Fulton Sun Visor Division Bar Brackets

[Andydodge]

The only centre bracket I have for the Fulton Visor is 2 small pieces of 3/4" x 4" steel with a 90degree bend that hooks on either side of the division bar, there should be another 2 slightly shorter also but these are lost, however rather than making up these I was thinking........Yeh, I know, maybe not a good idea, this thinking......that as I have the division bar off and am going to replace the old ruber seal with new that it might be a good idea to make up all new centre visor brackets that actually go underneath the bar from one side to the other, these would be much stronger than having just the brackets stuck under an edge on either side......does this make sense?........has anyone got any comments?....thanks, andyd

[Flatie46]

I hope it works for ya, a friend gave me a visor I don't know if it's a fulton or not but it's missing a side bracket, didn't know they had one in the middle I guess it's gone too. I've been hoping I'd find one on a car that was bent I could get the brackets off of. Let me know how it goes.

[Niel Hoback]

I think that if you encounter a strong headwind, (passing semi), it would be better to have two brackets unhook from the edge of the post than to have two brackets pulling the the center post out along with the glasses.

Just my pessimistic thinking.

[Andydodge]

Neil..........lol...........thats what I am trying to avoid...........never gave it any thought till I saw some pics on a post here that showed a visor back over the car roof, so I am not sure whether to make lightweight brackets that will blow off if someone farts as they walk by or angle iron, take no prisoners brackets that will bend......just...a....bit...., well enough to break the screens.........lol.......fun, fun,fun........lol.......andyd

[Niel Hoback]

Hmmmmm, I'm thinking a stretch spring that would allow some movement. That would give you something to watch instead of the road. Maybe paint some teeth on the edge,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[busycoupe]

My car has a visor (not a Fulton) with the 2 part brackets that hook under the center bar, on top of the rubber. When I bought my car 2 years ago, both pieces of glass in the windshield were cracked right where the brackets were.. I hadn't thought of wind lifting it up, I thought that the cracks were from the weight of snow on the parked car pushing the brackets down against the glass.

If you are thinking of making brackets, how about drilling and tapping a couple of holes into the center bar and making a one piece bracket to bolt onto that? That way, any load from lifting or pushing would be distributed by the center bar.

[cwcars88]

I have a visor on my p-15, it is a daily driver and on 2 lane roads with on coming trucks there is a blast of air that hits you pretty hard. I would not advise leaving the center bar support out. If you do you are setting yourself up for the outer clamps to fail. The correct center support will clamp around the center bar giving support both up and down. I don't think the center bar pot metal is strong enough to drill and tap, which will also weaken the bar at that point.

Wayne

[Andydodge]

Wayne, yep you are right about the bar on the 41 Plymouth, its a thin hollow casting, mint condition BUT no real strength there, the original bar from my 1940 Australian built Dodge sedan was a solid diecast piece but even it had broken into 3-4 pieces when I got the car back in 1971, I ended up making a solid bar out of brass, 1/2" thick x 1" wide, cut down the whole way so that it had the correct side profile, then soldered a drilled & tapped 1/4" x 3/8" piece on the back that the inside strip screws to.....you could lift the car with it......lol......I won't install the visor without the centre brackets, just just whether to run with the same setup, ie, 2 centre barckets, a top & bottom a couple of inches apart that just hook under the centre bar OR make up a much stronger setup that has the barckets in a "U" shape that go under the centre bar then back to the visor on each side of the bar, much stonger but ....lol......it may pull the whole bar out if the wind catches it..........decisions, decisions.......lol......andyd

[Norm's Coupe]

Neil..........lol...........thats what I am trying to avoid...........never gave it any thought till I saw some pics on a post here that showed a visor back over the car roof, so I am not sure whether to make lightweight brackets that will blow off if someone farts as they walk by or angle iron, take no prisoners brackets that will bend......just...a....bit...., well enough to break the screens.........lol.......fun, fun,fun........lol.......andyd

That was probably pictures of my car. Could have seen it here or in the Good Guys magazine. Happened on the way to their show.