67 Belvedere new headliner install

[dwels]

Hello Everyone,
I’m in the process of installing a new headliner in my 67 Belvedere. It’s going well, I have it installed to the slope of the rear windows and approaching the sail panels and the curvature of the roof. Does anyone have a trick to get the wrinkles out in this area and where it approaches the rear deck?
Thanks

 

[493 Mike]

Have you tried a heat gun/hairdryer yet? I seem to remember fellas using them.
Mike

 

[dwels]

I used the hair dryer on the front of the headliner to get out a stubborn fold, it helped some. I’ll give it another try on the back corners.Thanks

 

[fesser]

Keep us posted. One of the things on my list of things to do that I am afraid to do.

 

[dwels]

Will do, ordered metal binder clips to hold it in place will working on it, hopefully will help, back at it soon.

 

[BDnFL]

Will do, ordered metal binder clips to hold it in place will working on it, hopefully will help, back at it soon.

I hung my headliner in garage for a few weeks while I did other things, helped with the wrinkles.
Then I bought a box of binder clips and clipped the liner every few inches. Daily I would slightly pull tension then re clip the liner. Probably did this for a week before permanently glueing and using factory clips.

 

[fesser]

It has been a while. How did it work out?

 

[SatNightSpecial]

I used clothes pins to help tighten it- on my 1966 it has a piece that runs parallel with the window for the end to be glued to and pushed over the little spikes to hold it. I started in the front and center and pulled my way out and back, clipping as I went. I used a heat gun to relax the vinyl a little nearing the back where it's hard to get tension and clip at the same time.
I put off installing it soooo long because I was intimidated by the process, but im so glad I did it. It was one of the biggest eyesores on the car when I got it.