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Well I saw chef chevy mention in another thread , there could possibly be a big discussion of fulton sun visors on this forum, if somebody started a thread.....here it is.


LOVE THEM ???? tell us what you love about them ??


HATE THEM ???? tell us what you really hate about them !!!
You will not have to attend anger management for a full on RANT.

mike

Mike, I don't see the "technical" aspect of your questions, but let's give it a go.

If it turns into a lot of non-technical blah blah as I suspect it will, I'll move the thread to General Discussions.

It could be a fun discussion, but probably not here. Besides, I don't think Fulton Visors were limited to 1946-1948.

ken48
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Ok Ken move it and lets get started

There you go Bruce......have fun with it.

The Fulton company was right here in West Allis. They made different little auot accessoris in the 1930's and 1940's. The sun visor was there big hit. The building is still in use but not by Fulton.
The dealer I worked at sold and installed almost all Fulton visors. From what I can gather the first ones were sold in 1947. The first visor was the Pekat brand sold i first in 1946.
From 1947-1949 the visor had the squared off ends. About 1950 the ends weremore rounded. They made a visor to fit the 1950-1952 Bel Air - which Chevrolet did not. For 1953 and 1954 they designed a visor that had a center roof mount for cars with a one piece windshiels. By 1953 the visor was beginning to fall out of favor. The tinted windshield probly helped to kill it off. I do not recall them offering a visor for newer cars with a wrap-around windshield. There engineers would come over too our dealersip to get the specs for Chevrolet brackets.
M. Fulton was friends with the managers in the dealership. In the summerof 1950 I drove Mr.Fultons new 1950 Cadillac 60 Special to downtown Milwaukee to a US Royal tire dealer to have a set of premium US Royal Master tires installed. Up til that time I only rode in a Cadillac once. Very few West Allis residents owned a Cadillac.

From what I can see of Ken's car it had the rounded 1950 style visor.ome pictures for later.

KEN48......I just thought there was something to your reply to CHEF in another thread.
" takin' a lesson from Charlie........mercy, he might want to know about Fulton visors...... "

Sounded to me like a thread should be started on the subject, because there must be something too the response ?

Never owning a car of any year that would use a visor, I thought I might learn something about the pro's and con's of fulton visor ownership. ??????

I am aware that the mexican/latino's love the look of the cars that use or had the visor available. They really like too GOOK the car up with all the stuff.

Just my 2 centavos

mike lynch...

I don't know of any Fulton Visor's that were made for anything but for two piece windshields...Peckets, get my vote...I think they're higher quality...Besides, the fact you didn't have to drill holes in the car to mount them, in most case's...Get a hold of a Fulton...It's such "flimse" aluminum...You wonder how the wind keep's for bending it...Along with some different side mount length's that made it for problem's I've seen...

I took the Fulton off my "47 and it looked...naked!
I quickly put it back on and it looks better now.
I also have an Australian-made visor which looks like it was copied (stolen?) from the Fulton design. Visors were very popular here right up to the 80's, and you can still buy them (fiberglass now), for some locally made cars and vans.
My daily driver (1971 Holden- think of a mid-60's medium sized Buick Special)has a visor with a centre bracket which screws into the roof.

Yeah, you get used to the look...

I like the Fulton on my '38. The reason it doesn't blow apart in the wind is the opening across the back that lets the air out. For those who need it infomation on mounting.

We must really thank Gene for his expaination of his personnel experience with the fulton team...When I 1st got the Aero it had the visor with the roof attached round bracket..Caused a nice leak down the windsheild..Never knew it was a fulton,it went away real quickly...Some of you will have to admit the Fleetlines body lines work very well with visors of any brand..I must say I like "the bone brackets"of the fulton

I like the way visors (FULTON & PECKAT) look on SOME cars, but didn`t have any clue it was called "GOOK" it up, WHEN INSTALLED ON A LATINO`S CAR.
I`M LEARNING ALOT ON THE VCCA WEBSITE!

OK folks, I didn't think the original questions were "technical" enough for the 46-48 Forum so I moved it to the General Discussions Forum where there is a little more latitude in what's allowed.

Well apparently that isn't working either. So either we leave comments referring to race OUT of the discussion, or this thread will be locked.

We're right on the edge here fellas, so let's talk about Fultons and Chevys, OK!?!?!?!

Thanks,


ken48
Chat Moderator

OK, Ken, I'm a-tippy-toein' here.

The visors that go on the 49-52 look pretty good.

All others look like that are rounded on the end look OK too.

What is not good looking is the ones that are flat or squared-off on the ends and fitted to the earlier cars. They ruin the lines of the car and look like they were fabricated out of some tin pieces that blew off an old barn roof. They don't add to the semetry of the car and are an eye sore to those of who appreciates art. They fit into the "more is less" rule.

Scientific studies have shown that the owners that think Fultons are cute are mostly limited to the beer and peanuts set whilst the champagne folk just shake their heads and would never put one of those contraptions on their Rolls or quality vintage Chevrolet. (See the 1941 models) (Don't hold me to a cite for the scientific stuff)

I suspect that owners of Fulton's on these earlier years are of the same mind set that sit around and play the lottery thinking they are going to win ("Well, somebody has to win." or watch day-time TV. Such as "Springer" and "Cheater."

You can't take a banjo picker to the opera, they just wouldn't appreciate it. You know.

This here is just my opinion, of course. To each his own.

Charlie

BTW: You can close the thread now. I'm sure I violated something.

Like so many other things, it is all just a matter of opinion and personal taste.

I never wanted a visor on any car I have owned or presently own. A fellow gave me a nice one years ago and I recently gave it to a buddy (who sold it for $350!)

However, I never objected to anyone who put one on their car or truck. After all, it is THEIR car or truck and their choice. To me it is "Whatever cranks your tractor".

Mine comes in pretty handy on a hot day in a black car with no AC. It helps keep some of the sun out of the interior while driving.

The term ' TOO GOOK IT UP ' was not intended as any kind of racial sterotyping. Back in the late 50's when i got interested in cars ,TOO GOOK IT UP , was a term commonly used to describe a car that had way too many things added too it, to wit :

fender skirts, fox tails, dingle mexican balls inside and on the mirror, fuzzy dice, blue lights in the windshield inside corners , fog lights on the bumpers, spot lights working or dummy, twin aerials on rear fenders, exhaust pipe extensions, venetian blinds on rear window, outside sunvisors, dual outside rear view mirrors, continental kit, necker knobs on the steering wheel, blue dot tail lights, those vent window breezies , curb feelers, white walls, fender markers and a host of other aftermarket goodies to spiffy your car up.

The above mentioned accessories really "GOOKED YOUR CAR UP", and that was an expression that was used here in toronto ontario canada.

The term DAGO ??? your car, raise it up in the front and really lower it in the back, no idea where the term comes from , probably southern california the leader in car culture. maybe it came from san diego. diego dago your car ????? Its not a slam at Italien americans that i am familiar with ?

From what i have seen in magazines the latino/mexican americans really gook their cars up with all the accessories and they like it, are known for it and judging my the magazine coverage, so do a lot of others. Has a lot of devotees.

Another sub section, or those who like their cars hydralic equipted, could be termed inner city youth ??? The wild paint , interiors, gold plated wire wheels and on and on, is what another group follows.

None of this is racial sterotyping, its what we see thru the magazines and what we see as the main people attendees at one of these events.

Going to a street hot/rod meet is a majority lot of 60 plus guys with bellies, beards, or maybe the gold chain crowd ?

I can look at those vehicles and enjoy them for what they are and what has been done to them , the same as what i hope they see and understand when they see my 35 chev coupe, admire it for the finished product.

mike lynch..........CANADA

glad i don`t have a visor on my cars, or i`d be branded a beer and peanut crowd,,,,,,,,,
but not sure if that`s a bad thing or not?
didn`t know jerry spinger and cheaters were still on tv

i agree with you here!, i can go to pomona swap, and walk them 10 plus miles and see every kind of car, some good, some bad, but they all have 1 thing in common, they were all built 100% with blood sweat and tears.
I can look at those vehicles and enjoy them for what they are and what has been done to them , the same as what i hope they see and understand when they see my new 36 chev convert , admire it for the finished product.

ALL THIS SOUNDS LIKE A OLD "CHEECH AND CHONG MOVIE"

most of these items with the exception of mexican balls,fuzzy dice & necker knob, blue lights
most of these items can be found in most GM 1950`S /60`S accessory book
I`M INTERESTED TO RESEARCH THE "DAGO" TERM

After i wrote the reply , i ended up googling the word DAGO , also GOOKED and one other.

Dago is a derogatory term referring to : Italiens, Portugese, Spanish. Took a bit of searching but to DAGO car meant to drop it down low in the front, not the rear.

Its figured that the style of DAGO-ING is a slang term for DIEGO, as in where the style supposedly started SAN DIEGO.

The other expressions I used also had assorted explanations . Google them if you want.

mike lynch -------- SHAZZBOTT

yeah, GOOKED has a whole different meaning over here, and it`s not a very nice one, in certain crowds
it`s going to get to the point that all we can do is grunt and point, so nobody gets offended

We are not receiving any usefull information and I think this thread needs to be flushed

CHEF_CHEVY.......the discussion on fulton sun visors got side tracked by the moderator KEN48 who brought up certain possible racial overtone words that needed to responded too. This was not what the original posts intentions were.

Now if the discussion can get back to fulton type sunvisors as the other stuff has been dealt with, there is no reason to flush this thread and/or lock it. There is either nothing else to say on fulton sun visors and the thread will just drop down the interest pole , or the thread will continue on the way it was intended.

mike lynch........

Since some folks don't want to talk about Fulton visors.........

This thread is now locked.


ken48
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