[T3] Headliner install guy

[Bryon Garvin]

Good grief.  If I had just 10% of the skill this guy and many of you out
there have....

wow.

Thanks Dave!  Very interesting.

 - Bryon

On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 1:53 PM, Dave Hall <dave at hallvw.clara.co.uk> wrote:

> This looks a decent job by one of the UK forum members.
>  http://www.vwtype3and4club.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=3793&p=33794
>
> Scroll down to near the bottom of page 1 to see the headliner work.
>
> It's amnazing what jobs some people tackle, and what a good job they can
> make.
>
> Dave.
> UK VW Type 3&4 Club
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>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of Jim
> Adney
> Sent: 13 October 2011 18:48
> To: type3 at vwtype3.org
> Subject: Re: [T3] Headliner install guy
>
> On 13 Oct 2011 at 9:25, Bryon Garvin wrote:
>
> > Anyone in the Portland, OR area know someone that could install a
> > headliner in a Type 3?  I have a '71 Fastback and the tiny tear I used
> > to have got a LOT bigger recently.  It's not going to be long before I
> > have to do something about it.
> >
> > Looking for referrals on folks in this region that are skilled in
> > putting headliners in our cars.  I have a line on ordering one, that's
> > shouldn't be a problem.
>
> Not to be a wet blanket, but the one headliner I installed was a big job
> and
> didn't turn out as well as I would have liked. To do it right, you have to
> take ALL the windows out (except the door windows) and adjust everything
> until you get all the wrinkles out. In my case, I never got it right, and I
> think a lot of that had to do with the fact that the replacement I got was
> not sewn like the original. I think the OE headliner seams are not all
> straight; they have some curve in them to help fit the car.
>
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