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GMCjunkie · 06-05-2013, 08:42 AM

My son just informed me that when he gets back from Afghanistan that we are going to try to enter my Burb in the Moultrie ga, car show. That means that I Gotta get some more stuff done, namely the headliner. I'm sure that there has been a thread on burb headliners somewhere, I'm just not finding it. I do have saved one thread from about 2 years ago, but most of the pics have been deleted. I just want to see what y'all have done on your own for headliners, and, if you have not used the original
bows and clips, what did you use?

Much thanks!
junk
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**LockDoc** · 06-05-2013, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by GMCjunkie

My son just informed me that when he gets back from Afghanistan that we are going to try to enter my Burb in the Moultrie ga, car show. That means that I Gotta get some more stuff done, namely the headliner. I'm sure that there has been a thread on burb headliners somewhere, I'm just not finding it. I do have saved one thread from about 2 years ago, but most of the pics have been deleted. I just want to see what y'all have done on your own for headliners, and, if you have not used the original
bows and clips, what did you use?

Much thanks!
junk
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Here is one from vectorit. You even posted in it...

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=410459

You may have to PM jeffg1010 to see if he can upload his pictures again. That is the bad thing about uploading pictures to photobucket or other photo hosting site instead of posting them on here, if the poster closes their account the pictures are gone.

LockDoc

GMCjunkie · 06-05-2013, 11:05 AM

Leon, yep, that's the one I have saved. There were more pics on the second page, but they're not there anymore.
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**LockDoc** · 06-05-2013, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by GMCjunkie

Leon, yep, that's the one I have saved. There were more pics on the second page, but they're not there anymore.
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Jodie,

I added to my post above. I would PM jeffg1010.

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GMCjunkie · 06-05-2013, 06:41 PM

Will do!! Thank you sir!!

**67carry-all** · 06-05-2013, 08:41 PM

Here's a link to a previous post...

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=544243

Waders · 06-05-2013, 11:51 PM

Has anyone used the kit from Brothers? Any pictures of how it looks?
http://www.brotherstrucks.com/prodin...number=CHL72SC

GMCjunkie · 06-06-2013, 05:59 AM

Waders, I didn't know they sold them. are they rigid or just like upholstery?

GMCjunkie · 06-06-2013, 06:05 AM

Carry-all, thanks for the link!

jeffg1010 · 06-06-2013, 11:30 AM

I am tuned in and will add pics. My original headliner has changed a bit since i originally posted. I added a Vintage Air underdash unit up in the rear last summer to create rear air. I'll try to locate some more pics. (after the C10 Cruise In this weekend) http://www.C10CruiseIn.com

But it can be done cheap using the original side brackets, thin luan plywood, and headliner material from Joanne Fabrics. I gotta a little crazy with mine adding head unit, speakers, LED dome lights, flat screen, DVD... And rear air.

(there may be some old photos in the Burb photobucket link in my signature-before the rear air)
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GMCjunkie · 06-06-2013, 07:24 PM

Thank you sir!!

looking forward to your pics!!

Thanks
junk

smfdco1 · 06-06-2013, 08:19 PM

First let me say Thanks to your Son and all of the other Men and Women serving around the world. Hopefully he will be home safely very soon.

I made a headliner for my '69 ambulance using the information contained in Vectorit's post. The FRP works very well, is fairly easy to work with and the total cost was just over $115 at Lowes. If you search "My Latest Toy" in this forum I have several photos of the process.

Best of Luck and keep us posted....

flashed · 06-06-2013, 08:31 PM

Do you know the dates for Moultrie ,maybe I can be there to see this beautiful rig of yours .

GMCjunkie · 06-07-2013, 06:35 AM

smfdco1, you have done a beautiful job on your restore, very original. Thanks for the pics, even though its the same idea as someone else, its nice to have another perspective on it, thank you!!

flashed, Moultrie is Nov 22-24. Its a long way off, but making plans!

flashed · 06-07-2013, 09:36 AM

Nov will be here before we are ready for it but thanks for the dates ,maybe I will see you there ,I woyld love to see your truck .

Waders · 06-08-2013, 07:26 PM

I don't know anything about the ones from Brothers except for what is in the product description. I would assume they are cloth with metal bows like what's in most older cars. For that price it almost seems worth it to try out, but like I said, I wish someone out there had some pictures to know for sure if it is a decent kit. One would think that Brothers would have a picture of their product if they wanted to sell it.

GMCjunkie · 06-08-2013, 07:51 PM

smfdco1, thank you darling, I miss my son. I tell him every time I talk to him about well wishes from people he dosent even know, I will pass yours along when he can call again.

flashed, we are going to make every effort to go, even if I cant get the burb there.

Waders, have you called Brothers? Mabey they can send you pics or explain their product to you in a little more detail. Let us know what you find out.

**67carry-all** · 06-09-2013, 12:53 AM

"Carry-all, thanks for the link!" You're welcome!

I think I have one of the aftermarket headliner kits (Brothers or ??) I bought years ago before I knew this site existed. It'll take a week or so, but I can pull it out of storage and take post some pics for those that are interested in what it looks like.

POS1 · 06-09-2013, 09:26 AM

I'd certainly love too see these Brothers headliners.
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GMCjunkie · 06-15-2013, 02:38 PM

carry-all, any luck finding the headliner?

Well, I took a short break from my shop project to go see my mom in California, yay!! I got back on it today. I finished the perlings and got up on the roof of the existing building and pressure washed off about 900 years of baked on and caked on crap. Its starting to look good, cant wait to get it finished. The "tent" that has been home for my truck for 3 years is absolutely disintegrating. Hopefully more progress and mabey even pics tomorrow!!!

4shongo · 06-15-2013, 07:20 PM

I'm having a local shop put in a custom headliner with extra foam backing (for insulation and sound deadening) for $360 this coming week. I will post pics when done. Using perforated white vinyl, should look close to the fatory style.

**67carry-all** · 06-15-2013, 11:07 PM

"carry-all, any luck finding the headliner? "

Here ya go - located and pics taken today. Looks like a foam-backed fabric with white cloth "loops" sewn along the panel seams. There are 5 metal rods that go thru the loops and 10 pieces of hardware that appear to go on each end of the rods and then presumably insert into the factory side headliner rails. Hope this helps; let me know if any further pics or info would be helpful.

GMCjunkie · 06-16-2013, 08:55 AM

Wow, that looks pretty simple. Are you going to put this in your truck??

GMCjunkie · 06-16-2013, 08:57 AM

4shongo, yes, please post pics!!!

**67carry-all** · 06-16-2013, 11:17 AM

No, won't be using this kit. I bought it a few years back when I was accumulating parts for the truck. I really wanted to find a way to use my original headliner boards in some way. Between this site and visiting a couple of truck shows, I got the idea to cover the original boards with new headliner fabric - new look using the old boards - I'm happy!

06-05-2013, 08:42 AM	#1
GMCjunkie Dude...I'm a CHICK Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Lakeland Georgia Posts: 6,192	Custom headliners My son just informed me that when he gets back from Afghanistan that we are going to try to enter my Burb in the Moultrie ga, car show. That means that I Gotta get some more stuff done, namely the headliner. I'm sure that there has been a thread on burb headliners somewhere, I'm just not finding it. I do have saved one thread from about 2 years ago, but most of the pics have been deleted. I just want to see what y'all have done on your own for headliners, and, if you have not used the original bows and clips, what did you use? Much thanks! junk Posted via Mobile Device __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~* "The unexamined life is not worth living" -Socrates ~~~~~~~~~~~~~* '71 GMC Suburban 4x4

06-05-2013, 11:05 AM	#3
GMCjunkie Dude...I'm a CHICK Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Lakeland Georgia Posts: 6,192	Re: Custom headliners Leon, yep, that's the one I have saved. There were more pics on the second page, but they're not there anymore. Posted via Mobile Device __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~* "The unexamined life is not worth living" -Socrates ~~~~~~~~~~~~~* '71 GMC Suburban 4x4

06-05-2013, 06:41 PM	#5
GMCjunkie Dude...I'm a CHICK Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Lakeland Georgia Posts: 6,192	Re: Custom headliners Will do!! Thank you sir!! __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~* "The unexamined life is not worth living" -Socrates ~~~~~~~~~~~~~* '71 GMC Suburban 4x4

06-05-2013, 08:41 PM	#6
67carry-all Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Central Coast, CA Posts: 273	Re: Custom headliners Here's a link to a previous post... http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=544243

06-05-2013, 11:51 PM	#7
Waders Registered User Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Clancy, MT Posts: 33	Re: Custom headliners Has anyone used the kit from Brothers? Any pictures of how it looks? http://www.brotherstrucks.com/prodin...number=CHL72SC __________________ 71 GMC swb 4x4 ...sold 72 suburban "family cruiser" in progress 67 chevy blazer truck 59 Chevy belair 2dr-high school sweetheart

06-06-2013, 05:59 AM	#8
GMCjunkie Dude...I'm a CHICK Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Lakeland Georgia Posts: 6,192	Re: Custom headliners Waders, I didn't know they sold them. are they rigid or just like upholstery? __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~* "The unexamined life is not worth living" -Socrates ~~~~~~~~~~~~~* '71 GMC Suburban 4x4

06-06-2013, 06:05 AM	#9
GMCjunkie Dude...I'm a CHICK Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Lakeland Georgia Posts: 6,192	Re: Custom headliners Carry-all, thanks for the link! __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~* "The unexamined life is not worth living" -Socrates ~~~~~~~~~~~~~* '71 GMC Suburban 4x4

06-06-2013, 11:30 AM	#10
jeffg1010 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Mooresville, NC Posts: 2,677	Re: Custom headliners I am tuned in and will add pics. My original headliner has changed a bit since i originally posted. I added a Vintage Air underdash unit up in the rear last summer to create rear air. I'll try to locate some more pics. (after the C10 Cruise In this weekend) http://www.C10CruiseIn.com But it can be done cheap using the original side brackets, thin luan plywood, and headliner material from Joanne Fabrics. I gotta a little crazy with mine adding head unit, speakers, LED dome lights, flat screen, DVD... And rear air. (there may be some old photos in the Burb photobucket link in my signature-before the rear air) Posted via Mobile Device __________________ Jeff 1972 Blazer CST 2wd- My son Sam's Project "S" Project "S" 1970 Suburban - SOLD "One Bad Burb" Photobucket Album 1986 C30 Crewcab - 63K original miles, original paint Members I have met: mikey531, gcburdic, bashed, burbman69, TonyPieras, Blazester, GCncsuHD, custombuilt67-72, tsnow678, highrpm, PanelDeland, tanman722001, 47thriftmaster, babyblueoval, 68stepbed, JesseWebb, Andy4639, xs-style, TobyArnot, BigOrange, frednoah, brn_agn, k5hart, Graham57a, bhelton, AJohn6, SilverC10, 69CST, '71 Flame, RaceAGMC, Liz, Josh, MattPSU, 68corvair, Chevy350V8, mdeal, ccrorymc, mrhurt73, dmxxpert, Custom68, 84GMC, BionicABs1, BigBlockBurris, Ebfabman, ATP... Last edited by jeffg1010; 06-06-2013 at 11:36 AM.

06-06-2013, 07:24 PM	#11
GMCjunkie Dude...I'm a CHICK Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Lakeland Georgia Posts: 6,192	Re: Custom headliners Thank you sir!! looking forward to your pics!! Thanks junk __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~* "The unexamined life is not worth living" -Socrates ~~~~~~~~~~~~~* '71 GMC Suburban 4x4

06-06-2013, 08:19 PM	#12
smfdco1 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Mechanicsville Va. Posts: 33	Re: Custom headliners First let me say Thanks to your Son and all of the other Men and Women serving around the world. Hopefully he will be home safely very soon. I made a headliner for my '69 ambulance using the information contained in Vectorit's post. The FRP works very well, is fairly easy to work with and the total cost was just over $115 at Lowes. If you search "My Latest Toy" in this forum I have several photos of the process. Best of Luck and keep us posted....

06-06-2013, 08:31 PM	#13
flashed Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: canton ga Posts: 12,724	Re: Custom headliners Do you know the dates for Moultrie ,maybe I can be there to see this beautiful rig of yours .

06-07-2013, 06:35 AM	#14
GMCjunkie Dude...I'm a CHICK Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Lakeland Georgia Posts: 6,192	Re: Custom headliners smfdco1, you have done a beautiful job on your restore, very original. Thanks for the pics, even though its the same idea as someone else, its nice to have another perspective on it, thank you!! flashed, Moultrie is Nov 22-24. Its a long way off, but making plans! __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~* "The unexamined life is not worth living" -Socrates ~~~~~~~~~~~~~* '71 GMC Suburban 4x4

06-07-2013, 09:36 AM	#15
flashed Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: canton ga Posts: 12,724	Re: Custom headliners Nov will be here before we are ready for it but thanks for the dates ,maybe I will see you there ,I woyld love to see your truck .

06-08-2013, 07:26 PM	#16
Waders Registered User Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Clancy, MT Posts: 33	Re: Custom headliners I don't know anything about the ones from Brothers except for what is in the product description. I would assume they are cloth with metal bows like what's in most older cars. For that price it almost seems worth it to try out, but like I said, I wish someone out there had some pictures to know for sure if it is a decent kit. One would think that Brothers would have a picture of their product if they wanted to sell it. __________________ 71 GMC swb 4x4 ...sold 72 suburban "family cruiser" in progress 67 chevy blazer truck 59 Chevy belair 2dr-high school sweetheart

06-08-2013, 07:51 PM	#17
GMCjunkie Dude...I'm a CHICK Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Lakeland Georgia Posts: 6,192	Re: Custom headliners smfdco1, thank you darling, I miss my son. I tell him every time I talk to him about well wishes from people he dosent even know, I will pass yours along when he can call again. flashed, we are going to make every effort to go, even if I cant get the burb there. Waders, have you called Brothers? Mabey they can send you pics or explain their product to you in a little more detail. Let us know what you find out. __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~* "The unexamined life is not worth living" -Socrates ~~~~~~~~~~~~~* '71 GMC Suburban 4x4



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06-09-2013, 12:53 AM	#18
67carry-all Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Central Coast, CA Posts: 273	Re: Custom headliners "Carry-all, thanks for the link!" You're welcome! I think I have one of the aftermarket headliner kits (Brothers or ??) I bought years ago before I knew this site existed. It'll take a week or so, but I can pull it out of storage and take post some pics for those that are interested in what it looks like.

06-09-2013, 09:26 AM	#19
POS1 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 145	Re: Custom headliners I'd certainly love too see these Brothers headliners. Posted via Mobile Device __________________ - Brian FleetFilter.com 1991 Chevrolet V1500 Suburban 4x4 1986 Jeep CJ7 1969 Porsche 911S Targa

06-15-2013, 02:38 PM	#20
GMCjunkie Dude...I'm a CHICK Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Lakeland Georgia Posts: 6,192	Re: Custom headliners carry-all, any luck finding the headliner? Well, I took a short break from my shop project to go see my mom in California, yay!! I got back on it today. I finished the perlings and got up on the roof of the existing building and pressure washed off about 900 years of baked on and caked on crap. Its starting to look good, cant wait to get it finished. The "tent" that has been home for my truck for 3 years is absolutely disintegrating. Hopefully more progress and mabey even pics tomorrow!!! __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~* "The unexamined life is not worth living" -Socrates ~~~~~~~~~~~~~* '71 GMC Suburban 4x4

06-15-2013, 07:20 PM	#21
4shongo Registered User Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Arlington, TN Posts: 315	Re: Custom headliners I'm having a local shop put in a custom headliner with extra foam backing (for insulation and sound deadening) for $360 this coming week. I will post pics when done. Using perforated white vinyl, should look close to the fatory style.

06-15-2013, 11:07 PM	#22
67carry-all Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Central Coast, CA Posts: 273	Re: Custom headliners "carry-all, any luck finding the headliner? " Here ya go - located and pics taken today. Looks like a foam-backed fabric with white cloth "loops" sewn along the panel seams. There are 5 metal rods that go thru the loops and 10 pieces of hardware that appear to go on each end of the rods and then presumably insert into the factory side headliner rails. Hope this helps; let me know if any further pics or info would be helpful. Attached Images

06-16-2013, 08:55 AM	#23
GMCjunkie Dude...I'm a CHICK Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Lakeland Georgia Posts: 6,192	Re: Custom headliners Wow, that looks pretty simple. Are you going to put this in your truck?? __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~* "The unexamined life is not worth living" -Socrates ~~~~~~~~~~~~~* '71 GMC Suburban 4x4

06-16-2013, 08:57 AM	#24
GMCjunkie Dude...I'm a CHICK Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Lakeland Georgia Posts: 6,192	Re: Custom headliners 4shongo, yes, please post pics!!! __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~* "The unexamined life is not worth living" -Socrates ~~~~~~~~~~~~~* '71 GMC Suburban 4x4

06-16-2013, 11:17 AM	#25
67carry-all Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Central Coast, CA Posts: 273	Re: Custom headliners No, won't be using this kit. I bought it a few years back when I was accumulating parts for the truck. I really wanted to find a way to use my original headliner boards in some way. Between this site and visiting a couple of truck shows, I got the idea to cover the original boards with new headliner fabric - new look using the old boards - I'm happy!

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