1936 pickup sun visor question

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toadboy65

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Greetings everyone. I pulled my 1936 Ford 1.5 pickup out of the garage to drive for a while, and have been thinking about some upgrades.
One thing that is nagging at me is the lack of sun visors. I have seen some examples with obviously modern shades, but I don't want to go that direction.
There are two holes at each end above the windshield. I guess those might be related to the old vacuum wiper pump, but I don.t know.
I have a stack of old shades from various old cars, but they all have the standard three hole mounting.


I was thinking about fabricating a stainless rod that goes al the way across, with flanges to mount to the two sets of holes, and the shades mounted onto the one long bar.


does anyone have any suggestions?


toad
 

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toadboy65 said:
Greetings everyone. I pulled my 1936 Ford 1.5 pickup out of the garage to drive for a while, and have been thinking about some upgrades.
One thing that is nagging at me is the lack of sun visors. I have seen some examples with obviously modern shades, but I don't want to go that direction.
There are two holes at each end above the windshield. I guess those might be related to the old vacuum wiper pump, but I don.t know.
I have a stack of old shades from various old cars, but they all have the standard three hole mounting.


I was thinking about fabricating a stainless rod that goes al the way across, with flanges to mount to the two sets of holes, and the shades mounted onto the one long bar.


does anyone have any suggestions?


toad
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Those holes should have plugs in them to cover the holes. The holes are for tightening the windshield hinge.
Look up at them and it will make sense as you should see a screw once you look into the hole.

To verify, remove the wiper cover (the rectangle metal) above.
 
Starting in 1935 Ford offered an optional drivers side sun visor for Trucks. It's the same as was used for cars except the covering material looks the same vinyl-type material as used for the seats. (Ford Part No. 48-406300). I attached a picture on the one I use on my 1935 1 1/2 ton truck. These have been reproduced for the car a while back but I think they were all sold so maybe a used one is available.
This is covered in my book on 1935-1936 trucks. Installation requires drilling three holes for the screws and a clearance hole for the wiper arm pivot which protrudes from the back side of the mounting plate (see the attached sketch) in the cabs windshield header.
 

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Thank you for the deeper dive on the sun visor situation. I do have a stack of old visors from various old cars, several of which are very close to the one in your image.
I hate the idea of all those holes, so I will have to ponder this a while.


However, I look forward to reading your book.


Toad
 
Model51 said:
Starting in 1935 Ford offered an optional drivers side sun visor for Trucks. It's the same as was used for cars except the covering material looks the same vinyl-type material as used for the seats. (Ford Part No. 48-406300). I attached a picture on the one I use on my 1935 1 1/2 ton truck. These have been reproduced for the car a while back but I think they were all sold so maybe a used one is available.
This is covered in my book on 1935-1936 trucks. Installation requires drilling three holes for the screws and a clearance hole for the wiper arm pivot which protrudes from the back side of the mounting plate (see the attached sketch) in the cabs windshield header.
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Model 51, thanks for that info, I've always wondered about this topic for the many times I've driven my truck with the sun in my eyes-gotta get a copy of your book!

Adam
 
My 1937 pickup has dimples in the header over the windshield where the sun visor would go if installed. They never have been drilled though.
 
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