A friend has a v8 60 powered closed cab A pickup with a vinyl covered visor .As soon as he takes it above about 40 mph air builds up in the visor and whistles and is generally annoying.Has anyone sucessfully vented one of these without it looking wrong.?He likes the look of the visor and as a last resort will make a steel one with louvres
I am no expert on these visors, but I have had a 29 Tudor which I installed a louvred visor to help reduce wind flap and it did not really work/improve much. I thought the louvres would have let the wind pass thru and offer less resistance, but if it does it is not enough to stop it all together. With respect to the A pickup visor which is almost the same as the 26/27 T coupe visor I have made using the original T skeleton frame and side plates and covered the rest with sheetmetal. I dont seem to be able to find some of my more detailed pic's but here is what I have for now. As you will see from the pic's below I used, cut aces to again & help reduce flapping and hopefully reduce wind noise. It has not been tested yet, but I can tell you, I also made up a small support bracket which I installed at the center of the visor and it attaches back onto the header panel. I am pretty sure it wont flap too much this time.
Try this link for inspiration; http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=303662&highlight=visors&page=2 Oh, and I found the detailed pic of the support bracket.
That's a good idea. I was thinking of making some openings in my visor to cut down on the noise from air pushing below. Like the idea of lightening it up visually, just haven't decided on the final look just yet. In stock form, it could use the center support as a helper, otherwise it doesn't follow the slight roof crown exactly 100%.
Yes, the match with the roof crown was a problem, but I kinder compromised lost a little shape but gained a way better visor.
I have always found that louder mufflers will cure these problems and will also put a bigger smile on your face too
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