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01/31/2015 at 18:40 • Filed to: shoebox, blue torpedo
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So the restoration of my 126p is in full swing. The car's currently completely gutted and in a body shop. One of the problems that I want to take care off before I get the front windshield reinstalled is the sagging headliner.
The headliner seems to consist of a cardboard backed fabric and a thin layer of foam/sponge. Over the years the heat from the roof turned the foam into what's literally sand, and since it's impossible to glue anything to sand the fabric started sagging. Since good headliners aren't all that easy to find I plan on restoring the one I have. I want to grind off the remains of the old foam layer and replace it with something fresher.
So here's my question: Is there any particular kind of foam that's really good for this sort of application? Obviously it has to be pretty heat resistant since I don't fancy having to fix it again in a year. Or maybe it'd just be easier to just disregard the foam and glue the cardboard backed fabric straight onto the roof? I've never repaired a headliner before so I don't really know the best way to do it.
Hey, y'all, watch this!
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01/31/2015 at 20:33 |
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I don't have any headliner advice, but I take it this means the rust wasn't terminal? I was going to be so sad if it was.
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> Hey, y'all, watch this!
01/31/2015 at 20:37 |
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It's far from great, but I'm not scrapping it after all, even though the bodywork is probably going to cost more than I paid for the car. The floor doesn't have any holes, but it is a bit thin in places so the bodyshop is going to reinforce and protect it. There's also some trouble inside wheel wells under the old rust protective coating, but it's not as bad as it could have been.
What was going to be a small project for me and my dad has pretty much turned into a full frame-off restoration.
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Hey, y'all, watch this!
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01/31/2015 at 20:46 |
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It's like saving a stray puppy! Which is probably why I still kind of want one of these things.
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> Hey, y'all, watch this!
01/31/2015 at 20:49 |
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The car's definitely not worth it in terms of financial value, but it feels good saving it. I guess that particular 126 got extremely lucky :P
Klaus Schmoll
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01/31/2015 at 21:49 |
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Isn't that the case with almost all restoration jobs of a "not one-off classic"? Ford, Merc, Fiat, VW, BMW, whatever... if it's not extremely rare and you want to get it right you end up spending a bit more than what the car is worth.
I am only speaking because I love to read those vintage car magazines like "Oldtimer Markt" and they are full of stories like "I got the car for whatever sentimental reason. I knew it was a fixer-upper, but I thought it only needed a little TLC. When I dug deeper it became a full on restoration. In the end I spent more than it is worth, but it is my car and I will never let it go!"
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> Klaus Schmoll
02/01/2015 at 09:06 |
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Hopefully that'll be the end of nasty surprises, but even now I'd never be able to get anything close to what the restoration budget is. Seems like I'm gonna be stuck with that little bugger forever. :D