My car came with no headliner, but the material (Year One) and rods were in the trunk. My question is how many rods are there in a 72 Skylark 2 door HT. I have 5, 4 with little bends on the end and 1 slightly smaller dia. with straight ends. Getting ready to take to upholstery shop so want to have everything he needs. Also missing some of the plastic clips that the rods hang from. Where do I get those if he doesn't have some? Thanks in advance.
Roger, You probably have all the bows, but you have another problem. The bows are different lengths and must be installed in the correct order for the headliner to fit correctly. The ends will be color keyed, so if someone here can give you the sequence you will be fine. You may need to get used clips, I am not sure if they are reproduced or not. Duane
I have a 71 GS roof that I just cut off my parts car and all of the rods are still intact. I can shoot you a pic later today as my daughter has my digital. I was going to offer the roda as well as the clips for a reasonable amount this week. The small little one goes in the middle,but like Duane says they have a color coded order. I can run out after bit and get that for you.
Thanks, appreciate all the help I can get. Don't see any color codes on mine since they are little bit rusty. But they are all different lengths so that might make their position self evident when installing. Any more info greatly appreciated. My interior shop guy is very experienced so I'm sure he will get it right. But you know how it is, if I have everything ready, it will cost less I'm sure.
Thanks Pat, Like they say one pic is worth a thousand words. Looks like I need two more of the bigger clips, have the rest. Looked again at my rods, found some hint of yellow on one so guess I'll have to figure out the rest by trial and error with the length factor.
Roger, I have the envelope all adressed and in a little bit,I'll shoot out to the garage and take some measurements and post later tonight. Pat
Here are the rod measurements I came up with.. Front to back rod s are numbered 1-5. 1 is 48 1/4 2 is 47 1/2 4 is 51 3/4 5 is 53 1/4 The center rod is specific to the clips and is the smallest wire type. I laid the rods on a flat surface and measured end to end where they have the hook that goes into the roof. I measured thet from tip to tip,if thats not too confusing.
Pat, Thanks again, don't forget to send me your address. I'm never confused, just plain stupid, which is less stressful.
Thanks to all, finally got headliner installed. All the meaurements were just right and the extra clips made for a good install, looks great. Was almost getting used to the bare look.:beer
