Headliner Fix?
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From: Ridgeway, Virginia
Headliner Fix?
Any good tricks for holding up the bowed cardboard headliner in the 65-66 models? Someone mentioned to me simply adding two other screws would work. The problem with that is there is nothing to screw in to that I know of. I guess you could glue some wood blocks to the metal roof and add screws. I have pushed it up on both sides and if it was held there it would be fine except the back part. I dont want to do the foam upgrade as I prefer a stock apearance.
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From: Winchendon MA
I used 3 sections of 1/8 thick alum i inch wide from the local true value fit one end under the chrome strip over the door and pushed the other end up and in to the other strip.
worked okay.
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worked okay.
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From: Parkville, MO (KC)
Repro of the original is available and looks very correct. Plan to have a friend to help you, as they are ungainly to say the least. Make that a friend that doesn't mind you cursing. But mine looks very nice and totally original. Got it from Dennis Carpenter
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From: Ridgeway, Virginia
Originally Posted by ol yeller
not sure where ur sagging but there is a rail center of the cab from door to door
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The rail is thin sheet metal. It's spot welded on both sides, above the doors, but floats free of the roof. Your screws need only to be long enough to go through the headliner cardboard then get a grip in the metal. On my '66, there's a bit more than an inch from the lowest face of the headliner metal rail to the roof sheet metal, but you don't need anywhere near 1" screws. Consider using a finish washer under the screw heads.
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Great info! Thanks a lot. I will post again when I complete the job in the next week or two and tell how it went. I plan on using a finishing screw and washer setup same as original center screw.
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If you're handy to a salvage yard, it might be worthwhile to go out and take a look at a cab interior where the headliner is off or sagging enough so you can see under it. The least clearance is in the center, where the existing screw is. Moving toward the cab sides, the clearance to the roof increases a bit, and is greatest just above the doors. Take care when drilling not to blast through the thin rail metal and dimple your roof.
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