no prob bbbbbbbbill.
in 49 they changed the windlace and took away the center rib in the roof that the center headliner bow screwed to. so early 49 had screw in windlace and a center bow that screwed to the rib. late 49 had the slip in windlace that you lubed up and slipped into a channel, and a floating center headliner.
my truck is a mid year 49 haha. so it has the slip in windlace but still has a center rib and screw in center headliner bow. if there is a problem I can have it.
they only make two different headliners, early and late, so I have to improvise. the problem is that the screw in windlace headliner gets installed behind the windlace retainer, but if you leave that extra length on the headliner you cant get the windlace in, so a careful trim along the outside edges (the top of the picture where the three screw cutouts are) is what is needed.
I have read a lot of how to's on installing the headliner but my experience is they started at the factory with the headliner and built the truck around it. so EVERYTHING is out, windshield trim, windlace, center bow. I did use two drill tip screws to hold the front section to the center rib until I could get the center bow screwed in, and my wife helped wrangle the rear section in correctly, but it all went smooth.
I slipped the windlace in after that, there was some rust and burrs that made me come up with a new slip technique, namely grabbing the bottom of the windlace with vice grips and hammering the vice grips down, but it all worked.
I still had a giant hole in the floor so I patterned it in cardboard.
instead of beating it all into shape like an experienced metal working pro (which I am not) I like to get it close and use screws to pull everything together. it works well, this is almost pulled tight.
sure an english wheel or sandbag wouuld have looked better, but this is under the carpet and functions fine.
all done.
my daughter is flying in from phoenix at 3 tomorrow, I am hoping to have the carpet and seat in at least and the truck pulled outside for her to admire.