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Attention all 68 Coronet owners!!

Hilljack68

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I need a little help. I'm getting conflicting answers from various headliner manufacturers. Does the 68 Coronet get sail panels, or does the headliner go all the way to the package tray. If it matters, mine is a 500. Hard to believe retailers cant agree on this.:BangHead: Thanks for the help.
 
Thanks Justin! Not sure if the '68 has panels, like THANKFULLY my '69 does! A few here have done their '68's without.. one just recently. I gotta go browse to pull I believe "Mike's '68" thread up.
 
My 68 Bee had the original headliner in it. I took it out almost 3 years ago and didn’t take pics but if I remember right it didn’t have panels. The headliner went to the tray. I could be wrong but I don’t remember removing sail panels. I’m interested to hear reply’s on this as it won’t be long before I’ll be putting mine back in.
 
I need a little help. I'm getting conflicting answers from various headliner manufacturers. Does the 68 Coronet get sail panels, or does the headliner go all the way to the package tray. If it matters, mine is a 500. Hard to believe retailers cant agree on this.:BangHead: Thanks for the help.
I will look at mine in the morning, it's had very little interior work and I'm almost sure its not had a headliner.
 
Mine doesn't still original in that area, but is a Mexican coronet and the options were different from the USA but the replies above tell that is doesn't have panels.
 
I installed mine a few months ago. Ran into the same issue. So i bought everything available, and sorted it out as i went. The headliner material is oversized to allow for pulling it taught, and clamping. There is enough there to cover the sail panel area. However, there is little solid surface area to glue it to, and clips aren't used there. It would also be diffucult to pull it taught, and hold it in place till the glue set up. And i had my rear window out. I bought the black cardboard panels, with perforated knock outs for attaching. But the knock out holes didnt line up with anything. I also bought the precovered sail panels. Which i ended up using. Although they were covered in black material, as was the headliner, the sheen doesn't quite match. The hard part was getting the front edge contours of the precovered sail panel to stay in contact with the headliner material. May not be correct, but it seemed to be the only way i could get a wrinkle free decent looking job.
 
Definitely it did NOT have sail panels. My 500 had the original headliner and it goes all the way to the package shelf. I have photos I can post if you want photographic proof. That was the most pain in the a$$ part of installing the new one trying to keep the wrinkles out of that area.
 
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I need a little help. I'm getting conflicting answers from various headliner manufacturers. Does the 68 Coronet get sail panels, or does the headliner go all the way to the package tray. If it matters, mine is a 500. Hard to believe retailers cant agree on this.:BangHead: Thanks for the help.
I looked closely at mine this morning. Mine has sail panel boards. After close examination I think it has been replaced at some point. The headliner itself has a more plastic look than an original piece although it is perforated as original. Also there is a slight color difference between the headliner and the sail panel boards but not as drastic as the picture will lead you to believe.
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I checked out mine this morning too. To the best of my knowledge it's original and has never been replaced. The headliner goes all the way down, so no visible sail panel boards. There is, however, a tear in the liner on the one side and I noticed that there are uncovered sail panel boards underneath the headliner. My guess is that they are there to provide support in those lower areas by the rear glass.
 
I checked out mine this morning too. To the best of my knowledge it's original and has never been replaced. The headliner goes all the way down, so no visible sail panel boards. There is, however, a tear in the liner on the one side and I noticed that there are uncovered sail panel boards underneath the headliner. My guess is that they are there to provide support in those lower areas by the rear glass.
Yes, you should have non covered sail panel boards under the headliner. This aids in the ease of installation and helps for the wrinkle free look. Not saying its easy by any stretch of my imagination. I have to hire it done, but always watch, so I know what goes on.
 
Thanks for all the input fellas. I appreciate the help! :thumbsup:
 
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