I bought my 68 Cutlass years ago partially disassembled, with most of the interior not included. It did come with a new headliner in box w/ cotton batting.

Today I pulled it out to get ready to install it. It has 6 pockets for the listing wires, but my Cutlass only has 5 listing bows. My car is missing (or is it?) the second listing bow back from the front. Looking at the interior of the car, there is a hole in the roof in the approximate location of the extra listing pocket, but it is larger diameter than the other listing wire holes, and is only a single hole instead of the three-hole pattern for all the other listing wires.

Do I need another listing wire? If so, does it go in the hole I described?

Or do I need a different headliner?

Or do I simply use the headliner I have, and ignore the extra listing pocket?

Thanks.

Headliner w/ Arrow Pointing at "Extra" Listing Pocket



Passenger Interior Roof Area - Left Arrow = Listing Wire Mounting Holes, Right Arrow = "Mystery" Hole

 

it looks like you have a 6 bow headliner for a 5 bow car .

 

Figures. I didn't know there were more than one options.

 

In 68 there was two different types. Most vendors that sell them, ask,if you have 5 or 6 bows.

 

^^^ I've had cars with five bows and others with six.

 

This has come up a number of times. I think speculation around factory sources in different regions may have accounted for the difference.