Headliner Options?
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Hello all, I am a new member on this board, and I have learned an awful lot from reading the archives! What a great resource for info and ideas. I am restoring to as original as possible a 65 F-100. I have been able to chase down most of the parts I need (mostly used) but I just can't bring myself to buy a new cardboard headliner for $175.00! I think I could make one and cover it myself if I had a template to work with. Has anybody out there come up with a good solution for this problem? THANKS, Ben
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Hi Ben and Welcome to the best site on the net. You can find some decent headliners in donor trucks sometimes. The problem is with there not being a way to connect the pieces. Ford used those little clips and had nothing to fasten the cardboard to. I saw pictures of a truck with a center overhead console and that split up the area and would make headliner much easier.
You could make one and market it. I'm sure you would get a lot of takers. :-)
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You could make one and market it. I'm sure you would get a lot of takers. :-)
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Well I'm in the same boat. I did find my old 69 bronco has the same cardboard linner and since its so rotted its only used to drag stuff around the local motorcycle track I'm going to **** it and cut it up.
My 65 has a wood strip in it thats come loose from the roof. How was it held to the roof?
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My 65 has a wood strip in it thats come loose from the roof. How was it held to the roof?
Tony
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Ben, mine was the same way...shot. I did use it as a template though and make a new one out of thin aluminum, then covered it with white vinyl. I put some speakers in the over the rear window section and a better dome light. It looks better then the cheesy cardboard thing that was in there before. I used the factory clips over the windshield, but this aluminum seems a lot stronger then the cardboard was. Good luck, Phil
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I also need a headliner (but I'm going to fix the hole in the floor first 
Autokrafters' website shows two choices, an original cardboard one for $149.95 (plus Fedex Ground freight), and an ABS plastic one for the same price. I e-mailed customer service asking about the differences but did not receive a reply. Thought you might be interested.
Autokrafters' website shows two choices, an original cardboard one for $149.95 (plus Fedex Ground freight), and an ABS plastic one for the same price. I e-mailed customer service asking about the differences but did not receive a reply. Thought you might be interested.
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Charles, I don't know if you get out to many of the shows, but there is a fellow from North Carolina that makes seat covers, door panels etc. I saw him this past sat. in Raleigh at a show and spoke to him about early 60s headliner. We have started a plan for him to get my project truck cab and keep it for a few days and make the molds and templates to offer headliners for our trucks. His dba is Pete's Seats and he usually has a kid there with him that is in a wheel chair.
I am excited about this.
John
I am excited about this.
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Sounds interesting, please keep us posted. Any ideas as to projected cost and delivery dates?
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