Ted "Wildcat65" Nagel Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 I see many green interiors out there-including one for sale now- Has anybody here restored the foam headliner? I need the green paint for the foam or a source for green foam. I've found some foam to experiment with. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted "Wildcat65" Nagel Posted September 11, 2020 Author Share Posted September 11, 2020 Here is the headliner on the Sea Foam 65 on ebay now. Looks like it was a vinyl material. Is that correct? No comment on the steering wheel please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Curran Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 1 hour ago, Ted "Wildcat65" Nagel said: Here is the headliner on the Sea Foam 65 on ebay now. Looks like it was a vinyl material. Is that correct? No comment on the steering wheel please! This one is correct for the Riviera. Foam was never used from the factory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted "Wildcat65" Nagel Posted September 11, 2020 Author Share Posted September 11, 2020 OK that is good for the Riviera...any ideas where to get that color paint? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jframe Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 I thought all first generation Rivieras used a silver colored headliner, regardless of interior? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RivNut Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 My black 63 has white leather and a white headliner. The 64 was originally diplomat blue with blue seats and blue headliner. The silver cloud 65 has black seats and a silver headliner. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Curran Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 29 minutes ago, jframe said: I thought all first generation Rivieras used a silver colored headliner, regardless of interior? My 64 had a white interior with white headliner. One of my 65's had the dark green interior and had the headliner pictured above. My other 65 had a black interior with a silver headliner. All 3 were original cars. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jframe Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 1 hour ago, Pat Curran said: My 64 had a white interior with white headliner. One of my 65's had the dark green interior and had the headliner pictured above. My other 65 had a black interior with a silver headliner. All 3 were original cars. Wow, learn something every day, thanks for the info. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seafoam65 Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 12 minutes ago, jframe said: Wow, learn something every day, thanks for the info. My original headliner is green......saddle interior had a saddle headliner, blue interior had a blue headliner, black interiors had the silver headliner. I'm not sure what color the white interior headliners were....I would assume they were white, perhaps someone could chime in. Nobody makes the correct mint green headliner material for a 65 Riviera. I would assume most folks redo them in silver. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telriv Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 The majority from the ONE MAJOR headliner supplier uses ALMOST exclusively a white headliner & spray dyes it the color requested. The problem with green & sometimes blue is that there are so many variteys & shades they are almost impossible to match. I have sent them pieces that were under moldings, etc. hidden from sun, smoke, etc. & they matched them pretty close so I was in the end happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hans3 Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 Who is this "one major" headliner supplier? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted "Wildcat65" Nagel Posted September 12, 2020 Author Share Posted September 12, 2020 17 hours ago, Pat Curran said: My 64 had a white interior with white headliner. One of my 65's had the dark green interior and had the headliner pictured above. My other 65 had a black interior with a silver headliner. All 3 were original cars. From Wildcat World this is the same paradigm. Only the color for the custom interior headliner was applied to the foam as above Electra interior. The general color data is available in the Color and Trim book but I am looking for a vendor that can make that green in vinyl dye. Ames has the dark green I need . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lrlforfun Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 OK Ted: I think an automotive paint store can computer match anything. Mitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsgun Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 Did someone create that headliner from foam sheet? I'm wanting to do a modern style hard headliner, probably from ABS plastic sheet covered with some black material. It's not in the style of this forum, but i'm wanting to do "starlight" headliner, using fiber optics. Pretty neat stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeywrench64 Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 On 9/11/2020 at 6:31 AM, Ted "Wildcat65" Nagel said: I see many green interiors out there-including one for sale now- Has anybody here restored the foam headliner? I need the green paint for the foam or a source for green foam. I've found some foam to experiment with. Thanks. What style headliner do you call this? Was it a factory or dealer installed option? My 64 Electra 4dr 4 window hardtop came with this style when I got it. Every headliner kit I have seen has the internal bows. Does anybody make the plastic piece that gets upholstered that covers the steel ribs? Thanks Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seafoam65 Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 Steve, what year model car are you working on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeywrench64 Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 I'm working on a 64' Electra 4 door 4 window hardtop. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seafoam65 Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Green foam backed headliner material is readily available online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted "Wildcat65" Nagel Posted March 5, 2021 Author Share Posted March 5, 2021 Steve, there is no great support for this board style of headliner. I've got 3 WIldcats that have now been changed to the bow style. The Electra here is going to be my experiment in recovering with foam. The bow plastic I've harvested from several cars. Fingers crossed for the result. Ted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted "Wildcat65" Nagel Posted March 5, 2021 Author Share Posted March 5, 2021 Please post a link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeywrench64 Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 I have found generic foam backed cloth or vinyl headliner from stockinteriors.com The bow plastic for a few of mine mine is trashed. Someone at some point used pop rivets to hold them up In the center and on the edges. I would love to find some bows to replace mine. It is a much easier install than the bow style. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted "Wildcat65" Nagel Posted March 8, 2021 Author Share Posted March 8, 2021 The material for 64 and 65 is foam with a thin cloth backing. The foam is exposed. See first post for picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seafoam65 Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 I see what you are saying....nobody makes that stuff.....need to convert to the later model headliner foam backed material. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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