What worked for me:
import csv
import pandas as pd
import os
base =os.path.normpath(r"path")
with open(base, 'r') as csvfile:
readCSV = csv.reader(csvfile, delimiter='|')
data=[]
for row in readCSV:
data.append(row)
df = pd.DataFrame(data[1:],columns=data[0][0:15])
print(df)
This reads in the file , delimit by |, and appends to list which is converted to a pandas df (taking 15 columns)