Erinyes

There's a fellow with a sun visor in great shape, came off a 52 Pontiac Chieftain. Single piece, no divider. Anyone have any idea if this would fit a 53 88 4-door? TIA.

redoldsman

Most likely it will fit. Most if not all those sunvisors from back in the day were made and sold by aftermarket companies.

Erinyes

Talking with the guy some more and looking at pictures, the visor is set up to mount to the center split in the windshield - which the Pontiac had, and the Olds doesn't. Now I'm wondering if the center mount is necessary - can it simply be removed? The rivets ground down, take the center mount off, and just mount it from the sides?

It doesn't seem as if it would be terribly sturdy. I found a site that custom makes visors (agapeautoparts.com/products/products.html), and he mentions a roof bracket for cars that don't have a split windshield. Of course, the simpler route would be just getting the visor direct from the site - it's only a hair more expensive...

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redoldsman

I don't think I would do it without the center mount. That thing is catching lots of air when you are running down he highway at 60 - 70 mph.

twintracks

It most definitely needs a center mount. I had a factory NOS sun visor on a '53 Ninety Eight back in the '80s. Every time a truck passed me in the opposite direction on a two lane blacktop, I would cringe at how much the visor moved. It had a beefy cast center bracket screwed to the front edge of the roof.