If you get seriously rear-ended, the seatback latch will probably fail, and
the entire seatback will just collapse...
Doug
On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 2:32 AM, Kevin Rhodes wrote:
> If you are at all tall, the headrests of either the earlier or later seats
> will do nothing at all in an accident.
, February 19, 2014 1:10 PM
To: 'Spitfires'
Subject: Re: [Spits] High back Spitfire seat
If it were my friend, I would counsel against removing the headrests. With
no headrests, in the event of an accident there is a much higher likelihood
of severe damage to the neck and back, or even
If it were my friend, I would counsel against removing the headrests. With
no headrests, in the event of an accident there is a much higher likelihood
of severe damage to the neck and back, or even death. This applies equally
to the passenger as well as the driver of a car without headrests.
We nee
As has been said, he would have to cut down the frame of the seat back. Even
then, though, there is (to my recollection) no "earlier Spitfire upholstery"
that would fit those seats, assuming they are the original-to-the-car seats.
It would be a lot easier to bolt in 1973 or later Spitfire seats,
My '72 has high backs. I re-did the seat covers once. The headrest frame
is an additional metal part that is welded to the main seat back frame.
You could in theory cut it off. I just looked at the parts catalog
drawings, which confirm this. Perhaps Rimmer Bros or TRF have the correct
parts dra
Hi,
I have a friend with a 69 Spitfire with the high backs. He is wondering
if her can remove the headrest extension and then use the earlier
Spitfire upholstery that does not have the headrests. He thinks it
looks better with the low backs.
Would that be a straight switch, or would he
