Well, Harold this may be another one you can answer best since you just did your whole car....
Replacing Well liner, what do I have to get into to do it. I took out seat back and just looking at where the liner meets the top etc. it looks like it would be a PIA to do without messing with/ manipulation top.... what's the deal... should I just wait until I decide to do whole top as well?
I used to be indecisive. Now I'm not sure. I feel like I am diagonally parked in a parallel universe. 1968 400 convertible (Scarlet) 1976 T/A - 455 LE (No Burt) 1976 T/A New baby, starting full restoration. 1968 350 - 4 speed 'vert - 400 clone (the Beast!) 1968 350 convertible - Wife's car now- 400 clone (Aleutian Blue) (Blue Angel) 2008 Durango - DD 2008 GXP - New one from NH is AWESOME! 2017 Durango Citadel - Modern is nice! HEMI is amazing! 1998 Silverado Z71 - Father-daughter project 1968 400 coupe - R/A clone (Blue Pearl) (sold) 1967 326 convertible - Sold 1980 T/A SE Bandit - Sold
You have to take the convertible well tack strip loose which your top and well liner is tacked to. I would not mess with it unless you are putting a top on.
I just replaced mine with hopefully good results. Instead of messing w/ the tack strips & top, I just unscrewed the bolts, put a good sized washer on them, and tucked the new liner in behind the washer. The washers help the new liner liner butt up against the top.
I used steel snaps to attach the liner to the seat back. These will be used to attach the convertible boot to the back of the seat so it won't flap in the wind.
If you do not need it to stay original looking, there could be many ways to accomplish this.
1) They make snaps ( male part) heads that goes under a screw head and the female would attach to liner. You could then just snap the rear section on.
2) The make strips of Velcro I would use (Duel Lock) that you could attach the length of the well. Each bolt could just run though it to secure it. Then attach the other strip to the liner by sewing it or maybe contact cement. I think sewing would be better. Couple ideas.
Sorry I haven't been on in awhile - he's some pics if you still need them.
First I cut off the old liner as close to the edge as possible (hindsight I would have left an inch that would have tucked down behind the new liner) Next I removed one bolt at a time, starting in the middle. I had a few different sized washers ready as some of the bolts are closer to the top then others. I would pick the one that, when mounted, was around 1/2 inch from the top. Next was the tricky part - I tucked the new liner behind the washer and held it in place while I tightened the bolts. I started in the middle so it wouldn't get too off-center. By any means it doesn't look perfect, but hopefully its securely in place until I need to replace the top.
As far as mounting behind the rear seat this was a little easier. At least on mine there were some pre-existing holes. If you use the same size snaps I used (I think they're pretty standard), you'll need to widen the holes a little bit. The tricky part was getting a nut on the underside of the rear seat frame as there is a lip you need to contend with. You'll want to do the tightening from below as otherwise the snap tends to twist the well-liner fabric.
The last step will be to put the convertible boot and poke holes where I need to install the snaps on it. I'm thinking of mounting the snap females on the back side of the boot (female part points up), in such a way that the boot will fold over the snaps so the snaps will be hidden.
