The Great Pumpkin - '71 Duster
Re-did the center section of the package tray today so it's all one piece now. It's also three pieces total instead of five. Coverage is more complete now and it will be much easier to have a nicer finished prodcut with less seams.
The far right panel needs to be trimmed a little more so it sits flat. I admit that even after doing the headliner myself seven years ago and subsequently messing with the package tray for these last few weeks I had no idea there was a row of spikes along the bottom of the sail panel for the factory jute padding to sit under. I'm not kidding! I just happened to brush my hand against it when fitting the side panel and said what the heck izzat? No wonder the outside panels were all crooked. A lot of excess headliner material was left too so that will need to be cut. The left panel sits nice and flat now. Just have to trim the far right panel down and then the package tray will be done.
I believe I'm at the point where I can move on to other things. It wouldn't be practical to install any of the panels permanently yet since there is still some wiring that needs to be routed from the trunk to the dash. All the aluminum dust from cutting the material needs to be cleaned up too, it's everywhere.
More to come.
Re-did the center section of the package tray today so it's all one piece now. It's also three pieces total instead of five. Coverage is more complete now and it will be much easier to have a nicer finished prodcut with less seams.
The far right panel needs to be trimmed a little more so it sits flat. I admit that even after doing the headliner myself seven years ago and subsequently messing with the package tray for these last few weeks I had no idea there was a row of spikes along the bottom of the sail panel for the factory jute padding to sit under. I'm not kidding! I just happened to brush my hand against it when fitting the side panel and said what the heck izzat? No wonder the outside panels were all crooked. A lot of excess headliner material was left too so that will need to be cut. The left panel sits nice and flat now. Just have to trim the far right panel down and then the package tray will be done.
I believe I'm at the point where I can move on to other things. It wouldn't be practical to install any of the panels permanently yet since there is still some wiring that needs to be routed from the trunk to the dash. All the aluminum dust from cutting the material needs to be cleaned up too, it's everywhere.
More to come.
