To me it looks like there should be some sort of chrome strip of something, but everybody I have talked to says it's all "just tacked up there". I know how the windlace attaches, but I don't know where the headliner edges attach above the doors to cover the tacks in the windlace.
My basic problem is that I know where the windlace goes. I also don't think that there is a screwed-on strip with teeth either (at least none that I have found). But as far as I have seen, I have no tuck strip of sorts for the actual headliner material. I realize that the windlace gets tacked to the tack strip. The windlace should start above the door and extends over the top of the rear quarter window. I have a tack strip that goes from the visor mounts to the rear c pillar (dogleg). Sounds like unclerichard's should be the same method, but what he is describing is either too complex for my simple mind to understand, or it's different because I have not noticed any of those features in my car. Mine is a 1956 2dr chieftain catalina coupe 860 w/ no posts. But doesn't seem like my situation has been hit on yet. Take a photo if you can, showing the strip. With my 2 door pillarless the windlace travels from the front of the door opening, up and along the window line and down the rear quarter window line, but i'd say that most of the 2 door sedans with post would have the windlace run around the door opening only. I have a 53 Victoria which has a cardbord strip as opposed to a tucking strip and the windlace can be stapled or tacked into position. In the past I have had the pre made windlace and have sewn piping ( the beading around a seat edge ) onto the tail of the windlace to give a bit of ridgidness and in some cases there are small tabs on the body that can be folded over the piping. The pressure of the tucking strip once it's screwed back on, and the headlining tucked up between the two will help keep it in place. The cloth will soak it up like a sponge but after it's touch dry you can give it another 2 or so coats of glue and the body can have a couple as well and then stick it on. Like a couple of our fellow HAMB engineers have already said, use contact glue. If so, unscrew the strip off the car and very carefully bend the teeth open to about 30-35 degrees for the headlining installation later. The strip with the teeth I'll refer to as a tucking strip and if it's what i'm thinking of it should be fairly flat with the punched teeth at the bottom of it and above the teeth there should be a small step in it with self tapper screws or metal tabs (or both ) holding it onto the body. I would think that you and oldsrocket would have the same setup. I've had a fair bit of experience with this stuff.
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