What holds these trim pieces in place?

[MericaMopar]

What holds the roof rail trim pieces in place in the interior? I don't see any screws. (The painted, well rusted in this case, pieces that run along the door opening and down the rear side windows). 64 2 door newport.

 

[swisherred]

not sure which car that is, but in my 67 newport there is one screw in the front connecting it to the windshield trim and the sail panel holds the rear. Inside are spring clips that hold it up...it just pulls off after removing the other items.

 

[MericaMopar]

not sure which car that is, but in my 67 newport there is one screw in the front connecting it to the windshield trim and the sail panel holds the rear. Inside are spring clips that hold it up...it just pulls off after removing the other items.

Shoulda mentioned it's a '64 2 door newport. Are the headliner hoops held in to something else?

Thanks

 

[Ross Wooldridge]

There are likely screws underneath the weatherstrip, along the roof rail as well.

 

[Lee Robinson]

There are likely screws underneath the weatherstrip, along the roof rail as well.

I removed them from a 64 NY 4 door ht. They have screws on the ends, but they slide over strips that are attached to the head liner.
There is a good chance you may rip the head liner removing those trim pieces if you are not planning to replace the head liner.
56 year old vinyl is very fragile. I have a feeling the head liners are probably the same for ht's and sedans in 64

 

[ceebuddy]

What holds the roof rail trim pieces in place in the interior?

What exactly are you referring to? Roof Rails?

 

[Lee Robinson]

What exactly are you referring to? Roof Rails?

I thought he was referring to the horizontal stainless pieces on the head liner.

 

[MericaMopar]

What exactly are you referring to? Roof Rails?

The painted metal trim pieces that run along the car front to back along the doors/windows.

 

[MericaMopar]

I thought he was referring to the horizontal stainless pieces on the head liner.

Actually not the stainless headliner bands/hoops, but the painted trim pieces that run front to back along the top of the door/window.

 

[MericaMopar]

not sure which car that is, but in my 67 newport there is one screw in the front connecting it to the windshield trim and the sail panel holds the rear. Inside are spring clips that hold it up...it just pulls off after removing the other items.

Do you pull down towards the floor, 'sideways' towards the other side of the car, or up? Pulled kind of hard on one piece today and it wasn't budging.

 

[MericaMopar]

I thought he was referring to the horizontal stainless pieces on the head liner.

These pieces.

 

[Ross Wooldridge]

Screws under the weatherstrip, plus there may be clips on the inside. They'll be a sort of press-over fit - once the screws are out you'll need to roll them up towards the inside and lift off the clips.

 

[MericaMopar]

Screws under the weatherstrip, plus there may be clips on the inside. They'll be a sort of press-over fit - once the screws are out you'll need to roll them up towards the inside and lift off the clips.

Dang it, that's what I was fearing but did not want to do exploratory surgery. My weatherstripping will not survive this. I have been unable to source replacement weatherstripping, might have to find a generic solution. Thanks

 

[Ross Wooldridge]

I am not 100% certain, but pretty much so based upon my experiences with my 66.

At the time, reproduction weatherstips for my car were not available, so I made my own weatherstrips by finding the extrusion that matched as closely as possible and mating them with the molded ends of my originals using crazy glue. Worked great.

Have you checked with Quirey Quality Design? He's a member here. @QQE They took over all the stuff being made by Gary Goers, who claimed to make weatherstrips for all full size Chrysler Plymouth and Dodge vehicles from 58 up.