<VV> Restoration - DIY is $atisfying

[Ted Duke]

  My wife and I did a headliner on a VW convertible.  98% perfect, only 
WE could see the places that weren't right.

It was good enough that when my son wrecked it (he recovered, the VW 
didn't) a man who needed a new top for his VW paid for the tow (with a 
dolly to movethe remains no less) in exchange for the top.  The only 
other good items were the left side fenders and the door and the engine 
lid.  Big cedar trees are tough.

Point is that amateurs CAN do a headliner.  It takes guts (me), patience 
(my wife) and lots of care.  We will likel do it again someday on the 62 
vert waiting for restoration.

Ted

P. S. She'll say NO!  But, she'll do it.

On 8/8/2010 6:41 PM, J R Read_HML wrote:
> Tony,
>
> I congratulate you on your eptness (a word?).  I've never done a headliner.
> Only had converts and/or a Rampside.  Neither uses them.  Now, would I
> tackle one?  Maybe, but more likely to do so with the oversight of a close
> friend who owns an upholstery shop.  This for guidance purposes and possibly
> fallback position if I were to screw it up.
>
> Later, JR
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tony Underwood"<tony.underwood at cox.net>
>> Last time a headliner got done here was the evening before the Ft
>> Monroe Virginia 'Vair Fair...  we removed the somewhat
>> ratty-destitching-itself original, used it as a pattern on a big
>> sheet of light blue upholstery vinyl, stitched it all up and
>> installed it back in the car the night before the show...
>>
>> ...the headliner is all a single piece, carefully measured out,
>> taking into account the extra material for the rods, being simple
>> folds in the material sewn together.   It fit nicely, still in the
>> car now and holding up quite well, and is likely much less likely to
>> unravel than the original... used upholstery threat to stitch it all
>> together.   You could probably yank on it with a fist-grip and it
>> won't come out of the car.
>>
>>
>> Yes, it was very satisfying to have done it at the last minute and
>> make it work out the way it did, from scratch, from a single uncut
>> sheet of material from "Joanne Fabrics" at the mall.
>>
>>
>>
>> tony..
>
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