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Offline shoooter

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cuda challenger headliner bows?
« on: June 10, 2015 - 11:49:33 PM »
I'm pretty sure I know the answer but I'll try anyways. Are 71 cuda and challenger headliner bows interchangeable?  My 71 cuda is a 4 bow and I'm looking for the center one so I can use the 5 bow that was ordered for my car.  If not does anyone have the center one they want to sell?




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Re: cuda challenger headliner bows?
« Reply #1 on: June 12, 2015 - 09:57:31 PM »
Thought that 5 bows was a 70-71 thing but apparently not.

I just installed a 5 bow headliner in my -72. The fifth bow i couldnt find so i just made my own out of a piece of round steel. Several trial fittings for the actual shape, some heat on the ends to create the bends, thats it!
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Re: cuda challenger headliner bows?
« Reply #2 on: June 12, 2015 - 10:15:37 PM »
I still can figure how your 71 Cuda is a 4 bow... :clueless:
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Re: cuda challenger headliner bows?
« Reply #3 on: June 15, 2015 - 12:51:53 AM »
I don't know how it is a 4 bow. It's a June build car. I didn't personally take the headliner out but the last owner said he did and it was original. The car has the spots for the 5 bows. So are challenger bows different than cudas?

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Re: cuda challenger headliner bows?
« Reply #4 on: June 16, 2015 - 10:46:09 AM »
different width , you can grab bows out of wider cars like C bodies etc , cut them & shape them to fit

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Re: cuda challenger headliner bows?
« Reply #5 on: October 23, 2015 - 12:12:41 AM »
What are the colours of the bows on a 5 bow car? Both the 71 cudas I have are 4 bow. I'm wondering if I can use one from the other set to make the one I need for the 5th center one?

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Re: cuda challenger headliner bows?
« Reply #6 on: October 23, 2015 - 06:05:11 AM »
1971 Plymouth Barracuda
FRONT

red----------------------------orange

red----------------------------orange

red----------------------------dark blue

red----------------------------pink

red----------------------------gray


1970 Dodge Challenger
FRONT

red----------------------------orange

red----------------------------orange

red----------------------------purple

tan----------------------------pink

tan----------------------------light green

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Re: cuda challenger headliner bows?
« Reply #7 on: October 23, 2015 - 03:16:12 PM »
I got a complete set of 4 bows out of a 73 cuda with a 4 bow headliner I am not using .
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Re: cuda challenger headliner bows?
« Reply #8 on: October 25, 2015 - 12:29:58 AM »
1971 Plymouth Barracuda
FRONT

red----------------------------orange

red----------------------------orange

red----------------------------dark blue

red----------------------------pink

red----------------------------gray


1970 Dodge Challenger
FRONT

red----------------------------orange

red----------------------------orange

red----------------------------purple

tan----------------------------pink

tan----------------------------light green

Thanks Alan. I guess I need to find a blue one. Would someone be able to bend one of the other ones to make them work for the middle one?