Last year at a swap meet here in Ca. a guy was selling headliners for all
makes of cars and trucks. He guarenteed to be able to get Imperial
headliners of any year. Here's his number.
1-408-978-5103 and it's Headliner Mart, 4774 Sally Dr. San Jose, Ca. 95124
----- Original Message -----
From: <ImperialMCMLXII@xxxxxxx>
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Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 7:00 PM
Subject: Re: IML: 63 imp (headliner)
> Hi,
>
> Do you have a sample? If you headliner is deteriorating, may want to keep
> some scraps. you can send small samples of your material to various
vendors
> that deal in interiors, or better yet, vendors deal specifically in
> headliners. I can't vouch for the ability to get authentic patterns (as in
> texture), as I have never had to replace a headliner. If you are doing a
> concours type restoration, locating an exact texture/pattern match may be
> difficult. If the pattern isn't as important to you as the color, you
should
> be able to have a new headliner dyed to match your interior color.
>
> For some leads, go to:
>
> http://search.imperialclub.com/
>
> ...and search on the word "headliner".
>
> Hemmings Motor News has listings/ads for vendors that do headliners under
the
> heading "Headliners" (what else?) =8^) (Hemmings is available at most
major
> bookstores, usually on the magazine rack. Look for a phone-book style
> publication in a "plain brown cover")
>
> Vendors of headliner material should be able to send you samples of
available
> patterns/textures just for the asking. The samples will most likely be all
> one color (the material's molded color) but as I already mentioned can be
> dyed to match the color of your interior once you decide on a pattern.
>
> If the EXACT color is important to you, you can send the vendor a color
> sample that has never been exposed to direct (or indirect) sunlight. These
> small samples can be found as "underlap" i.e. taken from under a piece of
> interior chrome trim.
>
> Good luck on your search, and let us all know how it goes!
>
> Imperial Regards,
>
> Jay Mc Kee
> '62 Crown Four-Door Southampton
>
>
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