New kid on the block and already got a problem. (Headliner) UPDATE: Problem solved

Had similar problem with a 1970 Mustang many years back. The car got clobbered, they took out most all of interior, including headliner. Looked good once done but in driving down the freeway with the windows about 1/4 open the problem startled us.

Found two things. The reinstaller did not seal the edges near the upper edges of the windows. This allowed air to enter it.

Then, the two simple wire stays up front and rear were not installed, gone. They steady the bows from going forward or to the rear, and thus inverting. They are not there just for holding things while installing. Got explained this at an auto upholstery shop many years ago. Unfortunately, this means you need to drop the front and rear to get acess to them bows. Oh, and if whoever sewed up the headliner got too much space in between the bows, then that has to be corrected also.

Wm.

Exactly what William said! Get that checked out and fixed....

Oh, ummm, fix the holes in the trunk too... [img]/forums/images/smiles/icon_razz.gif[/img]


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Took it back to my interior guy and what the best we could determine was that the holes in the roof that the bows go into were worn which allowed them to drop down in too far. The bows have little tabs swaged onto the ends of them, but they still could fall in the mounting holes. Also the bows were weak from age. What he did was to add some small washers to the bows to keep them from falling in the holes. He also added a small piece of conduit, flattened on both ends and drilled for screws to mount to roof subframe supports. The first 3 bows were then tie-strapped to the conduit to provide additional support. I don't think it's going anywhere now and it still looks great. My interior guy laughed when I picked the car up, as he said it was the first time he ever had to road test a car for a headliner installation.
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Dave, that probably was an odd one for him. But now he'll know the next time he does an old car. He'll be prepared.[img]/forums/images/smiles/icon_lol.gif[/img] Happy to hear it should stay in place now and not 'beat' ya over the head.

Deb