I bought a new headliner made of the wood/cardboard type material. The problem is that it is flat. Does anybody know how I can shape this to fit the roof and the corners of the cab? Would making it wet damage it or make it crack easily? I'm also thinking a heat gun wouldn't do much because it is wood. Anybody have any ideas, or experience with this?

 

D'ont know about that replacement you have but I can tell you the original was more then one piece.The top runs from the windsheild up and across the top to the top of the rear window.The corner pieces are molded to wrap around from the door to the rear window.

 

Yes, mine is four pieces but they are all flat.

 

my my 289


I remember reading about some one installing a new flat 4 piece on in a 61/66, and they
took theres and laid it in the ( GRASS ) in the sun in the summer time for an hour or so
and that heat from the sun and the dampness coming from the ( grass ) and ground made
it very pliable and could be shaped with out breaking!


P.S. I have not tryed this, outcome may vary!



Wally Womack

 

Thanks pro-street, thats the kind of ideas I'm looking for. Unfortunately, right now there is 4 inches of snow on the ground, plenty of moisture, but no sun. I wonder if that would work. If I can't figure it out by then, I probably will try it.

 

What about one of those cheap handheld steamers from walgreens? Hit it with steam on the back side, just to make it pliable? I don'r know if it would warp or not. I figured that would be an issue with the carboard ones, so I ordered the ABS headliner. Hopefully it's easier....but I may be in for more trouble.....LOL

 

over the years i have reshaped many of the old original "masonite" type headliners......y'know when they begin to get droopy from age.
my technique is to spritz with water from a hand pump spraybottle... but not too wet,
set the liner on the outside roof of the truck, and weight it wherever needed to get to lay flat & even. leave it overnite to dry & reinstall the next day....
i've had great success with this method over the past 20 or so years.
mikie
near ottawa canada
58 m-100 panel
64 econoline p/u