Fulton Visor

[Plymouthy Adams]

if you traveling 70 and it comes off it will be doing 70 if but for an instance....I lost one when towing on a trailer....I get this car pull alongside of me and tell me something fell from my car.   I stopped but did not pick up on the visor gone till I got home with the tow some 160 miles later.  Fortunately I was traveling this road often and next weekend on my return I slowed down and limped the shoulder looking for it.  Not looking good, the mowers had just cut the grass.  About to give up, crossed a small bridge over a creek and there it was about 10 foot beyond the bridge abutment, the mowers had stopped on the other side of the bridge.  The odds of this still laying in plain view after a week....I should have bought a lotto ticket also.  To my knowledge this has been the only item ever lost in a tow.  I often strap hoods and deck lids as you have no idea the integrity of the latches....I remove trim that is suspect loose. 

 

I do not recall driving my 49 with visor to any speeds over 60 as I was never on the interstate with it, it was rock solid in place but again not a Fulton dogboner

[Sniper]

Semi related to what Plymouthy said. Y'all remember when louvers were real popular? I had a set blow off the back of my Daytona at about 90 I didn't even bother to try to find them

[Kilgore47]

This is one of the old cars I had with a visor.  Not a Mopar.  I'm the one on the right.  My friend and his future wife wanted to use the car in their wedding.  I polished on that car for a week before the ceremony. We had a lot of fun that day.  I wore a drivers hat and drove them around town.  This was the late 80's in Rockport Texas.  

[Dan Hiebert]

70 mph may be testing the limits.  These things were new on cars that generally didn't go much over 60, if that, and it's a safe bet they were/are not intended for "performance".  That big honkin' sail of an outside sunvisor on the front of the windshield catches a lot of air.  They're designed to let air pass, but they still catch a lot.  I've driven our car at 45 to 50 mph in some pretty stout winds (sometimes up to 65-70 mph) in the southwest and the visor stayed on, but it certainly looked like it wanted to depart company with the car.  I'd slow way down when that happened, and didn't purposefully drive it when I knew the winds would be over about 30-35 mph.  Buzzing down the road at 70 mph and meeting a tractor-trailer going the opposite way at the same speed may spell doom for the visor and the windshield divider, if so equipped.

[D35 Torpedo]

13 hours ago, Dan Hiebert said:

70 mph may be testing the limits.  These things were new on cars that generally didn't go much over 60, if that, and it's a safe bet they were/are not intended for "performance".  That big honkin' sail of an outside sunvisor on the front of the windshield catches a lot of air.  They're designed to let air pass, but they still catch a lot.  I've driven our car at 45 to 50 mph in some pretty stout winds (sometimes up to 65-70 mph) in the southwest and the visor stayed on, but it certainly looked like it wanted to depart company with the car.  I'd slow way down when that happened, and didn't purposefully drive it when I knew the winds would be over about 30-35 mph.  Buzzing down the road at 70 mph and meeting a tractor-trailer going the opposite way at the same speed may spell doom for the visor and the windshield divider, if so equipped.

But Doc, I can't drive 55. I'll need to add structure to mine. It isnt very beefy. Pics will come soon. I'll make a separate thread.

[Kilgore47]

Tomorrow I will give the new visor a road test.  Heading over to the lake Tyler marina to meet with some of the people I used to work with for brunch.  Can't believe how old those people are?‍??.  I'll be zooming through the back roads at speeds up to 60 MPH.  The visor seams really sturdy.  Four bolts on each side through the drip rail.  I used small stainless bolts in place of the self tapping screws that came with the kit.  Two brackets in the center.  The center is the part that I'll watch the closest.  No red lights on this route so I won't be able to test the prism on the dash.  

 

More news tomorrow

[Plymouthy Adams]

spot a pine cone on a tree branch....pull up a few behind the limb....if you can see the pine cone, you will readily see the light.....(pun intended)  actually this would impress me if you could focus on the limb.  

[Kilgore47]

I tried to adjust the prism in town a couple of days ago.  Didn't have much luck.  It may end up being more for show.  When I was looking for a visor I found one that had small louvers to be able to see the lights.  It was the only one I saw like that.  My first thought was that the louvers probably wouldn't be in the right spot and they would most likely function as a dear whistle when driving.  So I didn't get that one.  

[Plymouthy Adams]

I would agree with you on the louvers.....these are so way overdone on cars.  I have a stock 1974 car with a louvered hood from the factory...it is a basket case hood and the first replacement part I went looking for, the manner they made the louvers with no real provision for draining, pure oversight and looks before function.  This is for a car that was built by hand over a 10 year run and only 6408 produced total.  

Edited July 13, 2023 by Plymouthy Adams

[Los_Control]

9 minutes ago, Kilgore47 said:

I tried to adjust the prism in town a couple of days ago.  Didn't have much luck.  It may end up being more for show.  When I was looking for a visor I found one that had small louvers to be able to see the lights.  It was the only one I saw like that.  My first thought was that the louvers probably wouldn't be in the right spot and they would most likely function as a dear whistle when driving.  So I didn't get that one.  

Might be worth the price of admission just to have the deer whistle.

 

A friend recently totaled his truck hitting a deer at night. Really pissed him off, was a 2015 GMC & only had a few more payments left on it.

Had a grill guard on the truck & almost zero body damage .... blew all the air bags so the insurance company totaled it.

Now he is driving a 2022 & 5 more years of payments  ?

 

[andyd]

Los......your deer post reminded me of a mate 45yrs ago.....he had a Triumph Spitfire, had me repaint it & tidy up a few things....he used to go for late night drives thru the Royal National Park, south of Sydney.......which had been infested with imported Deer from England in the late 19th century................

...........well yep, you guess it......he hit a deer........took the whole front clip off the Triumph together with the windscreen and the deer, "venison" by this stage landed in the passenger seat beside him...............blood, guts & various pieces of offal all over the interior and him.......the car was not a pretty sight .............needless to say the Spitfire was no longer a "triumph" and was written off by the insurance company.........andyd 

[War Dog]

On 7/8/2023 at 3:21 PM, Plymouthy Adams said:

yeah....Bonneville, one run out, one return run......repeat as necessary....lol  

 

Seriously though if they happy I am tickled pink, do I snicker, you bet!

Why do you snicker? If you really don’t mind or you’re tickled to death? Not trying to be a smart ass. But the history don’t matter. As long as they like it. Also Henry Ford had  odors built into the model A.

[Plymouthy Adams]

I snicker because it is funny.....why else....it is not the history of the visor I am snickering at, that is not the history as it is,  follow along a bit, the low drag coefficient car making a run...I am laughing at the ratter guys driving chin in chest eye straining up just to see forward.....their discomfort to look cool...priceless...

[Kilgore47]

Well I made it to the lake and back with no problem. The new visor didn't rattle at all even with some serious wind gusts from oncoming traffic. I was also able to adjust the prism in one of the small towns I go through. This town is so small it has only one four-way stop with overhead flashing lights. No one else was around so I was able to sit there for a minute and adjust the prism.

 

This is the end of my Fulton visor post.

[LeRoy]

On 7/8/2023 at 10:12 PM, allbizz49 said:

Man, if all you guys do is worry about safety, why even drive these old heaps. One fender bender with a Prius can kill you with metal dashes, big ol' steering wheels and no seat belts or air bags. May as well stay home watching Matlock or Golden girls, it's much safer. To the original poster, good job on the visor. I personally don't like them but if you do, then rock on!

You can get hurt pretty bad watching golden girls

[LeRoy]

On 7/13/2023 at 11:30 PM, Plymouthy Adams said:

I snicker because it is funny.....why else....it is not the history of the visor I am snickering at, that is not the history as it is,  follow along a bit, the low drag coefficient car making a run...I am laughing at the ratter guys driving chin in chest eye straining up just to see forward.....their discomfort to look cool...priceless...

Some of us are cool no matter how uncomfortable we are. My hernia truss has been chaffing for 30 years but I'm still cool as Miles Davis in December.