On the 65-66 B Body Sedans there is a pressboard panel that just kind of hangs off the sail structure and rear bow. The headliner coming down doesn't at all contact it.
Any idea what they are for? Would be useless as a sound deadener or any kind of insulation.
Could it be as just a protection panel to keep rug rats from pushing holes through the headliner in that spot? Just curious why it might be there. If not needed I'll just apply a section of EZ Cool insulation to the metal.
The panels I have were mouse and moisture damaged, and have fallen apart anyway.
Could be to protect the headliner if it gets pressed against uneven steel surface but more likely some form of sound deadening. That could be a resonance point.
'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.
the sail panels nicely & easily finished the headliner sail area. The installer simply had to snap it into place --- job finished. It also may have acted as a sound deadener ? At NOS we always included the sail panels with the headliner.
Or perhaps the head designer at GM had a brother who worked at a cardboard factory
If that's the case, the designer made a lot of money in '64. Both sides of the trunk were lined with two long, funky-patterned pieces of black cardboard. Try to find them intact! I have two I'll eventually use as templates.
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'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.