BoatMan
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While I am waiting for a few parts to get here for the Brakes I wanted to order a new headliner for the 66 300. Any success here with a certain brand/company?
But be prepared to wait, they do great work but it takes time.
I have a month in waiting for SMS because they were the only ones that had the correct material for my Barracuda.
But.... If you aren't real fussy about using the right material, there's other faster and cheaper vendors. Here's the deal.... There's really only one company sewing headliners and that's Acme Headliners. They are the only game in town and I'm 99% sure that's where SMS has their's done. All the vendors buy from Acme and resell them.
The difference is they use a generic material rather than the special stuff that SMS sells. It's about a third of the price.
So... About the best deal I found was from these guys. Auto Carpet for Car, Truck, Van - Stock Interiors They seem to have a good reputation too. They use Acme Headliners. I ordered some samples from them and they came directly from Acme, as did a few other vendor's samples.
If you can live with a material that isn't "correct", but still looks "right", order up some samples and see what you think.
If you want "correct" material, go to SMS and again, order some samples. Be prepared to wait and dig a lot deeper in your wallet. Your choice.
I met one of the guys that own SMS in the early eighties. Nice guy.John
I live about an hour away from SMS. They have a full sewing shop on premises. The two old farts that run the place are both in their mid-70's. The people doing the actual sewing are in the back of the warehouse and are younger and well equipped to do the work. Worry what will happen if they pass on as I do not think any of their kids or other relatives are in this business.
Dave
How hard is the install of our headliners? This something a fairly capable guy can do himself? Jon provided a new headliner with the Monaco i have yet to install.
I got my headliner the other day and it came directly from SMS. Looks pretty good too.John
I live about an hour away from SMS. They have a full sewing shop on premises. The two old farts that run the place are both in their mid-70's. The people doing the actual sewing are in the back of the warehouse and are younger and well equipped to do the work. Worry what will happen if the owners pass on as I do not think any of their kids or other relatives are in this business.
Dave