Made my trip to the antique wrecker yesterday. Managed to pick up 3 sets of the headliner bow retainer wires. 2 sets are almost the same and one is a lot longer. The shorter set is still 3 1/2 inches longer than the ones in my car so either way they will need to be shortened. At least I have 3 sets to "experiment with". Plan is to take the longest set and cut off the end and use the cut off to heat and bend to make sure I have my method down. Then I plan to make a set 1 1/2" longer than the ones in the car and try them. If still too long I can either shorten them again or make another set 1" longer and try them. Shouldn't take much to find the "sweet spot" that the headliner looks the best. Just really glad I didn't go ahead and try to install the headliner as it was. I wasn't really happy with how the front section looked all droopy due to the bow position.
Didn't get much else done. Got a good deal on brake drums so I ordered all new for the car. The ones on it were OK but not perfect. Had little grooves starting to show. Probably would've passed safety, but getting new Raybestos drums for a good deal I couldn't pass up. Plan to put the gear oil in today after work and possibly flush the engine again to get all the rusty crud out. I picked up a male and female hose attachment to put on the heater hoses (bypass the heater core) and put a supply on one and drain on the other and run it out the garage door to thoroughly flush the engine before finally hooking up the new heater core and filling it with coolant for the final time. Thens it's bleed the brakes and mechanically it should be ready to drive...finally.
So nice to finally see it coming together. Still lots of little things to finish or work out but finally seeing the finish line.
