Headliner clips

carmangary

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I have heard the wagon headline clips are no longer available and it is good to harvest from junkyard cars. Which clips are they talking about? Does anyone have a picture? I know where a junker Cruiser is and would like to get the clips but I am not sure what to get. Is there really no alternative?

 

Longroof79

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carmangary said:

I have heard the wagon headline clips are no longer available and it is good to harvest from junkyard cars. Which clips are they talking about? Does anyone have a picture? I know where a junker Cruiser is and would like to get the clips but I am not sure what to get. Is there really no alternative?

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I believe you're correct that these clips are NLA. The problem with trying to harvest them out of a junker is that usually brittle and you'll end up breaking them. The clips that are hard to come by are the ones holding up the rear headliner trim over the rear hatch glass. And also the ones for the rear side trim pieces.
Slick79 was also looking for them for awhile, and to this day, I don't think he was able to find them anywhere. I bought mine from the dealer 10 yrs ago or so. They were still very much available, like everything else for our cars.
He had posted a picture of them on this forum not too long ago.

 

Longroof79

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Here's a link to the topic. viewtopic.php?f=38&t=14769

 

carmangary

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Thanks. I will keep my eyes peeled. Do you know if any of the other larger wagons like the Custom Cruiser or Caprice Wagon have those clips? Or just G-Bodies?

 

Longroof79

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carmangary said:

Thanks. I will keep my eyes peeled. Do you know if any of the other larger wagons like the Custom Cruiser or Caprice Wagon have those clips? Or just G-Bodies?

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Good question. I wouldn't know off hand. However, I can post the part #'s of the rear trim clips and the headliner side trim clips. I don't know how much it will help you, but it's still worth a try.
A while back, another guy was also looking for the clips. He replaced his headliner board and was also in the same boat needing the clips. He ended up finding them from a site that carries a good assortment of clips. I only wish I wrote down the web address. This was probably a good three years ago..maybe more.

 

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ronrriley

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Hard to tell from the picture but do the clips on this page (795128) look like they might work? I need a headliner in my wagon.

http://www.atrim.com/Page182.html

 

carmangary

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I've only seen broken ones but they do look kind of like that. For only $8.50 it's worth a chance I guess.

 

Longroof79

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Those certainly look like the right clips for the rear headliner trim. I can also take a picture of one of the ones I have to confirm, or verify it.
At $8.50, that's a good deal. I may order a box of them just to have. I will be redoing the headliner on mine after the car is painted.
The ones for over the windshield and side windows are different.

Thanks for posting the information, Ron. That's a good find.

 

carmangary

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If anyone buys them and they work please post because I want to buy some as well. I'm just not ready for them at the moment, though.

 

Longroof79

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I just realized that there's a $35.00 minimum order. I suppose between the headliner fabric and clips, you can easily reach that amount or more.