Need recommendation for Headliner kit.

[51504bat]

I installed a cardboard one in my '39 p/u that I bought from Macs only because they had it in brown and I couldn't find any other supplier with brown. The quality and fit was OK. 2 of us installed it in several hours. The instructions were decent. The top is starting to sag a bit but that could be because I glued sound deadening material to the roof and it may be coming loose in places. Rod Doors makes a kit in ABS that I probably would have used but it was black and I wasn'r sure how well it would take brown paint. https://roddoors.com/shop?olsPage=pr...d-trucks-31-47

[Kube]

Originally Posted by 51504bat

I installed a cardboard one in my '39 p/u that I bought from Macs only because they had it in brown and I couldn't find any other supplier with brown. The quality and fit was OK. 2 of us installed it in several hours. The instructions were decent. The top is starting to sag a bit but that could be because I glued sound deadening material to the roof and it may be coming loose in places. Rod Doors makes a kit in ABS that I probably would have used but it was black and I wasn'r sure how well it would take brown paint. https://roddoors.com/shop?olsPage=pr...d-trucks-31-47

There was a small bracket in the very center of the roof that the headliner was to be attached to. It dropped down perhaps 1 1/4" or so. Of course, as headliners were not available until 1940, your vehicle would not have one. Easy enough to fabricate...

[bosborn38pu]

Originally Posted by Kube

There was a small bracket in the very center of the roof that the headliner was to be attached to. It dropped down perhaps 1 1/4" or so. Of course, as headliners were not available until 1940, your vehicle would not have one. Easy enough to fabricate...

I installed a Cartouche kit (headliner, door panels, kick panels, etc.) from Macs in my 1938 PU. (At the time, LB told me they did not provide kits for pickups.) Reasonably pleased with results. Kube: Want to make sure I understand what you stated above. Are you saying that pickups did not have headliners until 1940? Mine had one in it originally albeit needed replaced during restoration. Was it originally an add-on or possibly factory? Just curious.

[Kube]

Originally Posted by bosborn38pu

I installed a Cartouche kit (headliner, door panels, kick panels, etc.) from Macs in my 1938 PU. (At the time, LB told me they did not provide kits for pickups.) Reasonably pleased with results. Kube: Want to make sure I understand what you stated above. Are you saying that pickups did not have headliners until 1940? Mine had one in it originally albeit needed replaced during restoration. Was it originally an add-on or possibly factory? Just curious.

It would not have been factory for certain. I suppose a dealer could have installed at a later date.
I no longer recall the exact date when headliner's became available but it seems to me it was sometime early in 1940.