Chester Brzostowski Posted November 30, 2010 Report Posted November 30, 2010 I will be installing my headliner tomorrow. Today I am cleaning and painting the bows and edge trim metal parts. My question is: Do the metal trim pieces go on the car before the headliner material? My assumption is yes and that the headliner and the door trim get pushed under the metal to secure them in place. Please verify that my thinking on this is correct !!! Also I have four rubber strip pieces and I don’t remember where these go. Are these used on the doors panels or do they install with the door trim molding? Thanks in advance, Chet… Quote
1940plymouth Posted November 30, 2010 Report Posted November 30, 2010 Chet, In my '40 coupe, the metal trim piece with the serrated teeth goes on first, then the headliner is gently tucked in behind the peice so that the teeth grap and hold the material Hope this helps, bob Quote
Chester Brzostowski Posted November 30, 2010 Author Report Posted November 30, 2010 Bob, Thanks that is what I figured. Now to determine where the 4 rubber pieces go ?? Chet… Quote
Young Ed Posted November 30, 2010 Report Posted November 30, 2010 Chet on my coupe there is a rubber piece about an inch tall that goes on the bottom of each door under the door panel. The clips along the bottom edge of the door panel are longer to reach the door through this rubber strip. Quote
BobT-47P15 Posted November 30, 2010 Report Posted November 30, 2010 (edited) I don't know if there are any good answers in these threads that came up by doing a forum search................ thread address deleted as it stopped working. See a couple posts on down. Edited November 30, 2010 by BobT-47P15 Quote
1940plymouth Posted November 30, 2010 Report Posted November 30, 2010 I wonder what happened, I opened the link once, thought I save two photos that I had posed, didn't get saved, went back, now unable to open the link, it says no matches found Quote
BobT-47P15 Posted November 30, 2010 Report Posted November 30, 2010 Hmmm.....I see that. Well then, just use the search function at top right of the main screen and put in "headliner installation then hit go. Quote
Chester Brzostowski Posted December 1, 2010 Author Report Posted December 1, 2010 These are the rubber pices I am wondering about: Chet... Quote
Young Ed Posted December 1, 2010 Report Posted December 1, 2010 (edited) Yep chet those go on your door bottoms. Go look at your doors where the door panels attach and you should see a little taper at the bottom. These fill that in. Edited December 1, 2010 by Young Ed Quote
P-12 Tommy Posted December 1, 2010 Report Posted December 1, 2010 I'm guessing the long ones are for the front doors and the short ones are for the back doors. Tom Quote
Chester Brzostowski Posted December 1, 2010 Author Report Posted December 1, 2010 Thanks guys for the quick responce... I couldn't help myself so... I took the old girl out for a ride tonight. All lights working and the only exception is no interior, just me and the steel milk crate. She ran great and on the main road I had her up to 65 mph with no problems. Burned off the rust on the brake drums. The brake job was done 4 years ago. Now she stops straight and can’t wait to be on the road legally. Thank god for rural America. I drove 10 miles round trip. Cheers, Chet… Quote
Young Ed Posted December 1, 2010 Report Posted December 1, 2010 Holy cow 65mph on a crate. Chet you got these? Quote
Chester Brzostowski Posted December 1, 2010 Author Report Posted December 1, 2010 Holy cow 65mph on a crate. Chet you got these? Life is short.., So why not take it to the limit, Maybe I should have put a 383 in her and taped her out at about 120 mph. Well maybe not without a suspension retrofit. Cheers Chet, Feeling good and still crazy after all these years … Quote
BobT-47P15 Posted December 1, 2010 Report Posted December 1, 2010 It's OK...........he has radial tires. Quote
Chester Brzostowski Posted December 1, 2010 Author Report Posted December 1, 2010 It's OK...........he has radial tires. Bob How did you know !!! I can't wait to finish this car..., Oh well, then what do I do, maybe drive it. Don C, may be heading your way soon. Nashville isn't that far. By the way Melissa says hello. Spring is in the air... Chet... Quote
greg g Posted December 1, 2010 Report Posted December 1, 2010 If you ain't livin on the edge yeer takin up too much space. Chet the car is starting to look real nice. We will need to try to find a place to get the HY, NJ, VA, MD, PA guys together in the spring. P15 internet regional road trip. Quote
BobT-47P15 Posted December 1, 2010 Report Posted December 1, 2010 I believe each of those bows has a number on it for whch position they go in.....probably front to rear. Quote
1940plymouth Posted December 1, 2010 Report Posted December 1, 2010 Chet glad to hear that you took her for a drive last evening, good for you Quote
Don Coatney Posted December 1, 2010 Report Posted December 1, 2010 Bob How did you know !!!I can't wait to finish this car..., Oh well, then what do I do, maybe drive it. Don C, may be heading your way soon. Nashville isn't that far. By the way Melissa says hello. Spring is in the air... Chet... Chet; I look forward to seeing you roll into town. I have been driving my car almost every day. I have put more miles on it than my truck sence I last saw you. However you should clean your whitewalls:rolleyes: Quote
Jim Yergin Posted December 1, 2010 Report Posted December 1, 2010 If you ain't livin on the edge yeer takin up too much space.Chet the car is starting to look real nice. We will need to try to find a place to get the HY, NJ, VA, MD, PA guys together in the spring. P15 internet regional road trip. Count me in. Jim Yergin Quote
Don Coatney Posted December 1, 2010 Report Posted December 1, 2010 If you ain't livin on the edge yeer takin up too much space.Chet the car is starting to look real nice. We will need to try to find a place to get the HY, NJ, VA, MD, PA guys together in the spring. P15 internet regional road trip. You got something against Tennessee:rolleyes: Quote
Chester Brzostowski Posted December 2, 2010 Author Report Posted December 2, 2010 Count me in.Jim Yergin Hay Jim, Speaking about starting, how is your car doing. I hope everything is good. Chet... Quote
Jim Yergin Posted December 2, 2010 Report Posted December 2, 2010 Chet, It is running great. Your tip on starting procedure has proven to be invaluable. Thank you very much. Drove it to the office this morning. Saturday I will drive it in the local Christmas parade and then will drop the transmission to fix the O/D. Will you be keeping the P15 in Delaware or will you bring it to Virginia? Looking forward to seeing it. Jim Yergin Quote
greg g Posted December 2, 2010 Report Posted December 2, 2010 Don, you know Tennesee would be within my range at just over 800 miles, however it seems that other are loathe to travel that distance. I was thinking that if we drew a 200 mile circle around say Reading Pa, we might roust some interest for quite a few folks, as that circle would include several NE state as well as Vir, W, Va, and a few adventurous others. I am thinking about the event that Ed's folks are having, but at over 1200 miles it is out of daytrip reange and would require an over night there and back as well as lodging during the event. The 200 mile range makes it more doable for those who don't quite have the faith in their vehicles as some of us. And as you noticed there has been no comments about the prospect of the event but yours and Jim's. Quote
Tony_Urwin Posted December 2, 2010 Report Posted December 2, 2010 Here's an article on a P-15 headliner install Quote
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