Hey Ken. Sounds like you got your hands full. I can tell ya one thing for sure. Make it Canadian, American, German or Russian, If your workin on a car, your knuckles bleed! I never seen a Headliner with little squares on it, Try to post a pic if you can. Good luck, Rod - In gremlintime@xxxx, Ken Andrew <gremlin_ken@xxxx> wrote: > > Hi Gremlinologist's. I have started stripping down the > 1970 for it's rebirth at the body shop. the entire > interior is out and the 199 engine and tranny are > ready to come out. I had a hell of a time trying to > get the headliner out in one peice! It is unique > compared to even my 1971 in that, it has a waffle > pattern of squares about 1/2" all over it. Imagine > trying to handle a four foot by five foot slice of > stale bread! This thing is cardboard AND old AND Big. > @#$%^&* > > I took a series of good digital pictures of the air > conditioning system and made a good schematic of all > the connections before removing any of it. If anyone > out there REALLY wants A/C, this would be the unit to > install. The complete installation would only take a > few hours excluding the charging. > > I did try it while driving 700 miles home with it and > it sure SEEMED to blow cold air (It's hard to test A/C > in January). It did have a charge of something in it > because when I disconnected the first hose, I got shot > first with gas, then clear liquid, then some frothy > brown stuff like high pressure shaving cream. > > After 25 years, being under the hood of this car seems > like yesterday. I always knew what size wrench to grab > even for a bolt that was out of sight. Somehow, even > the bloody knuckles fealt good that day! Why does > working on cars always make your knuckles bleed? Maybe > it's a Canadian thing. You slip with the wrench, swear > repeatedly till it feels better, and only later, when > your hands warm up and someone comes to the garage > with their new baby pictures, does it start squirting. > Probably the cold. You deffinitely discover all the > little wounds when you scrub your hands with warm > water and powdered "Tide"! OWWWWCH @#$%^&* :o( :-) > > I removed the plywood glovebox door and I can't > imagine staring at this dark hole for the rest of my > life. > I could swap over the entire section of dash from one > of the new high-tech 71, 72, etc, Gremlins BUT, if > this car was built in the second month of Gremlin > evolution, I would much rather find a proper, flat > door. Money is no object up to $19.99!!! Help! > > Enjoy ...Ken > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! > http://auctions.yahoo.com