Making a homemade headliner and carpet install how to in the 1938 Pontiac coupe.

In this video I make a one piece headliner in the 38 Pontiac by using some coroplast board and some vinyl. The results are ok but will still need some find tuning yet. I also sew a custom carpet for the car
If you like these videos give it a thumbs up, comment and subscribe if you haven't yet.
Thanks for watching!
Channels to check out
Sobering Restorations
/ @soberingrestorationse...
Penny's Hot Rods & Customs
• 1935 Ford 3 Window Hot...
MrHevyshevy
/ @mrhevyshevy
Waylon Wire's Old Iron
/ @1963impala2drwaylonwire
DD Speed Shop
/ @ddspeedshop

[@jeffhill2089]

I like the fact that you show your work, so many channels just show it done.

[@HalfassKustoms]

Thanks Jeff!

[@aussiedazvk4djh889]

The old girl is looking great. 👍 I love the colours.

[@garymccord4277]

Enjoy your bringing that Old Pontiac back to life without a Million dollar budget. Enjoyed and keep em coming.

[@QuickSpeedShop]

"Fancy and good enough", right on! When I'm building my cars I always say "Good enough for who its for." If I'm happy with it, its my car, I know I did the work and no one else did what else can you say?

[@terrywilliams667]

WINNER!

[@jcb355]

Coroplast! I've been racking my brain trying to find a good material to use to make my own headliner in a pickup truck. That stuff is a great idea! Thanks!!!

[@gerrymilidantri6457]

Nice Job.

[@joejaska9821]

Lookin great

[@darinmbicknell]

Why do those people from Sask keep thumbs downing your videos? Shesh... you must have beat the guy in extra ends in that cash bonspiel or something. Great work by the way. You make the best of materials that are low cost and available. Nice.

[@jamesruffner5291]

Brent you got that Pontiac look sharp I love watching you making it look like a gold nugget 😎

[@johnyork8148]

nice to see a guy do it all and DO IT SO WELL. you should be proud of your work .

[@sarblade]

Geat job! I've been following both Sobering and MrHeavyChevy, I like the 56 Chev truck he did for his Mrs.!

[@jerryking2418]

you are pretty skilled with that sewing maching. Looks great.

[@rodneyclements6190]

Diggin' those earth tones!! Lookin' sweet Brent!!

[@juniornunley5412]

Looking good so far, can't wait for the seats.

[@HalfassKustoms]

There gonna be pretty plain I'm getting burned out with this interior stuff haha

[@juniornunley5412]

@@HalfassKustoms I can understand that, you're probably getting ready to ride! LOL

[@davidwood1923]

Very Handy Guy... I Love Your Pontiac... You're gonna get a lot of Joy driving that Machine around... Eh

[@pennyshotrodscustoms]

Thank you for the plug. I like the way the headliner turned out. I am still working on my headliner in the 36 Terraplane.

[@johnhansen4550]

Brent, you are a wizard...

[@russellblair490]

I do believe that of all of the guys doing cars on KZbin YOUR show is the ONLY ONE wher one person literally does it all! I am truly in awe of the vast the knowledge in your head. Carry on! Russell

[@MrGixxer1300r]

Fancy, Yes! Good enough? nope very well done. Your skill set never stops. Awesome content!!!!

[@vinnie379l4]

Wow that car is really coming together nice job man

[@howardkoster4026]

I like the interior ceiling pattern..

[@IronheadGarage]

Looking good man and you did it all your self thats what counts brother take care and be safe👍

[@patrickharrand]

Great work as always. Thanks for sharing your Garage Time with us.

[@koolkar55]

You can use steam to smooth out the bumps Mate. Love your work. Billy J....... Australia.

[@HalfassKustoms]

yeah have to try that as the heat gun doesn't do enough in the past when I've tried.

[@TheHorsebox2]

Love the Art Deco look. Great job.

[@mikeycunningham2307]

Great job keep up the awesome work take care and stay safe see ya in the next one

[@tomholz9928]

Brilliant work! Pablo!

[@tonybennett5377]

This car has so much that sema, winners lack and most ratrods don't have it, a certain rough edge , but flawless lines even the Italian coach builders would love this car.

[@HalfassKustoms]

Maybe up close the Italians would cringe though haha

[@richardsumner4214]

Looking GOOD Brent !!! Thanks 1

[@beealzebub4338]

Great job. Love this build. 👍

[@johnserou6466]

Awesome

[@randybourdon2791]

Can’t wait to see you cruising down the road Brent! Looking mighty fine.

[@shanewright6958]

It turned out sweet. Great job and video 👍👍🇨🇱

[@johnf.s.180]

You sir, are a polymath (that's a compliment) :) Keep up the good work. Do to the COVID fallout (my finances are in shambles...) I'll never have that retirement project car I wanted. But you are allowing me to enjoy your ride. Thank you for sharing the story of this project with so much detail. I appreciate your work.

[@kentowens2179]

Looking good!

[@martinmayhem7122]

That was a great idea using the coroplast for headliner base - I really like the design you made too! Looking forward to the next one Brent!

[@oldwillie313]

You really have lots of talents! Good job!

[@anthonyrobertson2665]

Nice work with the needle and thread looks great

[@billdysert7109]

awesome ,,,your interior is “very unique” no one can say it looks like his ,,,very cool Brent ,,,never have i made a headliner

[@HalfassKustoms]

My first one like this haha

[@jack002tuber]

Love this channel and this build. I found and subbed to the channels you mentioned I wasn't already following. keep up the good work

[@TrendsbySterling]

Lookin' good Brent!

[@motorfreaknew]

cool! i can't wait to see the seats!👍👌😎

[@jimcarlisle2309]

Your the Best.

[@homespuntools2115]

Hey Brent . Greg here , I found out about the Penny brothers on youtube last Friday . Sure am glad they are there... boy am I ever. With all the no this ...and the no that .... happening you don't see anyone . Now It's May long weekend hope the cruze thing you mentioned last Friday happens for you this weekend ! Whenever this pandemic health issue has resolved itself I need to make a journey or my big brother does , then I get to make a purchase from him that I won't refuse . Yes it is a Hot Rod and I must be patient not a gimmy gimmy gimmy little brother . After all he is my big brother ,it is a Ford and yes it is a Deuce . It was fun watching your new video and the interior is good enough for me . The '38 is a great car what a transformation from then to now !

[@HalfassKustoms]

Thanks man, yeah hope to see some people come out to that tims deal they got going on. We plan on getting out there.

[@hotrodjimmy3085]

Keep up the great work. Enjoying your videos. Thanks to DD Speed Shop. 👊✌

[@stevenayala2324]

Hell yea thats how you start off a friday ! Nice looking interior iam on the look out for an industrial sewing machine now thanks !

[@HalfassKustoms]

haha I scored this one years ago for like 200$ off Kijiji

[@henrygibson1530]

I like the roof liner thanks for sharing I think I'm gonna do that with my project. 🤔

[@patrickjoyce4178]

I’ll take the 39 Chevy pick up. My favourite grill in the world

[@joedyer8824]

That sure looks better than what I can do. Interior work is a art good job man and the inside the car is going to be nice and quite

[@jp4121]

Koooool⚡️

[@jman6030]

Right on bud! better than I could do

[@davidconley3610]

Suits me Brent Looks good 👍

[@michelledoux5700]

Keep up the good work very nice i love your car

[@HalfassKustoms]

Thanks Michel!

[@mtpocketbuilds4286]

Looks good to me.

[@chuckstith838]

Steam it. Wrinkles be gone

[@larryz24]

I like it! You do have a neat sense of design.

[@HalfassKustoms]

Thanks man!

[@gregworkshop5713]

hi looking good

[@joselobo7148]

Que buen trabajo halfass... Sigo admirando la terminación que le das....ya está pronto para la ruta

[@HalfassKustoms]

Muchas gracias amigo!

[@bwsgarage]

Cool video. Like how you always find a way - BW ✌

[@HalfassKustoms]

Thanks dude!

[@ls6-ss413]

Nice job with the template on the headliner. That's not a job for a beginner 🤟

[@HalfassKustoms]

haha for the most part it's been going good just need to get better glue than off the shelf stuff :)

[@tonybennett5377]

Hey Brent loving this build, l was thinking when measuring hard to get at places like the roof , maybe if you had a thin bit of wood like a dowel or fibreglass rod and you just push it up into the roof and you you just mark it with a pencil. Love the chocolate brown thing and the interior choices, cheers Tony b. From oz.

[@derrillbalshaw1199]

You are getting better with the sewing machine, you are getting to know how to manipulate your materials to do what you want them to do. That is looking great. It's going to look awesome when you're done.

[@HalfassKustoms]

Thanks Derrill.

[@randywineinger779]

Great job on the headliner, don't you just love that coroplast? Makes great rigid body panels with a little fiberglass mat over them. I have made some kick panels going that way. Again great job!

[@robbieautrey3158]

Nice job on the headliner Brent, did it have the Bows in it before? I like the designs you put in it to. Great looking ride to. Thanks for showing us how to do it...

[@HalfassKustoms]

Thanks, no I never have done bows I want to one day.

[@catman19]

Hi,,,, Dont forget Cold War Motors & Jonathan W.

[@newton366]

I'VE. DONE BOTH THE BOW TYPE AND THE FORMED BOARD. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU MUST HAVE IS CLEAN HANDS AND PROFESSIONAL CONTACT GLUE

[@HalfassKustoms]

Yeah man the glue is very important. learned that on this one haha

[@snoopu2601]

Interior coming out nice, I'm going to be crucial and say the panel on the side by the window should have been one peice other than that looks great.

[@diggerspeedshop80]

Nice work. I tried my hand on a motorcycle seat recently. Did it twice and still not happy. I'll get some more vinyl and try again.

[@HalfassKustoms]

haha you can't see it when your sitting on it :)

[@lenscap8925]

Just need to run those roof panels through the English wheel and tighten up the arc...LOL looking great! Do you follow Jonathan W's channel, doing a straight 8 hot rod pick up build

[@HalfassKustoms]

Yeah man been following his build for a while now.

[@79beans347]

That thing is looking nice some of those wrinkles will work out over time just put it out in the sun and let it bake inside well it probably won't get to hot where you're at but if you bring it south where I'm at it will definitely bake lol but man is that thing looking sweet 👍👍

[@HalfassKustoms]

Yeah that's what will probably happen as soon as I start to drive it I won't care about all that stuff haha

[@shanepowers7566]

Dropkick Kustomz in OKC, Oklahoma says " Hey".

[@cannednolan8194]

Not bad. Seen guys use steamers to stretch leather not sure if that’ll work. On mine it has little ribs that sleeve into the head liner to keep it up. Still want to do a custom like you. I’ll be doing my self cause $ lol. Plus don’t have $25g to put into the interior.

[@HalfassKustoms]

yeah interiors stuff is expensive, can be also if your doing it yourself to :)

[@jkirk0750]

Headliner looks great. When do plan to drive it

[@HalfassKustoms]

Soon should have most of it buttoned up this weekend.

[@jkirk0750]

I want to see you drive it. It looks great

[@garyburchett9060]

For patching in the sides you might try to use sticky back Velcro. It's fairly cheap on Amazon, but yours looks fine.

[@karltite128]

The magic carpet ride. You can use that. Looks good 👍👌👍👌. Off too ' oleum the wagon roof gloss blk. Your headliner doesn't look like crap. Looks half ass to me! Heh he. Good day

[@jimcarlisle2309]

Great job, your a man of all trades, can you lay brick?

[@kellyjones841]

Nice work as always, Brent. Where you get that carpet? You're doing a great job keeping all those seams straight, especially after all those stairs, maybe beers help?

[@HalfassKustoms]

haha no beers, the carpet is just indoor out door stuff. you can get it at home depot or rona

[@OlysGarage]

Lookin Good! Surprised you didn't attempt a soft headliner with bows. Easier? More difficult? Definitely like the design and color choice! I wonder if heating up the material and really pulling on it before gluing, may tighten it up? You've done a helluva lot better than i could have, that's for certain. Keep up the good work!

[@HalfassKustoms]

Thanks, I've never done bows. one day I will make an attempt at it I'm sure.

[@raymari7658]

One great sewing machine.That was a great find. Head liner looks great. Can ya steam the wrinkles out ?

[@HalfassKustoms]

Think I'm going to try it but to be honest is I start to drive er I'm not going to care haha

[@raymari7658]

@@HalfassKustoms Gotcha ;- )

[@BriggiPete]

... Brent the panel upholstery starts out fine as colors transition from front to rear.... But you need to redo that patchwork of little odd shape upholstered panels above & behind the doors into something more unified. . We are used to a higher standard of work from you..

[@fhionnsgarage4770]

Why not do a one piece fiberglass head liner , use the outer roof as a mold? Would fit perfectly

[@HalfassKustoms]

The inside would have been a lot smaller than the outside of the car and fiberglass/resin is expense out here

[@tpledger100]

looks like somebody made a trip to Home Depot

[@spikewsspe]

Use a heat gun to remove the wrinkles. Just don't overheat it.

[@HalfassKustoms]

haha yeah I haven't had luck with the heat gun in the past, removes a little but not all of it haha

[@eddie9203]

you should check out Jonathan W he is like you likes everything old

[@markdemerd5581]

What was the backing materil you used that is pre glued with blue peal off back??

[@MoondyneJoe]

Hi Brent, I'm curious, I live in the Wheatbelt of western Australia and in summer it does get to 45c+ here and even though I have a white roof on my Toyota Hi-ace Van It gets rather warm inside,I noticed that you Insulated /sound reduced but the floors Apart from cost why not the roof, door's etc with you having a darker colour for Hotter inside in summer and you get snow in winter ( we don't here but I have seen it get down to - 9c this way at 2am) or are you putting in an a/c and heater to improve the climate inside? Tony from Western Australia.

[@HalfassKustoms]

I have used the stuff on my roofs before but with this being upholstered and some padding in it I think I'll be fine, I'm also use to suffering when I drive around in the heat or the cold haha they car will have heat, and I want to put AC in the car yet but haven't' scavenged all the parts along with out swap meet was canceled this spring and that where I was hoping to score an ac unit haha

[@MoondyneJoe]

@@HalfassKustoms I have a 2/90 a/c system in my van, and 2 windows @ 90 kms/h But I did get the front 2 windows tinted and that made a huge difference When the car has been sitting in the sun in summer I have seen it close to 67c inside But I can say that my heater is just about to good for winter it heats the van up to be hot enough that you have to open the window to cool it down a bit. Tony

[@HalfassKustoms]

@@MoondyneJoe that's the best heater to much is better than not enough. Driving my T pickup this winter I had to squint in the cab cause there was so much snow blowing though the cab one day driving in a blizzard haha

[@MoondyneJoe]

@@HalfassKustoms Brent, in 1996 I went to Vancouver bc for 3 months from Sept 20th to Jan 3rd 97 and saw/felt snow for the first time and it was just my luck to experience thier worst snow falls in 75 years. I have bloody hell it was cold - 15c during the day and even colder at night in the car I was in it was pure torture until it got up to temperature with the heater All I could think of was those brilliant sheepskin seat covers (example, :- www.kiwisheepskins.com/sheepskin-car-seat-cover-long-wool-skuCS020?gclid=Cj0KCQjw-_j1BRDkARIsAJcfmTHMixbJra7_8kYzeOXkJxHEYM90bvyR24SKHuixyhqMtH88lJI79YkaAueZEALw_wcB And sheepskin Ugg boots uggbootsaustralia.com.au/products/classic-short?variant=32075830067331&currency=AUD&gclid=Cj0KCQjw-_j1BRDkARIsAJcfmTGWR0x12hzODr2Q27FQRmifh7ssdNNyXoqZ-jZXAXwLaNyYtl8Lku0aAoXqEALw_wcB We have back home and I was constantly amazed that a country like Canada also America don't have any themselves in the I was thinking seriously about finding someone who I could setup a business with and both parties would make a fortune, Unfortunately I had one big problem.... Just deep pockets and short arms! That sort of thing costs huge dollar's and my budget is lacking. Tony

[@richo220665]

It's called Core Flute the plastic sheet your using

[@HalfassKustoms]

Yeah I learned there's lots of names for the same stuff. Here they billed it as coroplast.

[@awenaw6465]

Jonathan w does some pretty awesome stuff also,check him out you will not be disappointed. Interior is coming along very nice!

[@HalfassKustoms]

yeah man checking out his strait 8 build right now.

[@jamesblair4454]

I have seen other people in your videos, do you work in a community garage or something like that?

[@HalfassKustoms]

haha my garage is like that at times, but it's just friends working on there stuff most of the time.

[@txwombat7826]

What was the 3M spray glue you used?

[@HalfassKustoms]

Where ever I used the spay glue it was the 77 stuff. if I could get some kind of industrial stuff I would have but this is all I get get off the shelf.

[@skeets6060]

I must have missed it but what drive like did you stick in this little beast?

[@HalfassKustoms]

5.3 with 5 speed

[@skeets6060]

@@HalfassKustoms Yup that'll do it, did you get it out of a chevy pick up?

[@HalfassKustoms]

@@skeets6060 yeah, trans is from an s10.

[@HalfassKustoms]

@@skeets6060 Yeah and the trans was out of an s10

[@Granite]

The interior give me a circus gipsy vibe.

[@zaynthesloth8755]

Where did you get the headliner material?

[@pauldow1648]

Paaabblooo Says.... Gotta bone for me.... Huh huh.. Do ya ? 😊 Always by your side.

[@sidluther5081]

Another Plug is Ratrod Bob Builds

[@HalfassKustoms]

Yeah I've seen some of this stuff, he does great work with what he's got also. I have to catch up on his builds.

[@kgooch69]

No dome light ?

[@HalfassKustoms]

Nah I'll prob just put some lights under the dash.

[@judgejury3230]

Where are you located?

[@nastybastardatlive]

Did Peter Sellers leave you that hat in his will?

[@larrysorenson4789]

Steam the vinyl.