Dad did have SMS make the material for the headliner. I don’t the know details of the whole process, but he said they were a pain to deal with. I went to our guy that does our upholstery work and he had some material left over. He had a whole other piece of the waffle liner that was 61” long that I already promised to another club member. Our guy couldn’t remember why he had an extra piece. It possibly could be the piece appeared to have some blemishes on it and they sent him another piece. The new piece is what is now in the 58. Attached are pictures of the pieces of what’s left of the material he used in the car. If someone is interested in me sending them a scrap to have something made, I would be more than happy to. Although, I believe on the large piece that’s left in the picture, might just be enough to do another car. Let me know and I can get measurements. As far as the chrome trim pieces, I don’t recall him tracking down any plastic pieces. It appears the ends are stainless. I could undo the window trim to investigate further if need be or if anyone needs pictures. Tom Miller chrysler-300-club-international@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <chrysler-300-club-international@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Noel Hastalis
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Subject: Re: {Chrysler 300} Headliner for 300D Coupe On this D headliner issue, here's a photo of the Millers' D that I took last month when Randy Thorne and I took a ride to visit Rita and son Tom. Perhaps this will help. I'll also be seeing them at a car show in early August and can take more photos, if needed. That headliner was called the "Luxury" headliner for the D. The windshield to rear window metal strips had plastic tips on them that disintegrated as did the thin fabric and foam backing. 300Ds with the side to side vinyl headliners were 300C replacements. Although some early Ds used leftovers from the 57 line as Chrysler often did.. Talk to those who owned one for a very long time and they will admit to making the change to the vinyl. Vinyl was available but the luxury fabric wasn't. Daryl was the first guy who made the reproduction. It was perfect, but I'm not sure he was able to reproduce the plastic tips on the ends of the metal strips. --
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headliner and that is the plastic/vinyl push -on retainer. Without it the side panels and the cloth center panel are not retained. I consider this extrusion to be unobtainable. On my original I am reluctant to try and remove it from the retainer; it will surely break. I have a short piece to show the section. I seem to recall Jeff Carter telling me that the Dodge B-Van using something similar. Also a short stainless end cap is used at each end. Front cap is shorter than the rear. With a fresh vinyl retainer installation would be a snap. Comments welcome. 
