1977 Towncar Resto mod! by sauceman

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6-11-2014

As far as the headliner goes it's not too bad, you just have to remove a lot of ancillery parts to get to it. The vinyl roof does not affect the headliner, but the headliner affects the vinyl roof, so am I safe to assume that you actually want to replace the roof? If so then yes on the half roof the front trim is held down by studs/nuts that can only be accessed by removing the headliner.

Basically you need to remove all the trim around the perimeter of the headliner. I started at the rear by removing the back seat (upper and lower) the rear window inside trim, the C pillar, door sills, B pillar, A pillar and all the door opening trim as well as the winshield trim. Once all those pieces are removed the edges of the headliner are glued down to these "grips" that look like saw blades. Once you have pulled down the edges you need to remove the dome light and sunvisors. The bulk of the headliner is held in with rods that insert into holes along the sides of the roof. Make sure you record which hole the rods are in, as there can be two or three holes to choose from. Also the rods are colour coded front to rear, but if your just removing and re-installing the headliner you leave them threaded into the material anyway.

Maybe you can make a thread on the removal?

6-14-2014

Well I got the rear end all stripped, going to send it to the sand blasters and paint it up. Picked up my Rockauto order from across the border today, woowhoo just like xmas!

Let gravity be your friend!

Pop!

Yellow paint on the diff fill hole.

Assembly line markings.