The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area General Truck Talk So you've got a visor, what traffic light viewer?

Boy, the title space just doesn't have enough room.

What I'm wondering is, what style traffic light viewer do you have? The "guide" style, or the other one. And, do you like 'em.

I'm about to put the visor on my panel, and I know from when it was on the 1-Ton, you can't see anything!

Thanks.

Although I have never had one, I would think that you need it mounted down on the dash. If it's up around the visor it can't pick up the light from the traffic signal. There is a hole in my dash right behind the center of the windshield and my speculation is that is what might have been there some time.
EDIT: chalk this post up to my misunderstanding that I thought you had one on the one ton.

Christopher,

Give us a part number/vendor for "the other one".

I might not understand the matter raised by FGT regarding location of the viewer. The original viewers and the reproduction viewers that I have seen are installed on the dash, near/against the windshield. Both work fine and are conversation pieces.

The best jokes are the ones you have to explain.

Christopher, I'll be putting my visor on this winter too, I've seen a Prizm traffic light spotter in a '52, it was on the left side, up against the windshield.

Okay, here's what I'm talking about, I shoulda posted the links here this morning.

Style number 1, the Prism:
http://www.chevsofthe40s.com/detail/6706/Chevrolet_TRAFFIC_LIGHT_VIEWER_SUPERB_REPRODUCTION.html

And here's style number 2:
http://www.chevsofthe40s.com/detail...HT_VIEWER_SUPERB_REPRODUCTION_GUIDE.html


On looking at the close up pictures, they actually both say Guide on them. I'm just wondering about peoples experience with either, especially if you've used both, whether or not you thought one better than the other. I lean a bit towards the second one, I see that Tim's link has the 1st one pictured.

I put the "style 1" on my '38 simply because it's mountable using a windshield garnish molding screw through the base of the viewer. The other type has a stud mounting base.
My traffic light viewer.

The one Tiny shows is the one shown in A-D literature and it is the one I have looked-through on other people's trucks. It works, and it is a conversation piece.

Great! I love flipping through your literature Tim.

Adding a visor to an AD truck really improves the comfort of driving the truck on a sunny day. I have used both styles of traffic light viewers and found them to work about the same. Both viewers work the best at night or on overcast days. It is more difficult to see the traffic light on a bright day and when facing the sun. I am using the clam shell type now. It is mounted to the moulding screw as described above. In addition to being functional, viewers are fun and interesting to folks who always want to know what they are.

Well, I ordered the viewer today, just for kicks, I ordered what I referred to as style number two. It's got a (well, okay I forked over another $7) magnetic base.

You can't have too-many gadgets in the old truck/car.

If you guys would polish up your hoods you get a perfect reflection *g*

I have the fat prism style also but I put the magnetic base on mine. Took the visor off and still use the viewer. Some of the lights are directly overhead.
It works great!

Good idea Brit , but my hood is "olskool" semi-black and has bout 100 louvers in it.
HAGD