Ford Mustang: Headliner bows in 65 fastback

Backyard Mechanic <com> wrote in message news:<168.3.44>... 


the service manual says pink to rear, gray in the middle, and bronze in front.
Chip

Thanks to all who answered. Actually, both Bill and Chip seem to have been
right in a way. The longest rod does seem to fit best in the middle
position. In the case of my car, however, that is the rod on which I thought
the paint was worn off but, after having red Chip's post, I looked at it
more closely, and that could be gray paint. I put the pink rod at the back
and, by elimination, the other rod, which is shorter than the one I put in
the middle, at the front. Now, I may have mistaken the colours on my middle
rod, but there is no way I could have mistaken green for bronze. The colour
on my last remaining rod is definitely a yellowish-green. At any rate, the
rods are in and threaded through the listings. I have cut the listings what
I consider to be enough to make the seams nice and smooth. All I have to do
now is work up the courage to start contact-cementing the thing to the four
sides. Since the front and rear glass are NOT out of the car, I know I'll
have to be extra-careful with this but, as one poster on a "how-to" website
said: "At $29 a pop, I can afford to screw up a few headliners before I get
this right." In the meantime, if anyone has any last minute pointers, I can
use the help. I should be whipping out the contact cement tomorrow
(Saturday) and seeing how it goes. I will let you know how it winds up.

Richard