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Tacoma Bob · 01-14-2018, 04:04 PM

So my winter project is reupholstering our 30 Tudor and adding new glass. This is NOT a kit. I'm doing my own cut and sew. The headliner was very,very old and may have been original to the car. I carefully removed it only to find a PO had wrapped the bows with electrical tape many years ago. What I'm looking for is which bows from back to front were used to tack the listers (sleeves) to. I just want to make sure. TIA

Big hammer · 01-14-2018, 04:52 PM

Each bow including the metal bow, at least on my L31 tudor, the metal bow had evenly spaced holes originally. I started installing at no.3 and then work to the front and then to the back. A total of 5 bows. Mine was a kit, if you need some written instructions, pm me here and I will dig them up.

davehc · 01-14-2018, 05:54 PM

Dontknow if this will apply to yours , but I put a headliner in my 30 Town Sedan this Fall . I bought just the headliner , and before I ordered it they wanted to know what dim.'s were between the bows , for the tacking tabs . My headliner was long gone when I got the car , so after cleaning the bows good , I found which ones had been used for the tacking on the old panels by finding the ones that had the tack holes , and went from there with my dim's. I was really surprised how well it looked after I got it in also .

BILL WILLIAMSON · 01-14-2018, 06:35 PM

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Vermin had Iron-On Tacking Strips & they were falling away from the headliner. I don't know WHOSE kit it was???? Be sure they're SEWN in!
Bill Disappointed

01-14-2018, 04:04 PM	#1
Tacoma Bob Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Tacoma, WA Posts: 1,025	30 Tudor headliner. So my winter project is reupholstering our 30 Tudor and adding new glass. This is NOT a kit. I'm doing my own cut and sew. The headliner was very,very old and may have been original to the car. I carefully removed it only to find a PO had wrapped the bows with electrical tape many years ago. What I'm looking for is which bows from back to front were used to tack the listers (sleeves) to. I just want to make sure. TIA

01-14-2018, 04:52 PM	#2
Big hammer Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Land of Lincoln Posts: 3,127	Re: 30 Tudor headliner. Each bow including the metal bow, at least on my L31 tudor, the metal bow had evenly spaced holes originally. I started installing at no.3 and then work to the front and then to the back. A total of 5 bows. Mine was a kit, if you need some written instructions, pm me here and I will dig them up. __________________ Don't force it with a little hammer tap, tap, tap get a bigger hammer tap done

01-14-2018, 05:54 PM	#3
davehc Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Adrian , Mich. Posts: 386	Re: 30 Tudor headliner. Dontknow if this will apply to yours , but I put a headliner in my 30 Town Sedan this Fall . I bought just the headliner , and before I ordered it they wanted to know what dim.'s were between the bows , for the tacking tabs . My headliner was long gone when I got the car , so after cleaning the bows good , I found which ones had been used for the tacking on the old panels by finding the ones that had the tack holes , and went from there with my dim's. I was really surprised how well it looked after I got it in also .

01-14-2018, 06:35 PM	#4
BILL WILLIAMSON Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: FRESNO, CA Posts: 12,560	Re: 30 Tudor headliner. Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Vermin had Iron-On Tacking Strips & they were falling away from the headliner. I don't know WHOSE kit it was???? Be sure they're SEWN in! Bill Disappointed __________________ "THE ASSISTANT GURU OF STUFF"