Eneto-55

Thanks for this information.  I'm seriously thinking of purchasing a copy - how much was it?  (I couldn't find a listing for manuals on their website.)

Another question, does this show the diameter of the hinge pins for the front doors?

Thank you.

Ernest (Eneto)

They just set in rubber grommets that are in the holes along the sides.  If the rubber is really dry (probably so), you might have to use something like a flat screw driver to pry them out of the first side, but I imagine that originally you would have just flexed the bows to get them out.  (They must be spring steel, because they return to their shape as soon as pressure is removed.)  

There is nothing that keeps them upright except the headliner itself.  With it fastened at the front and the rear, they are not able to swing in either direction.  (I'm a long ways from doing the interior for my car.  I've had it here in Ohio now for over a year, and have not been able to do much of anything at all on it.  Too much work getting in the way of the hobby, and also too many home remodeling projects - two this year so far.)

The bows can be flexed inward to remove one end from the rubber bushings they fit in along each side.  They are held upright by the cloth itself, because it is attached at the front & rear of the car.  

Are you reinstalling yours now?  If so, did you make it yourself, or get a kit?  (I have not replaced mine yet, although I did it before, on a different vehicle.)  If you are using the old one as a pattern, it would be good to mark where each piece fits together, so that one panel does not get offset in one direction or another.  I had this problem with the one I did (72 Dodge Coronet), and I had problems getting the wrinkles out, because some panels were a bit short on one side (& too long on the other side).