P15 Headliner Bows

[Oldguy48]

Worked on prepping my 4-door P15’s headliner bows before painting them today. And although I know the subject has been discussed in the past, I thought I’d share what I found on my bows after cleaning and wire-brushing. I measured each bow, checked for stamped letters/numbers, and paint color. Here’s what I found:

Bow #1 (closest to windshield) - 50 ¼” long, stamped F1AA, painted silver on one end

Bow #2 - 54 5/8” long, stamped W, painted red on one end

Bow #3 - 55 5/8” long, stamped F, painted yellow on one end

Bow #4 - 56 ½” long, stamped XV, painted tan on one end

Bow #5 - 56 5/16” long, stamped WV, painted pink on one end

Bow #6 (closest to trunk) - 53 7/8” long, stamped F6V, painted tan on one end

I marked each bow with a center punch, 1 mark for #1, 2 marks for #2, etc. for easier identification after painting.

The headliner appeared to be the original, based on its condition when I removed it, so I assume the bows are the originals. My parts book (page 257)lists the bows, but not with any identifying numbers like what I found, and there’s no mention of the colors.

This info may or may not be helpful, but might provide some answers to someone.

[old rat 49]

Thank you, thank you, Thank you !!!!!!!!!!!! I've been trying to figure mine out. Dash is going back in this weekend and then I will be sewing up my headliner.

[Oldguy48]

Glad to help out.

Wayne

[bobostski]

I went to the plumbing dept. of my local hardware store and found the rubber gromets for the ends of the bows. They were about a 98% match.

[Oldguy48]

The grommets can be purchased at McMaster-Carr as well. I ordered mine

on-line, and had them in about two days. I can't recall what the stock # was, but it's fairly easy to do a search on their website.