Re: Interior restoration question

Posted by HH56 On 2010/12/21 11:22:16

I think that headliner must be another of the products Packard called leatherette. I still have my original 56 Caribbean HT headliner which was removed from car. It appears to be some vinyl like substance on a very thin and fine weave canvas backing. This one is white with small perforations.

Was able to find an extremely close replacement -- in hole spacing and texture and color with a modern which I believe was a Mercedes material. I think the HT's had the holes and the Patrician was the same material but solid. In the very first 56 Pat I had, seem to recall that was a fabric though because it was fairly thin and torn.

EDIT The 54 Pacific also used what appears to be the same solid vinylish material. That one I was able to clean and reuse by having the bow slots redone. The upholster sewed a new strip of muslin over the originals. There was just enough of the headliner material exposed in the areas so he could do it without perforating the headliner.