Restoring board sunvisors

zimblewinder · Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 4:32 am Post subject: Restoring board sunvisors

Hi all, anyone had a swing at restoring an old board sunvisor? I was going to disasemble mine to rechrome the frame and flatten and repaint the board. Anyone had any luck with this? What did you do about replacing the rivets in the frame? Hints tips and suggestions most welcome

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TeamSpatula · Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 9:11 am Post subject:

Not the board itself, but those plastic pieces that mount to the body above the windshield. I've had several of those crack & break, so I had an opportunity to cast a few out of aluminum. They look sharp, and I'm sure will last a lot longer than the plastic ones.
Otherwise, the little plastic dustcap on top will come off, and you can clean up that area in there, so they will move easier & better.
But fortunately my visors themselves were in pretty good shape.
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mintonman · Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 10:34 am Post subject:

I have the earier ones with the metal mounting points, I don't even know if they made hardboard ones with plastic mounting points Confused

Anyway, I'm sure you can find simmilar rivits somewhere. The screw in between the 2 top rivits is what puts tension on the rod to stop it from falling down. Asfar as the hardboard goes, I don't have any good ideas on flattening them out. I was going to try soaking them in water and then press them between cinderblocks, but I really think that would ruin them. Be very careful with the frame aswell, it is very thin where the screw goes through. The frame has a dip there and the screw doesn't even go through the frame, but goes above the frame. These are the ones I redid, not original look, but more fuctionable.

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Lind · Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 11:02 am Post subject:

would it be easier to chrome a painted frame than to dechrome and rechrome an original chrome one? the painted ones seem to be fairly common.

mintonman · Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 12:06 pm Post subject:

Here are a couple pic's
#1 This is the thin area of the frame I mentioned earlier.

#2 This is the different marks I found, GHE VW & RG VW.

#3 hard to see, but the broken one is a little wider & sharper on the corners & it is not as pointed at the top of the barrel either. I'm not talking about the cap, but the body itself.

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zimblewinder · Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 3:52 pm Post subject:

Thanks James and Lind. Im on the look out for a nice painted one too. Thanks for the frame photos, its good to see whats under there. If anyone has any further tips on flattening the boards Id like to know your experience.

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hazetguy · Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 12:18 pm Post subject:

mintonman, from what i've encountered, the ones that are marked RG-VW are early post Barndoor, Wolfsburg bus production. yeah, they are shaped slightly different than the GHE ones. The ones in my (Wolfsburg built) 56 Westfalia and my 56 Standard are both RG-VW. the ones in my 59 Westy are GHE. i'd be curious to see what some original 57-58 busses had in them. Lind?
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Lind · Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 1:34 pm Post subject:

mintonman · Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 1:51 pm Post subject:

Hazetguy,
I could have sworn that when I took my others apart, there was a small nut inside the barrel holding it all together, so after reading your post I checked the RG one I have(same as the ones I took apart befor) & there is no nut inside Shocked

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That is why I thought the GHE's were older, not to mention, this one looks OLD & it's beat to hell. Thankyou for the input, I would have never check if you didn't say anything.

Here are acouple pic's, the first one will show everyone that doesn't know what we are talking about. You see the squashed metal in the center of the barrel, thats what holds it all together. I thought the RG ones had a small nut, but they DO NOT(thanks hazetguy).
The second pic is of the groove in the end of the arm that slides into the visor. There is a small dent on the backside of the metal frame of the visor. That dent rides in the groove, so if you plan to take them completely apart, you have to spred this piec pretty far apart inorder to get the rod out..............................

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mintonman · Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 2:02 pm Post subject:

Lind,
Is the plastic one real dumb looking? Kinda big & cheap? & do you know if the og gray ones are a beige color under the gray? I have a gray one(RG VW) that looks to be original, but there are 2 spots on the visor that apears to be paint pealing off. The weird thing is, if I try to peal the gray, it feels & looks like paper. I'm thinking OG, but with layers of cardboard pealing off Rolling Eyes

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zimblewinder · Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 3:56 pm Post subject:

RG-vw in my 58 hazet.
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Lind · Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 6:17 pm Post subject:

twinwindows · Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 8:59 pm Post subject:

Well since were all here, Anyone have a set of NOS or just as good Visors for a 57 deluxe hit me up!
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DaveM · Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 9:09 pm Post subject:

VWBobby · Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 5:48 pm Post subject:

The visors in my dad's 58 look like a hammerite type coating on the paperboard. Has anyone tried cutting some visors out of hard cardboard or panel board and painting it with a grey hammerite type paint? I think it would look close to factory, but haven't tried.

twinwindows · Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 4:49 pm Post subject:

Well after reading this thread I am going to go ahead and restore the set I have, Sarting with a rechrome job and trying to locate the same fiber board vw used. I found out be taking this visor apart what they used to assemble the Visor and have located the same thing, Will post pictures later when they are done.

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zimblewinder · Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 10:49 pm Post subject:

good good! Keep us up to date. Thanks
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