1973 Road Runner headliner identification

[John Hogan]

How as I continue to disassemble and research my Road Runner I keep finding things that I'm not familiar with on my earlier B-Bodies.
The headliner was missing when I bought the car but as I disassembled the interior I found a fair size chunk left by the rear window. It appears to be a perforated (you can see light through it) cloth and not vinyl. All of the replacements I have found are vinyl. Was there a cloth headliner in a '73 RR? It has the A88 deluxe interior package.

 

[pioneer61]

Perhaps a stupid question, but does your car have a factory sunroof? Those had cloth headliners.

 

[RussT Plymouths]

That looks exactly like what is left and shredded in my 73 Satellite Sebring. I've owned it since about 1983 so I'm fairly certain it was original. After a few years, if you touched it, it ripped, probably why few survived.

 

[HawkRod]

It looks the same as the original headliner that was in my 73. I couldn't find a similar type headliner, so I replaced it with vinyl, but I still have a piece of the original.

 

[Builderguy]

Yup, Cloth it was! Mine was still pretty solid just cleaned it up a little with water and a brush so I didn't have to search for a replacement.

 

[John Hogan]

Perhaps a stupid question, but does your car have a factory sunroof? Those had cloth headliners.

Nope, no sunroof. It appears to be the original headliner by the clips, etc.

 

[John Hogan]

It looks the same as the original headliner that was in my 73. I couldn't find a similar type headliner, so I replaced it with vinyl, but I still have a piece of the original.

Looks like that will end up being my plan as well.

 

[John Hogan]

Yup, Cloth it was! Mine was still pretty solid just cleaned it up a little with water and a brush so I didn't have to search for a replacement.

Wow, that material is so thin I'm amazing it survived! Great that you have a survivor original headliner. Looks like I'll be replacing mine with vinyl.

 

[Builderguy]

This one looked pretty close to original, at least from the pic, but it is more money.
https://www.newstalgiaparts.com/p/45504/1973-plymouth-roadrunner-headliner
Once open click on details and then Black Yorkshire Drill
They have a small pic of that design.
Maybe they will send a sample?

 

[YY1]

Those "perforations" don't look like the standard perforated headliner pattern.

My low line RL car has a different headliner. Kind of looks striped from side to side.

I believe another member went through this and found one.

 

[John Hogan]

This one looked pretty close to original, at least from the pic, but it is more money.
https://www.newstalgiaparts.com/p/45504/1973-plymouth-roadrunner-headliner
Once open click on details and then Black Yorkshire Drill
They have a small pic of that design.
Maybe they will send a sample?

Thanks for your research Builderguy! I called them and they are sending a sample. Sounds like it might be correct!

 

[John Hogan]

Those "perforations" don't look like the standard perforated headliner pattern.

My low line RL car has a different headliner. Kind of looks striped from side to side.

I believe another member went through this and found one.

You are right about the "striped" look to the material. I believe Builderguy may have scored finding the correct material for my car.

 

[terrywalker]

Same in my 74 Charger with the headliner. It had cloth, not vinyl. I sent a sample to a custom automotive fabric shop 5 years ago and it was material used in a C-body Chrysler. They would make me a Charger headliner using the material for $450. I bought a vinyl for $100+ instead. It was SMS Auto Fabrics in Oregon. Here's SMS : SMS Auto Fabrics - The Largest Selection of Classic Auto Interiors
You might try this place for fabric. Another place listed:
Original Auto Fabric: Greatest Selection of Vintage Auto Upholstery (oemautofabric.com)
Terry W.