Quick 23-window headliner bow/rod question

[thom]

How many headliner bows (or rods) would my 1957 23-window have? Most of the headliner was gone when I got the bus. I tried searching, and found lots of discussion about installation, but not much about the hardware.

My bus had 3 short bows in the remnants of the headliner, and one attached to the rear section of the roof. I had stashed everything away 18 years ago when I disassembled it all, but today I'm not sure if I have all of the parts.

Here's the single bow that I have that isn't part of the sunroof. It seems to fit that space, and has a 90° bend on one end.

The reason I'm unsure is I had a front roof clip from an early 60's standard, and it had a very small bow on either side of the air box; I kept those two before I gave it away, but I don't see where they would go on the '57. This thread says there's only one bow https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=779241 but it didn't feel authoritative.

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-Thom
1956 Single Cab
1957 Porsche 356A Sunroof
1957 23-Window Deluxe
1957 Mercedes Westfalia single cab
1963 Unimog 404
1965 E-Type

[edgood1]

I'm pretty certain it's just that one between the sunroof and the rear hatch, not counting the shorter rods in the sunroof headliner.
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1987 Syncro Westfalia powered by Subaru
1963 Panel to Deluxe Bus project :::: (photo album)
'65 Westfalia

[John Ghia]

How long is that headliner bow? I need to make one.
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[thom]

Mine is roughly 56 1/2 inches

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-Thom
1956 Single Cab
1957 Porsche 356A Sunroof
1957 23-Window Deluxe
1957 Mercedes Westfalia single cab
1963 Unimog 404
1965 E-Type

[bcs]

Hello Thom,

there is only one tunnel for a bow in the headliner (near to the luggage-compartment-door). The distance is approx 60cm from the sunroof-opening:

This is not an original headliner. I will try to find additional photos.

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benjamin

[John Ghia]

Thanks for the info
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