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Dave Muller · 04-15-2017, 06:15 PM

Well it was like pulling teeth to find a headliner guy who would come out here and do the job, but it finally happened today. Turns out this isn't quite the right headliner for the car; this is a (very) early '66 and I wound up with a late-66 headliner with separate pieces for the sail panels. But they were able to modify things just a little and got it to work.

I put the cover and knob on the shifter a little while ago and the metal cover presses right on the neutral switch contacts. They glue some very thin plastic to the side as insulation but I didn't trust it (sure don't want the solenoid wire shorting out in the staging lanes!) so I banged it out a little for clearance. It's ugly, but you can't see it with the seats in.

04-15-2017, 06:15 PM	#4
Dave Muller Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Mesa, AZ Posts: 497 Likes: 162 Liked 223 Times in 73 Posts	Re: '66 Malibu N/SA Well it was like pulling teeth to find a headliner guy who would come out here and do the job, but it finally happened today. Turns out this isn't quite the right headliner for the car; this is a (very) early '66 and I wound up with a late-66 headliner with separate pieces for the sail panels. But they were able to modify things just a little and got it to work. I put the cover and knob on the shifter a little while ago and the metal cover presses right on the neutral switch contacts. They glue some very thin plastic to the side as insulation but I didn't trust it (sure don't want the solenoid wire shorting out in the staging lanes!) so I banged it out a little for clearance. It's ugly, but you can't see it with the seats in. Last edited by Dave Muller; 07-08-2017 at 04:34 PM.