1968 Headrest

[whodat]

I finally got the dual post headrest installed in my car. Took a week to get everything fitted and adjusted. My 3D printed guide tubes were a little short so I had to come up with a stronger nipple. The 3D printed nipple broke. I found a oil pan nipple with the same thread pattern as the headrest, but I had to drill the hole a little bigger for the post to pass through. I then cut a collar in half that had the same thread pattern mentioned before and grind it into a circle. What I learned was you have to install the guide tubes on the mounts before they are bolted on the seat or your going to cross thread them.

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[admin]

Your seats look great! I recently redid mine and they're more of a pain then I remember from when I last did this in my 20's.

I'm not familiar with the inner workings of the 2-post headrests (I used the single bar version from 1969). So do those 2 mounts just bolt to the horizontal cross member inside the seatback?

 

[whodat]

Yes, the 68 back rest had the holes already drilled on both sides.

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[admin]

Thanks for the photo. That helps a lot.