Perhaps the frustration comes in not having the insight of the original workers that installed the original headliners. Thousands of trucks were produced! I imagine they did not struggle, grunt and curse as often as we do when installing a headliner. The installation doesn't seem as smooth and easy as an assembly worker would have done to accomplish the same task.
Additionally, it's still a cardboard headliner. I understand these were meant to be commercial or farm trucks, but what is the appeal of cardboard to a shiny, freshly painted restoration?
Modification is often the answer to either climate (which would still have been a problem in the originals) or to the lower quality reproductions offered today. If the answer is the quality of the original cardboard, then why not find a supply source and provide instructions on how to cut and mold a headliner to shape? [That would make a great Tech Tip!]
