Headliner

[Phile 46]

where is the best place to purchase the white with black dots headliner for alpine 5 ? Thanks

 

[sunalp]

Try Classic Sunbeam or Sunbeam Specialties. They're usually in stock.

 

[Phile 46]

Has anyone experienced installing a headliner, and if so what were the hiccups? Thanks

 

[Alpine 1789]

Has anyone experienced installing a headliner, and if so what were the hiccups? Thanks

I could swear there used to be a really good forum post here on how to do it, complete with pictures (I remember seeing lots of little binder clips holding everything together) but just searched and can't find anything. The best I could see was this from Jumpinjan:

It's more based on experience & planning than anything. Usually, on sedans, I think the rear is installed first and then pulled forward. On our removable hardtops, I would center the headliner both laterally & longitudinal (make sure the seams are centered on the bows, so you have some movement) and tack it down with contact cement down the center (tack it down both front & back in the center), and then work it out to the sides. Try different directions of pull to get the most wrinkles out. Then secure all sides down and then use you steamer to get the last wrinkles out.

I also Googled it and couldn't find anything. This appears to calling out for a tech tip, ideally a video one. Are you listening, Tim R?

 

[Tim R]

Hi Jim,

This is a job that we will be doing on our Series V so we will film it and publish it on the site a some point in the next couple of months. This is a job that we've done twice before on Alpines that we own. It is not easy to get a nice tight finish and get all the wrinkles out. As with any videos that we make it will just be a record of what we do, not necessarily what SHOULD be done!

Another film that we plan to make in the near future will cover installing a replacement Series V soft top.

Tim R

 

[alpine_64]

I could swear there used to be a really good forum post here on how to do it, complete with pictures (I remember seeing lots of little binder clips holding everything together) but just searched and can't find anything. The best I could see was this from Jumpinjan:



I also Googled it and couldn't find anything. This appears to calling out for a tech tip, ideally a video one. Are you listening, Tim R?

Jim,

I think that was the thread on the headlining for the harringtom, jan posted a photo like that and iirc robert jaarsman also showed a shot doing his venezia

 

[Alpine 1789]

I think that was the thread on the headlining for the harringtom, jan posted a photo like that and iirc robert jaarsman also showed a shot doing his venezia

They say memory is the second thing to go. I forgot what the first was.

 

[Phile 46]

Thanks for all your imput. Sorry haven’t gotten back to you all sooner, was cooking turkey. Will get get at it when the snow has us blocked in.where would you recommend to get the 3 hardtop window seals?

 

[65beam]

Classic or SS.

 

[DanR]

Another film that we plan to make in the near future will cover installing a replacement Series V soft top.

That will be a real winner

 

[65beam]

There are some videos on You Tube that show the installation of a soft top.

 

[Cali_59]

I always love doing everything myself if humanly possible, although I am wise enough to realize that some tasks are best left to
a seasoned professional, ie: chrome work.
Sometimes the 'theory bites me in the ..wallet, when the seasoned pro, is just winging it.. like I would be after studying up as much as I can.
Is it common knowledge that it is just better to have a shop to do the headliner, or is it a fairly easy task to undertake?

Is it the very last task one does while restoring a H.T?( S1-2 )

One other question,
I could not find any specific tread on. early bows.
Is there anywhere that sells them?
Is there a pattern, that can be used to duplicate them?
Cheers!

 

[DanR]

Hope you can locate someone on the Forum that is kind enough to sell or atleast loan you an original set.

I was fortunate enough to have an original set (Late Series) when I started restoration on my hart top. HAd an idea to have some fabricated so others in need could get some decent ones if needed.

A Metal Man near me made some out of stainless steel. Took some keen insight to figure the correct bends.

Best of luck to you,

 

[Cali_59]

Thanks Dan, yeah I would like to just find a set. Sometime the fun in is the journey... the hunt