to john and everyone else,
i panicked and went to one of those shops where they do the whole redo of a car (as in those shows where the wife brings in the husband's tattered car and they make it amazingly brand new looking)and they could not have been sweeter. it will be a two man job (in one day) as they have to also sand down the top as the padding had all fallen down. since the skylight on top was misaligned and caused water to accumulate inside the headliner they will take out the skylight and realign it and seal it off completely and then it will be covered by the new headliner. i feel very comfortable with them doing it. and i got a senior discount. it's AUTOMAT in hicksville/bethpage. it was much more than i expected but then i didn't realize the work involved. thank you all for your responses. p.s. i won't have my driver seat sewn up as i told them "fishing line and a sewing needle seems to be working out just fine!" LOL. again, thank you!
mary ellen