rod doors headliner

sheltonsklassics · Post by **sheltonsklassics** » June 17, 2009, 8:55 pm

does anyone have any pics of a installed roddoors headliner? I'm looking for something differnet to put in mine and was going to attepmt mine own but was just wanting some input.Thanks

Post by **Greg D** » June 17, 2009, 9:03 pm

Willy3486 used corrugated plastic from an old election sign to make one, maybe he will post pic for you. I plan on doing the plastic with a custom sewn embossed 2 color cloth cover that matches my paint.

65f100_Thug · Post by **65f100_Thug** » June 17, 2009, 9:21 pm

I got a project under way where I plan to use some plastic shower panel and glue a tuck and roll type Naugahyde to it. Ive got the plastic part made and in the top and the Naugahyde cut out and marked for my wife to sew when she gets her machine fixed. heres a pic of the door panels we made the top will be similar.[albumimg]4862[/albumimg]
mine are the black ones the grey I sold.

willy3486 · Post by **willy3486** » June 18, 2009, 6:35 am

Mine was made from a election sign as Greg D stated. It was really easy to make. How I did it was to trace a old headliner I had on the plastic election sign. The sign was one that is the corragated type.like a cardboard box. I lined it up so that the ribs of it went front to back, so it would be easier to bend around the side curves. My original headliner had pieces missing so I just traced as best I could. I then used headliner glue and sprayed on it, I put a piece of suade on top of it. I had lost the original clips that held it up front but I found a way that worked better. What I did was to make "S" shaped pieces out of 12 gauge wire. I then slid these copper "s" pieces down into the front of the headliner.Then I could slide the "s" pieces over the metal lip of the inside of the truck first then lift the back up. This worked out really great because you do not see any clips holding it. All you see holding it is the screws in the back area that are original. You can see it in my pictures. I also have a pattern with measurements of the original door patterns there. I studied pictures of the original ones and figured out the measurements. I think they are exactly like the originals because they line up perfectly and are standard measurements at that time. No 23/64 type stuff. You can see them all at
http://fordtruk.com/forums/album.php?user_id=25