1963 Dart Headliner questions

Mineallmine said
I am getting ready to start the interior of my 63 Dart 170 2dr sedan and had a few questions about the headliner.

When I purchased the car it only had the front headliner bow and was missing all others. I was fortunate that a yard here had a 64 hardtop that I was able to scrounge the bows out of.

I noticed the 64 had an extra slot at the rear for a 6th bow that my 63 sedan doesn't and after some research I am reading that some had 5 and some had 6 bows. Is this correct? Is there any way to confirm which my car should have had? If anyone on here has a 5 bow 63-66 with the headliner currently removed a picture or 2 would be great to see.

Another dilemma I have found is that multiple places don't differentiate between 5 and 6 bow headliners. One states 2 and 4 door sedan (but I know I found a 64 4door sedan with 6 bows as I removed the rear windshield brace from it)

I am pretty sure my car only came with 5 as I am unable to determine where the 6th bow would go. The other 5 are clear. On the cars with 6 I noticed a slot that a clip that was attached to the bow would slide into and a pair of wire clips that held the bow towards the rear attaching to the rear windshield inner roof support.

Any other info I can get would be great to determine how to piece this back together and a possible source for my headliner would be appreciated as well.

So I find myself correcting myself once again. I previously stated my dart only had 5 headliner bows. Today I was out looking the car over again, and what do I find? A 6th headliner bow location. Unfortunately it doesn't match the bows I currently have. I think the other 5 will be OK but the 6th is definitely different. The location for the type I have goes into a hole at the upper edge of the sail panel area, utilizing a clip that attaches to the end of the headliner bow. Mine actually has a pocket like the other 5 just above the rear seat level (see picture).

Now I have a new couple of questions. First is does anyone know if this is specific to 1963, or to the 2door sedans? Did they use this style in other years of dart? Other question is does this setup still use the sail panel boards? I know that the headliner material can't actually attach to it using these but is it used as a backer to provide support of some sort?

Again, thanks in advance for any help anyone can provide.

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