Every Ford I have owned more than 10 years or so has required a new headliner. The 92 Tbird is no exception.
The search is on for replacement material. I've done this task before a couple of times but the Tbird is a different animal. The backing material is fiberglass mat and it's molded with recesses for the visors so much care will be in store to not have wrinkles. Plus the headliner is 54" wide so I need material at least 56" wide. I have located some but haven't decided to keep the wierd color or go with something else. The interior color is code 5A which Ford calls titanium. Wierd that it's not beige, tan or grey. Just wierd.
Ford owners and other makes use the same foam backed rat hair material. I really like the faux suede material I used on the 82 cougar wagon but that's a little harder to find at 56" wide. The color will be dictated by what color my new leather material will be in. I'm thinking of two toning the interior with charcoal leather and door panel inserts.
Ah, decisions, decisions.
Here's a pic of the interior not a great shot but pretty much shows the color.
Sounds like a project to me. If the headliner is as I picture it, what happens to it that it needs replacing? I am picturing a semi-rigid backerboard that is, for lack of a better term, flocked.
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Dave Yaros Forum Admin 1955 Cadillac Coupé de Ville 1962 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88 Conv 1992 Cadillac Allanté
The foam backed fabric is glued to the pressed fiberglass board. The material tends to basically rot so it just falls apart. The visors are covered in the same stuff.
It's just a big unwieldly project. Easy to screw up and get dirty if you are not careful. The bow supported headliners are simpler if the ends are not retained by the windows which require glass removal.
This is just a careful removal job and careful glue job. It can be a bit tedious making sure there are no wrinkles especially in the visor area. Generally the fabric just peels off pretty easy and a stiff brush removes the foam left behind.
Here's a completed headliner in the wagon. Those visors are also fabric that I painted. Yup that worked. Tan to blue. If I remember it was a cheap plastic paint I had left over from something else. Generally plastic paint can be used on fabric in low wear areas. Strange but true. The backer board in the wagon was a hard pressed cardboard.
