[updated:LAST EDITED ON 01-Feb-02 AT 10:02 AM (EST)]Hope this is the right place to post this -

I am planning on doing all of the interior on our '41 myself and was wondering if anyone has used a do it yourself headliner kit?

I found one for our truck at macsautoparts.com and was thinking that the kit would be a good starting base for a custom interior. I'm wanting to do a seamless interior and my thoughts are that I could use the kit as a base to build up from.

Do the kits come covered already with foam & material?
Is the Board sturdy enough to glue additional board & foam to?

I don't plan on tackling this until after tax season is over, but would like to begin ordering supplies.

Any help or suggestions if greatly appreciated.

Almost forgot - I've never done this before, but have been doing alot of reading on it and nothing addresses beginning with a kit. Want to do it myself cause we're doing everything else ourselves. Currently reupholstering the Vecarro bucket seats we're gonna put in the truck and they're turning out great. Will post before/after photos of that project in my gallery probably next month.


Carlene

 

Have a look at this site.
They have tutorials on How to.

http://headlinerkit.com/index.shtml

Dennis



Please Don't Ask Me Any Tough Questions As:
"I'm Saving My Memory For When I Develop Alzheimer's"


78 F-150 429CJ,Silver
w/Explorer Pkge.
641/2-Mustang 260,Pre-World's Fair Car.
64-Fairlane500 S/C waiting for a 390-4spd.
68-Mustang 289-Sunlit Gold 80,892Mi
78-Buick LeSabre 403 4V
84 Volvo DL Wagon

 

Thanks Dennis.

Actually looking for something a little more detailed regarding building up to create a custom interior but using a kit as my starting point.

I've seen the kit in other 40-41 trucks and it looks nice, but they square off in the corners. I want something to flow with rounded corners of the cab so I'll either have to do it myself or pay an arm & a leg to have it done at an auto upholstry place. Wanna be different without going broke.

Carlene

 

Have you done a google yet?

Dennis



Please Don't Ask Me Any Tough Questions As:
"I'm Saving My Memory For When I Develop Alzheimer's"


78 F-150 429CJ,Silver
w/Explorer Pkge.
641/2-Mustang 260,Pre-World's Fair Car.
64-Fairlane500 S/C waiting for a 390-4spd.
68-Mustang 289-Sunlit Gold 80,892Mi
78-Buick LeSabre 403 4V
84 Volvo DL Wagon

 

I just finished recovering the headliner in my truck with new foamback head liner material and some of the pillar post and other plastic pieces with same. The foamed headliner mat. ran about $16 a yard here. Make a cardboard template the way you want to have the fit then get ya some of what they call 5/32 luan board at your Home lumber store. Runs around $9 for a 4x8 sheet. Get a can of General adhesive from 3-m and go for it. You can leave the edges unglued untill you put your screws in then tuck the mat. or have buttons made out of your material and snap over the screw heads after install.
Hope this is kindof what you were wondering about. I am not always on the same page but this is just what I got finished doing to my truck this week. I had completly gutted my truck out with the old conversion and put in a whole new interior. Very trying at times but the effort paid off as many have thought that I sent the truck out to be done professionally.

 

Thanks Remuda - thats heading me in the right direction. Nice to know I can get board locally. Thought I was gonna have to order something special. I already have a whole roll of the headliner foam material, the guy I got my upholstry material gave it to me along with a some spray adhesive.

You need to set up your gallery and post some pict's of your interior, I'd love to see it.

carlene

 

Carlene ,
There is a special product called *masonite* it comes in 1/8" & 1/4"
thivkness. it's like pegboard withou the holes.
It is relativelt inexpensive and very durable.
Just make sure it is sealed with poly or something so it doesn't absorb condensation.

Dennis



Please Don't Ask Me Any Tough Questions As:
"I'm Saving My Memory For When I Develop Alzheimer's"


78 F-150 429CJ,Silver
w/Explorer Pkge.
641/2-Mustang 260,Pre-World's Fair Car.
64-Fairlane500 S/C waiting for a 390-4spd.
68-Mustang 289-Sunlit Gold 80,892Mi
78-Buick LeSabre 403 4V
84 Volvo DL Wagon

 

Hey Dennis - is that the same as the board "Remuda" was talking about? I think I have some of the board you mentioned laying around from when we build our shop. Never even thought about that stuff. Maybe I'll try some experimenting to get used to cuts & curves.

Thanks again. Carlene

 

I just put the finishing touches to my custom interior yesterday, but I am computer illiterate and don't know how, or have the capabilities to post pictures. Sorry!!! I have to admit though, that the job turned out extremely well. I had been driving the truck this past year with the interior gutted out while getting the truck ready for paint. Now the truck is totally done (detailed it out today) and I feel like I am driving a new one at a fraction of the cost!!!!!!!!

Remuda

BTW the 5/32 luan is the material that they make hollow core doors out of so it is rigid. Just not as thick as 1/4 plywood. I have some of the other material that was mentioned in another reply but I opted for the real wood and rigidness for the kickpads on the bottom of the four doors. I have 1/4" material up in the headliner area to attach the custom overhead console and mood lighting brackets too.

 

Remuda - If you don't have a scanner, maybe you could take photos to office depot or something like that and have them save them in JEPG format on a disk for you so you could create your user gallery in here. Once you have the pictures in that format, it's real easy to do the gallery and the people in the user gallery forum are real helpful if you have any questions. Would love to see your work.

Which would be the best board for shaping rounded corners as far as grinding the various cuts to a nice smooth round finish? I want to stay with the shape of the cab and know from checking that the board recommended in the various "how-to" books is on the pricy side. I'm sure it's the same board I can get at Home Depot, but just under a different name.

Also, I just finished reupholstering the sitting part of the Veccaro bucket seat and have but to put the zipper in the upper part before I have one complete seat done. It turned out better than I could have hoped.(My first attempt at this.) Not sure when I'll get around to finishing it cause I'm pretty busy with work now with it being tax season, but I'll post to let you know when I've updated my gallery with before & after pictures.

Thanks for your help.

Carlene