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Hello Wise ones,

First good news, my 1956 T1 coupe is officially licensed in the netherlands so finally legal to drive! Just in time to enjoy a bit of summerdrives.

In meantime working on details, I bought new perspex for the sunvisor, needed a lot of work to fit it in the chrome brackets. Now trying to find correct rivets..
My question: in which direction is the curved edge fitted? Upside towards the headliner or downwards?

Cheers Edwin

Edwin,
contact me and I will send you some for shipping costs...

I am not sure if these are 100 % correct, I bought them from Robert B from the Netherlands

Jim,
How do you upset those without demolishing the visor material?

do you mean put them up and down ?

Jim,
Normally, the head is upset to the dome form with a bucking bar and a riveting tool; sort of like hammering the hell out of them, cold. Seems that activity is likely to at least crack the plex.

I am not sure, I bought my car in 1982 with no sunvisors, then found that Robert Bochar (bad spelling of last name, but a known pt vendor) had some for sale, so I bought them at the LA Lit meet a few years ago.
I just looked at them, they have the same head profile on either side, with no marks at all on the plexi or the chromed frame.

My mistake. I thought you bought the *rivets* from Robert and upset them yourself.
Pretty sure Robert has it done with dedicated tooling; I'm just not sure how a DIYer like Edwin will do so without ruining the visors.

They are done very nicely for sure, and up here in Canada, there are lots of days with the sun low in the sky, so the they really do work.
I am incredibly careful of them.. nice easy touch to lower and raise.
I think Robert was making one for himself and made one or two extra. I was lucky to buy.

Ron LaDow wrote: ↑Wed Jul 10, 2019 8:42 pm Jim,
How do you upset those without demolishing the visor material?

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HI, thanks for the replies!

i was thinking of using aluminium rivets and buying the rivet tools, like this in the correct size:



the aluminium versions would need less hell-hammering i would think?

on the picture it looks like the curved edge is pointing upwards to the headliner?



cheers edwin

The rivets are alu Din 660 easily available online. There also is a standard formula to calculate the correct rivet length, again easily found online

Thank you! Have found rivets and the size calculations.

Now only need to know the way the curved edge is Printing. Upwards or downwards ?

Upwards, to hold your map, sunglasses or cigarette pack when in the up position.

Edwin Tiben wrote: ↑Thu Jul 11, 2019 4:35 pm Thank you! Have found rivets and the size calculations.

Now only need to know the way the curved edge is Printing. Upwards or downwards ?

Edwin, Hopefully you buy plenty of rivets for the job and have some to practice with. Strongly suggest you verify rivet length needed for a finished head by setting some rivets using a sheet of 1/4" plywood or similar medium that approximates the thickness of the visor frame.