Well, I was taking out the rear panels today and I yanked a little hard on the driver's side panel and WHUMP, I made a pencil eraser sized tear in my mint 1971 headerliner! I knew it would happen eventually, as the thing is pretty brittle after 34 years. I guess when I restore this thing someday, it'll matter. Just wanted to vent, it was my own stupidity that caused it. How mad I get at myself defines how much I call this car my daily driver. It IS my only car, and some might call it a bad idea to be driving a 1971 Maverick with only 74,000 original miles on it every day, but I love it.
My car has a perfect all original '74 head liner. I can't wait to tear it out and fix my window seals and put a new head liner in there. Mileage is just a number to me unless it's just rediculously low... 74,000 wouldn't fall into that catagory in my book. Drive the hell out of it.
My 74 had a MINT headliner ... until I removed the rear kick panel .. I tilted it up and whack!! Did the same as you ..
my headliner WAS in good condition too... and i was also removing my back panels.... i didnt hear a WHUMP... i heard a RRRIIIIIPPPPPP.... yeah i was mad as well... but now i get to replace it one day
Same here. Mine was mint until I was putting a long piece of chrome trim in the back and it poked a hole in the headliner!
This is amazing! Me too...mint '73 headliner, rear panel slip up. Oh well, at least now I have an excuse to put a black headliner in. John B.
that isn't that stupid. I ripped mine seeing if my sons car seat would fit in back. released the little belt on the little tray and it shot up"RIIIP". at least yours was sacrificed in the process of repairing something
