Headliner option Never tried them but if your headliner is still in good condition and it is the vinal type you can paint it with vinal paint. I painted mine with Duplicolor vinal paint over a year and a half ago, it still looks brand new. The paint keeps the texture of your current headliner and has a semi-gloss shine to it. I think it is available in flat. Highly recommended.
unfortunatly my maverick didn"t come with such luxuries as a head liner. Mine didn't even have the rods that run from side to side. ray
Maverick Headliner Replacement (LONG) (NOTE: Stephan/Craig, you may want to make this a FAQ article) Ray, About two years ago I replaced the headliner on my '76 Maverick two door ("Pegasus") with a replacement from AutoKrafters. Like you, I was missing one of the liner rods. Since I could not order just one (they are different lengths), I ordered all 4 (or was it 5?) from AutoKrafters for an additional $14.95. Note that they are color coded with paint to identify what location they go in. You will need to pop out the rear glass, windshield, door weatherstripping and vent-window weatherstripping. In addition, removal of the vent windows makes this job much easier! Removal of the deck glass and windshield is beyond the scope of this email but is easy to do if you are careful. Once all of this has been done, rip out any remnants of the old headliner, including any portions of it that "wrap around" the body pinchweld under the weather stripping. Remove the liner rods being sure to keep them in the correct order. Here is the correct rod order (rear-to-front) color-coding: For FOUR-ROD only cars (model 62); Bronze-Yellow Gray-Yellow Pink-Yellow Black-Yellow For FIVE-ROD only cars (model 54); Blue-Bronze Blue-Gray Blue-plain Blue-Pink Blue-Purple Roll out the new headliner and install the rods in it in the correct order, back-to-front. Install the liner/rod combination and let the front and rear of the headliner hang free. Spray the upper lip of the rear-glass portion of the body with some strong contact adhesive (3M Super-90 works great!). Wait about 4 minutes then, without worrying about excess length, pull the REAR edge of the headliner over the upper rear edge of the rear roof pinch-weld. Gently stretch to remove any wrinkles and clamp in-place with four or more strong "grip" clamps. Note: Leave any "excess" headliner material intact until you are done, then you'll trim it after the job is done. Continue this way around the sides towards the front of the car making sure to stretch the headliner and not leave any wrinkles in the areas you have just passed. It is important that once you glue an area, to make sure it stays clamped for at least 30 minutes to keep it from coming peeling away from the contact adhesive. Work on small sections at one time, rear glass area, vent-windows, doors and finally the winshield area. Once the headliner is in, trim it on the outside about 1/4 inch above where it folds around the pinch weld and re-install the various gaskets and glass. I'm not sure how much help this has been but from start to finish, it took me about 4 hours. Oh, and this was my first time installing ANY headliner! Regards, Tracy
i had my autocrafters headliner installed without removing the backlite or windshield. there is no reason to do that its just goo if you want to repalce the gaskets. a professional can do it right without the extra expense. mike
Thanks for the insight Pegasus. I will attack this project very soon, and I want to do it myself. So far, everything but body work and later paint, has been done by myself. I even pulled and swapped engines by myself. Patience is a strong point I have, so the headliner should be a welcome challenge. Thanks for the words of encouragment. A FAQ would be a good idea for others as well. -Corbin
