[Daves55Sedan]

I seem to recall that when I installed the headliner in my '55, that the very last bow ahead of the back window was held tight by two spring-wire clips that clipped into the last header bow and pressed into a hole in the back window superstructure, which held the headliner real tight back there. Thus, there was no need to use a steamer or anything to get wrinkles or kinks out.
The worst thing about installing a headliner is working with that yellow glue at the top of the front window and top and sides of the back window. I'm not complaining about the glue. That yellow glue is the best on the market, but you gotta treat your materials right to get it to work well. It is necessary to have the right temperature ('90's preferably) and you need to have worked out some kind of mechanism to hold the materials temporarily while the glue is drying. You always get some glue on your hands which transfers to fingerprint spots on the headliner that need to be cleaned off immediately with solvent.
That was the first time I ever tried installing a headliner and hoped it was the last (but it wasn't). When the Courier came along in '96 (what was I thinking), it had to be all stripped down and redone too. But it was easier the second time around.
Now I truly swear that I am absolutely certain I will never install another headliner again for the rest of my life! Ha