riverdancer9,

Do you have the original cardboard roof/headliner panels?

If you do, they might have holes in them, to attached the metal bars/stays/ribs in your last photo (they most likely go above the headliner panels).

head liner stiffener braces

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-...04070971313516_1091471626888554581_n.jpg

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-...ccS_krs/w737-h553-no/20140725_172057.jpg

Tim
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1954 3106 Carryall Suburban
1954 3104 5-window pickup w/Hydra-Matic
The 216 and early 235 engines are not "splash oilers" -- this is a splash oiler.