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Woody-style headliner continued. (Seems I can only upload three pics at a time.... Sorry for the tedium!)

Starting at the rear, used shims to tuck and hold the vinyl headliner material into the channel at the interior roofline. Cut shims shorter, and then secured in place by drilling thru the channel and screwing shims in place with #10 sheet metal screws. Excess headliner material was trimmed to about a 1/2 inch overhang, to be concealed later with trim.

Attached first wood strip down the center of the Burb by drilling and screwing into the roof supports, again using #10 sheet metal screws. Careful not to drill through the roof! Screws were countersink slightly, so they can be concealed later under final cross-pieces. As to the vinyl material... get it close to where you want it, attach the wood strips to the roof supports, and then position the material by loosening each screw in sequence along the wood strip and tensioning the material as you retighten the screws. Work from the rear forward.

Working outward from the center strip (hardest one to start!) attach other strips in similar fashion, tensioning the vinyl material outward as you go. Continue shimming and screwing the shims in the roofline channel as you work outward from center.

Wood strips do not need to run the full length of the interior - they can be butt- jointed in sections at the roof supports every 2 feet, and the butt-joints will be concealed later with final trim.