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12/22/2014 at 10:03 • Filed to: None
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"roflcopter" (roflroflroflcopter)
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In Northern Europe(and Australia of course) there's been a trend for quite some time in the Volvo 'Brick' crowds of external sunvisors that kind of look like the visor your bookie would wear. They call them Gangster Caps and I personally think they're brilliant. I want one. Bad. Since the only place to buy them seems to be a possibly out of business Swedish retailer and getting one in states would cost ~$500 all included, I have this dumb idea of trying to drum up enough interest to start producing them on a small scale. Now the question really is, do you like them? Would you want them on any other car? Am I going to look retarded with that on the top of my Volvo?
RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> roflcopter
12/22/2014 at 10:16 |
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They were insanely common in the US for a while, and somewhat later in Australia.
On quite a lot of older cars, they look absolutely the tits. Volvo, I'm slightly more ambivalent toward.
CalzoneGolem
> roflcopter
12/22/2014 at 10:30 |
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They put them on trucks fairly often.
kanadanmajava1
> roflcopter
12/22/2014 at 12:18 |
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My '48 Packard has one. I don't think it's original but it looks quite nice.
I also have unmounted one which is transparent red and it's supposed to be suitable for a some Ford Transit model. This customized Transit might have similar.
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roflcopter
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
12/22/2014 at 13:47 |
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I haven't seen anything 'modern' with one other than these European Volvo guys and the 90's trucks. I really want one. Know where you can get them in the states?
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roflcopter
> CalzoneGolem
12/22/2014 at 13:48 |
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Ah, I knew I had seen them somewhere else! I think the 80's car resurgence that's been occurring could definitely benefit from these things!
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roflcopter
> kanadanmajava1
12/22/2014 at 13:50 |
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Do you know of somewhere to source them in the states? I'm having serious trouble finding any that are anywhere near affordable once you factor in all the tariffs and shipping.
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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
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12/22/2014 at 13:54 |
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http://klassiccarparts.com/Pages/Exterior… Here's one.
http://drantiquecarparts.com/sunvisors—fend… Here's another.
http://www.brotherstrucks.com/prodinfo.asp?n… And more.
Dang it, now *I* kind of want one.
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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> roflcopter
12/22/2014 at 13:55 |
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https://chircoestore.com/fiberglass-win…
VW style ones are much cheaper, incidentally. As are modern truck ones, both types are typically fiberglass.
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CalzoneGolem
> roflcopter
12/22/2014 at 13:56 |
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They still make them for modern trucks and big rigs.
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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> roflcopter
12/22/2014 at 13:57 |
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http://www.summitracing.com/parts/sum-4800…
http://www.raneystruckparts.com/13-kenworth-w9…
Some other variations, in a non-classic car style.
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kanadanmajava1
> roflcopter
12/22/2014 at 15:14 |
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Unfortunately I cannot think better source than eBay.
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kanadanmajava1
> roflcopter
12/22/2014 at 15:41 |
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"Vintage sun visor" and "exterior sun visor" searches got something from eBay but not much. Most were for cars form 40's or 50's.
From Europe I did find a bit more (especially for Beetles) but so big piece might indeed be quite expensive to ship to US.
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> kanadanmajava1
12/22/2014 at 17:58 |
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Looks like there's stuff for vintage cars in the US and trucks. Shipping from the places I found in Europe seemed to be around 150 euros... which is a bit excessive.