{Chrysler 300} Headliner DIY Installation.

Things are getting downright messy in Northern California as far as businesses for classic car guys go. Take upholstery shops.

The only ones left are only interested in doing entire cars for $10K to $20K and if you want to get a car in for something like a headliner many will just not do it.

The ones that will obviously have no idea how to do a classic car headliner. I got quotes from a couple of shops that said it would take a week. Now keep in mind, all I want is the headliner in and I have everything out and will do all the trim after it is done. The old flat rate books tell me it is a 4-hour job including all the trim. A week? Really? I would be paying for their education and hoping they do not screw it up at $150 to $250 an hour.

One or two places that I think could do it cannot get me in for months. With the rain coming, I need to get the header rails back in.

So, I am going to do it myself.

Anyone out there every do a headliner on a 1963 or 1964 Chrysler hardtop that has any suggestions? The Service Manual is junk on the subject. It does not even show anything about the hardtop headliners.

I know the basics. In my case the ’64 has three external bows and the one rear internal bow. That rear bow has two little steel wire hooks to set the distance from the rear header above the window to the bow. I assume that one needs to put those in and then pull the entire assembly forward to the front header and glue the front down first. Then do the rear and the sails, then work down the sides.

Anyone with actual experience on this, please chime in. I ordered some Weldwood spray landau adhesive which is what the shops normally use in their guns. Weldwood makes it in spray bottles, so I ordered three of them.

We will see how it comes out.

Thanks, James