I have an original GM visor & it IS painted flat green on the underside.
I'm pretty sure the visor has never been repainted.
Regards,
Doug Pewterbaugh
dpewter@msn.com
Denton, TX
49 3104 216 5-window
----- Original Message -----
From: <TOUCANMAN@aol.com>
To: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 8:22 AM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Outside sunvisor underside color
> In a message dated 10/5/01 5:34:51 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> billb1@mindspring.com writes:
>
> << 'm going to be putting the NOS outside sunvisor on the truck next week
and
> >have noticed in pictures and on the few Chevy truck's I've seen that
have
> the
> >visor that some are painted the same color of the truck topside and
> underside
> >while others look flat black. The fellow helping me said that it should
be
> flat
> >green, but I wonder if there is an official color, the Chevy resto guide
> >doesn't show.
> >>
> hi folks, in my travels, most of the nos(fulton) visors i have seen were
the
> flat green primer color. this was to keep the aluminum (yes there made of
> aluminum) from corroding and so you don't get a sun glare from the bottom
of
> the visor. somewhere i remember reading in the original directions not to
> paint the bottom for this reason. but there were a few different
> manufacturers of visors. i have not seen an original GM NOS visor to
verify
> what color they were painted originaly....what make of visor are you
talking
> about?.....steve
> 53 gmc with a fulton visor
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