Sun Visor ?

TedG

TedG

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A Sun Visor came with the '29 Sport Coupe I'm working on and the hardware kit I bought to install it came with 4 machine screws, 9 wood screws and 13 trim washers but the visor only has the 2 holes on each end where it attaches to the hinge posts with the machine screws.

The metal cover for the front of the wood header has 9 holes in the lower edge so I thought I may have to transfer the layout of those holes to the flange on the visor but when I line up the holes in the visor with the d-nuts in the hinge pillars the visor does not clear the turned down ends of the header cover, the top edge of the visor is about a 1/2" below that cover in the center plus the angle of the flange is way off.

Also the flange on the visor is straight across and the header cover has an arch to it.

I only see one listed in the catalogs I have so does the '28-'29 Sport Coupe use the same visor as the Std. Coupe and/or Tudor, do I have a bad repro, or am I just missing something?

Thanks in advance for any help, Ted
 
Ted,
I suspect you have a badly made repro. I bought a repro visor a number of years ago and it to was also missing the 9 holes for the screws to attach it to the header. I was lucky in that a friend was restoring a 28 special coupe like mine and let me borrow his original visor and I copied the holes from his visor to mine. My visor fit fine after punching the nine holes. I have no idea where I bought my visor as it was 15 or 20 years ago that I bought it. I think if you bought it at a quality supplier like Bratton's, Snyders, etc. it should fit. I would return the one you have to the place you bought it for a credit since it doesn't fit. You might try Bert's in Denver and try to buy an original visor. That way, you know it will fit correctly and the holes are already there. Besides, the visor is covered with material so some imperfections like rust pitting wont matter. As far as installing the cover material - good luck! I tried once to install the cover on mine and really messed it up. I am hesitant about trying again.
 
Guys, thanks for the replies.

So does the same visor fit all the Coupes including the Sport Coupe?

I also noticed the catalogs list a piece of welt for the '30-'31 visors, does anything go between the header and the visor on the earlier cars?

I have no idea where or when this one was purchased, this project has gone through 3 previous owners that I'm aware of and the still boxed Lebaron Bonney top kit has QC date of 8-07-84, the car was apart when it was brought to me and the visor was among the pieces.
 
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