HELP - Need INFO - 1959 -1962 General Motors Cars

[Doug46]

To The Forum Members and Car Owners,

I have a request I would like to throw out to the forum members who own the 1959-1962 GM cars. I make a sunvisor tip anti-rattle grommet targeted for the 59-62 GM convertibles. Some of the forum members have purchased these grommets from me. THANK YOU.

I had an inquiry from a gentleman in New Hampshire who said the grommets were also applicable to the GM hardtops with the fancy interior like the interior stainless steel windshield molding. Since I know very little about the interior of the GM models other than the Impala, I need some help. The Impala does not have the long sunvisors. However, I am not sure of the Pontiac Bonneville, Oldsmobile 88/98, Buick LaSaber,Invicta,Electra,or Cadillac cars of the 59-62 era. I know the grommets are applicable to all of their convertibles since all of the sunvisors rest in the 'u' shaped bracket in the rear view mirror. My question to the other owners is basically, Do the GM hardtops of the 59-62 era have the long sunvisors resting in the mirror bracket also? If they do, there should be a grommet on the end of the visor tip. See attached picture.

I am looking to obtain any info or detailed pictures of the sunvisors in these cars. Especially where they come together at the center of the windshield. Anyone who has one of these cars and would like to help me with my data base, send any info and pictures to djb-sab@comcast.net. I suppose I will be looking at the applicable cars much more closely next year at Carlisle and Hershey. <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

My goal is to get the grommets on the correct cars as these are not readily available through the parts vendors. If you send me a picture, please identify the car and year.

Thank you and Happy Holidays,

Doug

[Pontiac59]

Probably depends on the model and how well equipped it was. I've pulled mirrors out of some of these cars that had the bracket for the visor and some that didn't -

[Doug46]

This is my exact point. I believe the upgraded interior came with different visors depending on the model. I do know the Impala models did not have the full length sunvisors except in the convertibles. The other GM series models seemed to have made an exception if the interior was the fancy trim.

Anyone else?

[Guest quadfins]

1961 & 1962 Cadillacs ALL have full length visors as in your picture. I would surmise that '59 & '60 did, too.

[Doug46]

Quadfins,

Are you talking about the hardtops?

Thanks.

[Guest quadfins]

Yes, the hardtops. Convertible visors have a different part number, and are diferentiated, L or R. But I can not find a reference anywhere for the rubber knobs, hardtop or convertible. There is a '61 convertible in a junkyard near me, but I don't know when I can get to it to check. It may not even have the visors (and knobs) anymore. But the knobs that I see in your pic are certainly applicable to 61 - 62 closed Cadillacs (except, maybe, commercial chassis - I'll have to check the '61 hearse at the junkyard, too).