03-05-2021, 08:49 AM
(03-05-2021, 12:10 AM)squeak Wrote: It may be overkill but I like to slip a thin piece of wire in the pockets to lessen the sag between tacks. I start one end of the car and work towards the other lifting each pocket till the seam is just below the timber, not pressing, and with a slight sideways tension. I like to stop tacking at a uniform say 4" from the sides. The final underneath finish should then have no tacking pull marks except the extremities and they be in a line.
I have the original 1934 headlining out of my mk1 Ruby and it does not have 'pockets'. It is made from one piece for the roof, and a couple of 2" wide strips sewn across. The strips are tacked to the timbers at 3" spacings, some closer.
The sheet of fabric is tacked direct to timbers across the back, and to the back edge of the roof opening, plus two sewn on strips tacked to timbers across the car.