[Tigers] Headliner Installation

[Pam and Tom Jeffers]

Graham,

I had a centerline on the back of the headliner I bought decades ago.  I also remember having to trim the canvas bow sleeves.  What you are saying sounds very familiar.

Tom J

> On Feb 2, 2018, at 3:23 PM, Graham Harlowe via Tigers <tigers at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> Listers -
> 
> I'm finally getting around to restoring a hardtop I bought over 10 years
> ago.  The replacement headliner I received has some dimensional differences
> from the stock one, so I'm curious to hear of someone else's experience.
> Specifically, the reverse side of the headliner comes with the canvas
> "sleeves" to hold the support bows.  On the stock headliner I removed, the
> canvas sleeves for the bows are all about 36" long, which allowed the tips
> of each bow to extend beyond their sleeves.  (Yes, I know it's important to
> keep the bows in order, front to back).  On the new headliner, the bow
> sleeves are between 39 and 41 inches, which leaves the tips of the bows
> buried in their sleeves.  "Scrunching" the sleeve material toward the center
> to expose the bow tips so they can be inserted into their respective holes
> in the hardtop also scrunches the headliner, causing wrinkles from the
> excess material.  
> 
> Does anyone recall having to trim/shorten the canvas bow sleeves on the back
> side of their new headliner?  Any other tips for installing the headliner?
> My strategy was to use a light pencil to trace the original headliner
> perimeter onto the replacement headliner as a starting point and adjust from
> there, but the longer sleeves are really throwing things off.  
> 
> Note, it appears the manufacturer drew a centerline on the back of the
> headliner.  On one bow, the 39" sleeve is sewn noticeably off-center (20.5"
> left, and 18.5" right), so perhaps the sleeve lengths are not meant to be
> precise for the Tiger top and are intended to be cut for the desired length
> or application.  
> 
> Thanks as always, 
> Graham Harlowe
> B382001466
> 
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