Re: Headrests

From: Jay Laifman (Jay_Laifman(at)countrywide.com)
Date: Mon Aug 16 1999 - 10:20:47 CDT


<< Has anyone out there ever made headrests to go onto Series 5 style
seats?
If so how did you do it? >>

>>In 1968 I bolted on a pair of headrests on my Series IV seats. It
looked
>>pretty good, they were red like the seats and were round, shaped sort of
like
>>a roll of paper towels. I simply drilled into a solid spot on the upper
rear
>>frame of the seat back but, frankly, I doubt that they would have been of
any
>>value in a crash.

These sound like the Porsche 356 and early 911 optional head rests. Except
I believe those bolted to pre-existing threaded holes in the frame under
the material. Even then, I'm not sure what they would have done in a
crash.

Jay



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