VIN 4728 Running Resto

[Rich_NYS]

Rich, did you find that the two roof headliner boards fit together in your car precisely at the molded "seam?" My experience has been that the overall length of the roof, and correspondingly, the length of the roof headliner, is consistent between cars.

Some speculate that the roof headliner was produced as a two-piece design to compensate for dimensional variations in the underbody. Based on my findings, I think that this decision was probably overly-cautious and unnecessary.

Yes, it fit exactly at the seam. As you suggested a while back, I test-fitted it first and was going to staple or mark it. I saw that it fit perfectly at the seam so I used that as reference.

The theory about the two-piece design sounds a little sketchy, but I'm not sure I have a better one.

*edit: The one-piece is pretty floppy, and maybe it takes a bit more finesse' to install....maybe the two-piece was a production & assembly influenced decision.

[Rich_NYS]

Did you completely remove the A pillars? When you put them back in, how did you handle the stuff thats supposed to tuck under the windshield?

I didn't remove the A-Pillars, I painted them with Leatherique dye with them in place.

[Rich_NYS]

Interior reassembly.

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Center dash stud:

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[Rich_NYS]

I finished installing the damn front speakers today.

[Lwanmtr]

No pics? hehe. Im not looking forward to getting to those myself.

[Rich_NYS]

More reassembly today:

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I was pretty jazzed to get this bag opened up again, my carpets have been bagged since I cleaned them last summer. It's nice to have everything clean, fresh-smelling, and ready to go:

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Installed this one today:
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I was missing one of the things that the cargo net clips to, so I made one from a coat hanger:

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[Lwanmtr]

Looking good. Nice when you ca start putting things back on.

[Rich_NYS]

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[Lwanmtr]

Looking good. Nice repair job on the rear fascia.

[Rich_NYS]

Looking good. Nice repair job on the rear fascia.

Thanks Rob, I used your paint scheme....I really like it, thanks for that!