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| | | | Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 4,215 Moderator | | Moderator Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 4,215 | I'm trying to figure out the best way to install a ceiling liner in my panel. Is this item being sold by the vendors? I'm trying to do the cargo area, cab is done. Edit, Is the roof structure the same as a Suburban?
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| | | | | Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 5,752 Gearhead, Stovebolt Tech and Parts Tracker, Mod for Swap Meet and GTT | | Gearhead, Stovebolt Tech and Parts Tracker, Mod for Swap Meet and GTT Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 5,752 | Leo - There are a few different vendors offering plastic ABS panel kits for the AD Panel trucks. This basic kit from Ecklers 6 piece ceiling liner kit is one option. This full blown kit from Josh's Muscle Car Parts 16 piece kit which includes panels for the doors, cab kick panel area and rear cargo area side panels is another option. I'm not sure on your follow on question about the roof structure. Perhaps some fellow Panel and Suburban owners will chime in on that. 
~ Dan 1951 Chevy 3 window 3100Follow this story in the DITY Gallery"My Grandpa Carl's Truck and How it Became Mine"1966 Chevelle (Wife's Hot Rod) | 2013 Chevy Silverado (Current daily driver) US Army MSG Retired (1977-1998) | Com Fac Maint Lead Tech Retired (1998-2021)
| | | | | Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 1,517 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 1,517 | I had an upholstery shop do this headliner,, windshield, to back doors , including visors, and left me spare material to do side panels, door panels.
The ABS just increases the noise in your truck. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 4,249 "Hey! I sound like Darth Vader!! | | "Hey! I sound like Darth Vader!! Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 4,249 | The ABS just increases the noise in your truck. It hasn't in mine. And I haven't even covered the stuff, yet. | | | | | Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,557 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,557 | The ABS I installed for my headliner cut the noise and doesn't sound like a tin can anymore.
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1951 3100 Chevrolet1951 Chevrolet Suburban CarryallImage"A house is built with boards and beams. A home is built with love and dreams." "Look deep before you leap !!!" / "Everything is Everything" "If I say a mouse can pull a house, hitch him up"
| | | | | Joined: May 2015 Posts: 10,996 Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums | | Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums Joined: May 2015 Posts: 10,996 | I used some sticky back neoprene sound deadener on the roof of my pickup above the headliner. I think the same stuff would work well on a panel.
Kevin 1951 Chevy 3100 work truckFollow this saga in Project JournalPhotos 1929 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. | 1929 Ford Special Coupe (First car) Busting rust since the mid-60's If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together. | | |
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