42dodgeguy Posted February 6, 2012 Report Posted February 6, 2012 Guys: I'm curious about inside visors for 41-47 trucks. I see some occasionally on e-bay. The ones I see seem to always be leftys. Sooo....I'm wondering if ANY of the trucks of that era even had a visor on the right side? Possibly not cheaper models, but maybe on expensive models? Possibly not on big trucks, but maybe pickups? I'd be most interested if anyone wants to weigh in on this and enlighten me. Thanks Quote
Young Ed Posted February 6, 2012 Report Posted February 6, 2012 Yes supposedly there was a right side option. Not sure I've ever seen one in the flesh for 39-47. My 46 must have been a fleet truck or something as it doesn't even have a drivers visor. Quote
Roadkingcoupe Posted February 6, 2012 Report Posted February 6, 2012 If I remember correctly the truck and convertible car sun visors are similar in manufacture. They differ from closed passenger car visors which are interchangeable (pass to drivers side) where there is no right or left side. The truck visors have a "capped" visor mount that is different between right and left sides. So why not use a convertible car visor for the passenger side? They look remarkably similar and the mounting holes might even be similar. Pricey....but a good alternative. Quote
Young Ed Posted February 6, 2012 Report Posted February 6, 2012 This is the remnants of the visor in Dads junkhauler 46 pickup. Quote
BobT-47P15 Posted February 6, 2012 Report Posted February 6, 2012 (edited) Ed, that is the same as a convertible mount. Edited February 6, 2012 by BobT-47P15 Quote
Young Ed Posted February 6, 2012 Report Posted February 6, 2012 The mount looks the same but the arm is different. Besides I can't imagine convertible visors are any easier to find compared to truck ones. Quote
BobT-47P15 Posted February 7, 2012 Report Posted February 7, 2012 If the seller knows he has convertible visors.....I'm sure they would be more expensive. Even though they would not be exactly correct, I'd think car visors could be used. Quote
42dodgeguy Posted February 7, 2012 Author Report Posted February 7, 2012 Guys: Thanks for the replys so far. I guess I also should have asked if anyone has a cab that is even got holes drilled or possibly knockouts on the right side to accommodate a visor over there? Thanks again...Mike Quote
Young Ed Posted February 7, 2012 Report Posted February 7, 2012 Guys: Thanks for the replys so far. I guess I also should have asked if anyone has a cab that is even got holes drilled or possibly knockouts on the right side to accommodate a visor over there? Thanks again...Mike Between Dad and I we have 6 39-47s and I don't recall any of them having holes for a pass visor. I think the holes were just drilled as needed. My truck doesn't and has never had holes for even the drivers side visor. Quote
42dodgeguy Posted February 10, 2012 Author Report Posted February 10, 2012 Sooo......I kind of gather from young Ed's posts that visors aren't really a major priority with a lot of truck owners, and most guys, especially if they want a faithful restoration aren't into drilling holes? I assume the visors in that situation would have to be held on with just sheet metal screws? I have a convertible, and there are threaded bosses there where the visors go. Here's what I'm trying to do: I've got 2 convert arms, both rightys, and one lefty truck arm. I'm thinking of switching one of the die cast brackets so I'd have a pair for my convert. I'd then have a righty for a truck, but at this point am wondering if I'd have anything of any value there that any truck owner would want? Quote
Young Ed Posted February 10, 2012 Report Posted February 10, 2012 I'm sure if you had a truck one for sale someone would buy it. Possibly me Quote
blucarsdn Posted February 10, 2012 Report Posted February 10, 2012 I have done a lot of research on the Mopar visors, truck and convertible coupe because I am restoring a '39 conv. cpe.. I was told about ten years ago that the truck visors up through the end of the Pilot House cabs were the same as the convertible.... Wrong.. they are similar and interchangeable. The early truck visors up through about '50/51 are more similar to the open cars except they don't have the "dip" next to the mounting brackets like the convertible brackets do... The bolt pattern and shape of the base bracket is the same. I currently have truck visors brackets in my '39 conv. they are left and right, they came out of a '48 truck that was loaded with accessories. They appear to be nickle plated in lieu of chrome. I had to cut the board portion of the visor down to about 4-1/4" overall to match up with the smaller header panel.. If anyone has the brackets with the "dip" next to the mounting plate, I would be very interested in buying them or trading a pair of truck visors for them... Quote
blucarsdn Posted February 10, 2012 Report Posted February 10, 2012 Guys: I'm curious about inside visors for 41-47 trucks. I see some occasionally on e-bay. The ones I see seem to always be leftys. Sooo....I'm wondering if ANY of the trucks of that era even had a visor on the right side? Possibly not cheaper models, but maybe on expensive models? Possibly not on big trucks, but maybe pickups? I'd be most interested if anyone wants to weigh in on this and enlighten me. Thanks I have a extra pair, left/right of the chrome plated truck visor brackets.. Quote
michael.warshaw Posted February 11, 2012 Report Posted February 11, 2012 http://www.ebay.com/itm/1947-DODGE-TRUCK-SUNVISOR-BRACKET-PLYMOUTH-VISOR-PICKUP-1946-1941-1942-LEFT-ROD-/120858405762?pt=Vintage_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&vxp=mtr&hash=item1c23b8eb82 Quote
blucarsdn Posted February 11, 2012 Report Posted February 11, 2012 http://www.ebay.com/itm/1947-DODGE-TRUCK-SUNVISOR-BRACKET-PLYMOUTH-VISOR-PICKUP-1946-1941-1942-LEFT-ROD-/120858405762?pt=Vintage_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&vxp=mtr&hash=item1c23b8eb82 Please note that the sun-visor bracket shown in the above eBay listing is the correct bracket for the '41 and later Dodge trucks, up through the Pilot-House models, however, the bracket is useless without the rest of the sun-visor assembly.. If you look closely at the bracket you will see a groove running the length of the shaft, this groove lines up with a "lug" in the sleeve that attaches to the visor portion... When the visor is in the up or down position the visor is locked to the shaft, when the visor is moved to the middle position it can be slid along the shaft to the right or left... As a foot note.... The visor brackets for the '41 and later Dodge trucks also fit the Dodge Power Wagons... A pair, left and right of these brackets usually go for over $150. on the PW sites... Quote
42dodgeguy Posted February 11, 2012 Author Report Posted February 11, 2012 Guys: Thanks a million for all the input. I learned a lot. As I mentioned in one of the earlier posts, my main goal was to end up with a pair of visor arms for my convertible by swapping truck and convertible brackets. Here's what I learned when I got into it: The brackets look the same, but they aren't because the convert and truck arms are made of different diameter material. The lower hole in a truck bracket is .355" apx. and the upper hole is .290" apx. The lower hole in a convertible bracket is .385" apx. and the upper hole is .330" apx. By doing some careful reaming of a truck bracket, I was able to get the convert arm to fit, and I achieved that goal. Putting the truck arm into the convert bracket, however achieved a very sloppy fit. Unuseable in my mind. Hope anyone else logging onto this thread can profit from this snippet of info. Quote
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