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ricks71pu · 05-10-2011, 09:15 PM

i plan to part out a feild find this weekend. actually, a 72 GMC 3500, with a dump bed, pretty cool. anyway, it has a headliner with trim. where exactly are the tabs that hold trim? i dont want to destroy anything. HELP!!!

thank you.

Zoomin · 05-10-2011, 11:27 PM

Been a while since I've done it, but there's some phillips head screws you take out, and it will practically fall in your lap.

ricks71pu · 05-11-2011, 12:48 AM

nice, saying tabs dont age well? wish me luck.i hope to get nice parts, hard to find GMC/3500 fender emblems!!!

**too much stuff** · 05-11-2011, 09:50 AM

Good luck. I have never had one fall into my lap. I think there are about 16 tabs into the roof. Take your time and try to work from one side and pulling from the other. If you are lucky, you may save half of them. 40 year old plastic gets brittle.
Get some pics up of your find...

ricks71pu · 05-11-2011, 09:56 AM

do they (tabs) point inwards or outwards? this make sense? i assume i need to push tabs away from windsheild and back glass.

**too much stuff** · 05-11-2011, 10:04 AM

The tabs are in pairs pointing away from each other. I can put a pic up later.

ricks71pu · 05-11-2011, 10:11 AM

that would be GREAT!!!

**too much stuff** · 05-11-2011, 10:10 PM

Here is what you will have to deal with. There are rectangle holes in the roof that these snap into. Good luck!

ricks71pu · 05-11-2011, 10:30 PM

Thank you very much!!!!

*67/72junkie* · 05-11-2011, 10:41 PM

If you just try to pry them out you will break tabs. I took and old pair of pliers and spot welded a small 1/2'' x 1/2'' piece of sheet metal on each side so I could gently squeeze them under the trim and apply pressure from both sides and pulled down easy at the same time.I still break one every now and then.

05-10-2011, 09:15 PM	#1
ricks71pu Registered User Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: salem oregon Posts: 225	headliner trim question... i plan to part out a feild find this weekend. actually, a 72 GMC 3500, with a dump bed, pretty cool. anyway, it has a headliner with trim. where exactly are the tabs that hold trim? i dont want to destroy anything. HELP!!! thank you. __________________ In the words of my favorite poet, singer/songwriter (Paul Thorn):"What ever you believe, you might be wrong"

05-10-2011, 11:27 PM	#2
Zoomin Man of Mini-Talents Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Oklahoma City, OK Posts: 4,295	Re: headliner trim question... Been a while since I've done it, but there's some phillips head screws you take out, and it will practically fall in your lap. __________________ Steve Project - Ruth 66 Skylark Project - Lola 60 Biscayne Project - Iron Ox 54 GMC 100 Project - Darth 69 Camaro

05-11-2011, 12:48 AM	#3
ricks71pu Registered User Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: salem oregon Posts: 225	Re: headliner trim question... nice, saying tabs dont age well? wish me luck.i hope to get nice parts, hard to find GMC/3500 fender emblems!!! __________________ In the words of my favorite poet, singer/songwriter (Paul Thorn):"What ever you believe, you might be wrong"

05-11-2011, 09:50 AM	#4
too much stuff Roadtrip! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Grand Rapids MN Posts: 13,717	Re: headliner trim question... Good luck. I have never had one fall into my lap. I think there are about 16 tabs into the roof. Take your time and try to work from one side and pulling from the other. If you are lucky, you may save half of them. 40 year old plastic gets brittle. Get some pics up of your find... __________________ 67 gmc custom lwb dakota truck. Sold...And bought back 69 swb 4x4 project (in progress) 70 c-10 lwb texas truck 70 4x4/BB/bkts/posi/tach(retired) 70 swb (wifes) 70 jimmy camper 71 K-5 factory 2wd 71 cheyenne 4x4/tach/posi/ plow rig 71 Cheyenne20 BB, buckets, tach, tilt, 4 speed 72 jimmy CST wyoming rig 72 jimmy Colorado rig 72 lifted texas 4x4 3/4 ton burb 65 fury conv. 383/auto 65 chrysler 300 "L" 413 auto

05-11-2011, 09:56 AM	#5
ricks71pu Registered User Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: salem oregon Posts: 225	Re: headliner trim question... do they (tabs) point inwards or outwards? this make sense? i assume i need to push tabs away from windsheild and back glass. __________________ In the words of my favorite poet, singer/songwriter (Paul Thorn):"What ever you believe, you might be wrong"

05-11-2011, 10:04 AM	#6
too much stuff Roadtrip! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Grand Rapids MN Posts: 13,717	Re: headliner trim question... The tabs are in pairs pointing away from each other. I can put a pic up later. __________________ 67 gmc custom lwb dakota truck. Sold...And bought back 69 swb 4x4 project (in progress) 70 c-10 lwb texas truck 70 4x4/BB/bkts/posi/tach(retired) 70 swb (wifes) 70 jimmy camper 71 K-5 factory 2wd 71 cheyenne 4x4/tach/posi/ plow rig 71 Cheyenne20 BB, buckets, tach, tilt, 4 speed 72 jimmy CST wyoming rig 72 jimmy Colorado rig 72 lifted texas 4x4 3/4 ton burb 65 fury conv. 383/auto 65 chrysler 300 "L" 413 auto

05-11-2011, 10:11 AM	#7
ricks71pu Registered User Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: salem oregon Posts: 225	Re: headliner trim question... that would be GREAT!!! __________________ In the words of my favorite poet, singer/songwriter (Paul Thorn):"What ever you believe, you might be wrong"

05-11-2011, 10:10 PM	#8
too much stuff Roadtrip! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Grand Rapids MN Posts: 13,717	Re: headliner trim question... Here is what you will have to deal with. There are rectangle holes in the roof that these snap into. Good luck! Attached Images __________________ 67 gmc custom lwb dakota truck. Sold...And bought back 69 swb 4x4 project (in progress) 70 c-10 lwb texas truck 70 4x4/BB/bkts/posi/tach(retired) 70 swb (wifes) 70 jimmy camper 71 K-5 factory 2wd 71 cheyenne 4x4/tach/posi/ plow rig 71 Cheyenne20 BB, buckets, tach, tilt, 4 speed 72 jimmy CST wyoming rig 72 jimmy Colorado rig 72 lifted texas 4x4 3/4 ton burb 65 fury conv. 383/auto 65 chrysler 300 "L" 413 auto

05-11-2011, 10:30 PM	#9
ricks71pu Registered User Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: salem oregon Posts: 225	Re: headliner trim question... Thank you very much!!!! __________________ In the words of my favorite poet, singer/songwriter (Paul Thorn):"What ever you believe, you might be wrong"

05-11-2011, 10:41 PM	#10
67/72junkie Account Suspended Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: NC Posts: 1,129	Re: headliner trim question... If you just try to pry them out you will break tabs. I took and old pair of pliers and spot welded a small 1/2'' x 1/2'' piece of sheet metal on each side so I could gently squeeze them under the trim and apply pressure from both sides and pulled down easy at the same time.I still break one every now and then.



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