So the headliner from Legendary is finally going in my 66’ Barracuda and I hired a professional. He has been doing interiors for over 40 years and his crankiness shows it.
Overall a good guy and he’s a MoPar guy too. So he’s aware of all pitfalls of cloth liner. We don’t have many options for interior install in CT especially close by and experienced. Plus it helps I have a complete parts 66’ Barracuda on site - just in case.
As he installed the bows and matched them from previous headliner and parts car headliner to new. ( never take bows out of old headliner until ready to swap. Colors on bows go to drivers side in special order) and he is having a tough time stretching the new liner. Day 2 he brought in heat and it’s 70 degrees warm. He’s telling me there is not enough “teeth” to properly grab the headliner at the bows, but they are all there. We compared them to the parts car. Nothing rotted or bent. Also he states we are missing “something” between side teeth plates (over the doors) and windshield teeth. Visor is used to tighten but the top of the A pillar is missing teeth. Neither car (parts car has factory headliner installed. We tore open to check) has anything there but a small tab of glue like substance.
Am I missing something or is this guy just bitching because it’s not as easy as a Chevrolet. What holds down the A-Pillar area? My car was not a one of a kind. I’m not the only one to replace the headliner.
I’ll post pictures when back at shop.
Joe
Overall a good guy and he’s a MoPar guy too. So he’s aware of all pitfalls of cloth liner. We don’t have many options for interior install in CT especially close by and experienced. Plus it helps I have a complete parts 66’ Barracuda on site - just in case.
As he installed the bows and matched them from previous headliner and parts car headliner to new. ( never take bows out of old headliner until ready to swap. Colors on bows go to drivers side in special order) and he is having a tough time stretching the new liner. Day 2 he brought in heat and it’s 70 degrees warm. He’s telling me there is not enough “teeth” to properly grab the headliner at the bows, but they are all there. We compared them to the parts car. Nothing rotted or bent. Also he states we are missing “something” between side teeth plates (over the doors) and windshield teeth. Visor is used to tighten but the top of the A pillar is missing teeth. Neither car (parts car has factory headliner installed. We tore open to check) has anything there but a small tab of glue like substance.
Am I missing something or is this guy just bitching because it’s not as easy as a Chevrolet. What holds down the A-Pillar area? My car was not a one of a kind. I’m not the only one to replace the headliner.
I’ll post pictures when back at shop.
Joe