local Chevy dealer even sold them on new rigs as you don't see locally sold Chevy trucks of any year with visors.
The Visor thing didn't start with main stream car and truck guys until Lowrider Magazine showed up on the stands in the mid 70's with the East LA bomba rides that had all the fru fru on them that many new to the hobby guys now think is a requirement. You just never saw a visor in a magazine before that outside the rare shot of an East La style bomb lowrider. Check any old car magazines from the 50's 60's and early 70's and you will see no fixed up ride with a visor. Even Rick Hovings Custom Chronicles that shows most of the early customs shows no visors on any of them. |
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whats the 55-59 visor look like? I guess it depends on how it attaches, the middle will be really susceptible to higher speed (especially when you pass a semi), the older 47-53 visors had a tie to the windshield center bar and the 54-55.1 had a center tie that bolts to the roof. I feel like the 55.2 already has a little visor above the windshield.
I agree with mr48 that its a preference thing, seeing them on the outside is kind of cool for me but looking at the back side of it from the inside is like.. you know those restaurants that dont finish the ceiling? its just open metal spans and spars and HVAC ducting. thats what it reminds me of. do what you like though, thats just my cruddy opinion worth what it costs. imagine sitting in a truck cab for 10 hours in the midwest sun harvesting wheat, I would probably love a visor. |
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I saw a visor on the 2019 SEMA best design award by Hammer Fab. It looks good. I think they look great if done right. So many things in the 50's thru 2000's look horrible on the trucks now. It seems the new trend is subtle mods with traditional looks. Colors seem to be heading back to more original colors. Again, every build is different as is every owners taste.
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well that looks pretty good, not like the staring at a bridge abutment of the older truck visors.
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this ogre has to fold in half to see traffic lights as is, i imagine i'd need to stick my head out the window with a visor
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I don't care for them as the Task Force trucks come from the factory with a small
"visor"/sun guard built into the roof already much like the '56 F100. To each his own, I won't ever put one on mine. |
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this ogre has to fold in half to see traffic lights as is, i imagine i'd need to stick my head out the window with a visor
that's what these were for..... https://www.ebay.com/i/263138158949?...iABEgLSYfD_BwE |
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I think they look pretty cool. I have one on my 50 but was concerned about the mounting. They basically want you to run screws down into the drip rails which seemed silly to me. I welded little tabs into the drip rails and put threaded holes in them and then used some blue thread locker on the screws to keep them in place
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Like anything it is in the eye of the beholder Like lowered or lifted - some like some hate 20 inch wheels - some like some hate rat rod - some like some hate shop truck unpainted -some like some hate chopped trucks -some like some hate restore verses modified -some like some hate I never belittle anyone one what they prefer If I did that would open everything up on my trucks With that being said this was a very rare option found on very few trucks. The original mounting seemed to hold them on just fine but not sure how many were going 80 mph in 1959 . Hah |
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FWIW, I like the way they look on lowriders and rods...I have an uncle that has a '58 Chevy 1/2ton on his. It's not a lowrider....just average 58, chrome rims, RWL tires, etc....looks good.....back in the 80s/90s, when chrome was more popular, I had a '76 GMC 4x4 (until I rolled it in 2001) and had a chrome visor on it for a short time...maybe about a month. I took it off, not because of the way it looked, but because you can definately feel the wind resistance with it on. So, if you take long freeway drives, you may not want to go that route....my uncle even mentioned it to me about that on his truck.
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