1963 Dart 170 2 Door Post Resto

So, a little more progress again, with yes, another backwards step...lol.

Got the sound deadener installed on the inside of the roof. Got the headliner bows figured out and installed. I got the headliner installed on the bows and hung to let the wrinkles fall out a little. Issue I am seeing now is that with the last bow clipped into the retainer wires in the rear window reinforcement it doesn't seem to let the bows come forward enough so that the front bow is up in position. Does anyone have their headliner out that can measure the length of the wires that hold the last bow? I am wondering if the wires were different lengths based on 2 or 4 door. I took this reinforcement out of a 4 door.

Other than that, not a lot to report. Got the other 2 tires installed and fortunately no paint damage. Got the heater core installed. The new copper reproduction is pretty good. Not a perfect match and needs a little tweaking to fit in the hole but overall looks the same and for the price, not bad.

Also ordered more clips for around the rear glass. Discovered the one clip I wasn't happy with is broke, so I plan to remove the trim again to replace that clip. Expect to break a few during removal so spares are always good. Even got lucky and finally located the proper clips (hopefully) to put the lower door stainless back on.

Got all the new glass runs installed as well this week. Happy with how that went overall. The fit was great. Just had to remove the glass again from the channels to get it in. I hoped I could get it nice and soapy and slide them in (have done it this way many times before with other cars) but no luck. Issue I found here is that the cat whiskers I bought don't fit. The clips for the inner front door don't line up. The inner and outer are the same but the holes in the door are not. The outer door skin has one more hole than the inner and of course there's a clip there. Have a question posted on the a-body page to see if anyone else has had this issue. Hoping I just got a bad set (it happens). Waiting to see. Also have an email out to another company to see what theirs are like. Hoping they get back to me. Would rather know I am not buying the same as I have to get the same issues.

If all keeps going to plan, I am hoping to finish up by the end of march. (unless I keep hitting these road blocks)