Hey Joe. As a former owner of a 47 Dodge business coupe, I totally understand what you are trying to accomplish with that kick *** 41 Dodge of yours. Those Fulton visors can be quite attractive on the right car or truck, no doubt about that, I too struggled with, should I add a visor or not, in my case, I decided against it. To my eye, the lines of the car and those coupes unique shapes are perfect just the way they are. I think @j hansen will agree with me on that, but in the long run, it's your car and it's ultimately your decision that really counts. Congratulations on having a zero rust car! Thanks for sharing the photos. Dennis.
I asked myself this question too, but I didn't have the nuts to ask so directly... lol As I understand it, ALL hotrods started out as boring normal cars? But probably all members with good taste bought their rods ready-made and didn't modify them themselves. Otherwise they would understand that I'm at the starting point with the car... And as we all know, good taste is debatable and an expression of personal style. . And yes, my Plan is to build a "Gook Wagon" as my grandfather did back then. Visor, Fender Skirts and yellow Fog lights. And I will stay with the straight 6. The Fulton 1000 with Chrome trim fits the shape of car car perfect. The Car is factory Stock in perfect condition, zero rust. Worth to be preserved. I will keep it as it is and install only some "bling bling". Maybe in 50 years it will be one of these few unchopped originals. PS: and when we start do discuss about "good taste". I have been working as an industrial designer and graphic artist for 35 years. That doesn't mean that I have good taste, but I'm still busy developing one every day. Joe .
It's a good thing that Ak Miller didn't suc***b to all of his flathead loving buddies' peer pressure when they told him that a REAL hot rod wouldn't have one of those stupid new Olds OHV V8s in them.
Next you will be telling us how you customized you work truck with the full compliment of Autozone chrome plastic doo dahs including stick on port holes and gas filler cover. Same concept, different era. There have always been those individuals who thought bolting **** on a vehicle was customizing. Somewhere in my dad's photos that I have is a picture of his buddy Lyle Browning's car with all the bolt on pieces you could imagine including trumpet horns on the side of the hood that were probably snagged off a freight truck in the 30's.
How far back up the holler do you live from the county road? In truth, the last time I saw cars that weren't lowrider bombs well before they were on the scene around here the migrant fruit pickers ( very white) from the Ozarks showed up in cars cluttered up with all that junk. It may be a regional or culture thing.
Just an odd ball in central Bama. I was called the “Big Mex” when I worked at the rod shop. A customer thought I was Mexican. I took that as a compliment. I was cruising a beater lowered taco (Toyota) and a fart canned Civic. around 19 I was cruising a late 60s SWB f100. Found a LWB ladder rack and cut it to fit my truck. Cruised it every weekend with a big ole cheesy grin.
I say better to be enjoying an old car no matter the style or what others think, rather than sitting on the internet bashing what others like while talking about all the things you are going to do…
I believe you need to trim the center of each side of the visor so it is the correct width for the car. Then as said, try switching the gutter mount brackets side to side so they better match the curve of the car.
But then these guys would actually have to get off thier *** & get out to the shop & do some work rather than just talking ****... Or regaling us with stories about thier glory days & ongoing 40 plus year projects that"ll never get done. All while telling us we're all doing it the wrong way...
I had one on a 48 chevy but took it off because it made a lot of noise at road speed. I like them on some cars.
Hmm wasnt the question about fitment of a visor.... People have different taste and thats a good thing, if every car looked thesame would be pretty boring. For me, visor or not depends on the type of car it is, my 54 Chevy, absolutely no visor, looks strange to me. On my Buick a big YES, its lookin naked without and the visor. On convertibles, really really NO it looks just stupid. Im no big fan of the Fultons either, to sharp in the shapes, more fan of the visors with rounded shapes matchning the shapes of the cars, the one i got is a Dieterich. This is my taste and its right for me, ive heard several times i got a ugly **** visor but I dont care, its not here for others, its there for me. Back to the real question, my tip is try finding another one thats adjustable, alot easier to fit to any car. My visor for example is also designed for a splitwindow car, to avoid drilling holes in the roof for the bracket i made an stainless bar that attaches in the firewall instead, got told by alot of "experts" thats not gonna work, now its been there for 11 years without problem
First, I think the car is gorgeous, and if you want to put a visor on it, by all means do! It’s not in my budget, but I think a visor would look pretty good on my ‘40 Olds. My biggest concern would be visibility when at a stoplight…
Haven’t started on my 49. But I’m casually looking for one. The AD gm trucks look great with em. The wife disagrees. But she married me so there’s that
I’ve had this Fulton on for near 25 years, 15 of those years she was a daily driver, only vehicle. With no a/c any way I can keep the sun out of the cab makes it more comfortable to drive. Many 1k round trips. The day I pay attention to anyone’s opinion of what is cool and abide by their opinion is the day I will voluntarily give up my ’man card’. To the original poster: Find the instructions, information for that model, it can adjust a bit, if not, great trading material.
1950’s Traffic light prism. This optically clear prism viewer is mounted on the dashboard and permits the driver to see overhead traffic lights when blocked by the car roof or visor.
That’s the definition of a split second… from the time the light turns green and the guy behind you honks!
Hi, i used the same visor on my gmc coe, i had to wels a section through the centre of the brackets and cut the bottom off to screw directly into the top of the gutter, not in the door shut
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