I'd like to know if there is any form of kit to add head rests to the standard glass fiber seats found in many replicas. I'd like the safety of headrests but I'd like to be able to remove them when not needed, i.e. when car is on display at a show etc.
Has anyone done this?
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TMI in California makes a headrest upgrade kit for Ford Mustangs that is decent looking and costs about $350 USD per pair. There MUST be someone in the UK making headrest kits for British cars that could be adapted to whatever seats you get. Just realize that the standard Speedster seat is merely a glass fibre shell which won’t offer a lot of strength for headrests unless some sort of strengthening frame is considered.
I think I may be able to DIY. My thoughts would be a bracket off the rear of the seat rails, tubes up the back of the fibreglass shell, with an attachment at the top of the seat. I can get head rests and the plastic tube adapters quite cheap, so I think it's worth a try.
I don’t know how being implemented, but the Beck folks are doing a set for my Coupe. You might be able to get some ideas from them.
I have seen it done on those seats but I am not sure of how well they hold but you have to do all the fiberglassing of the brackets on the back end then cover them up to hide them with a panel... The first thing is to measure whether or not the seat back is high enough that if there was a head rest added to it, it would be useful to you.. Every body is different. Just saying.
@Jem Hayward above
Ray, I think they look nice.
Yes an old member had these in his IM
Are there any more pictures of this, as I'd like to see where the rest of the 'construction' attaches. This is sort of what I had planned, but looks rather better engineered than I'd be capable of, as I don't have any bending facilities. If I had more detail I could probably get this fabricated locally.
those don't look too bad.
If you copy the pictures and enlighten them you can see how it is made. No other pict available, but it looks doable.
Mine are similar, more or less:
but have a single flat support piece in the middle. That support fits into a rectangular sleeve that runs down the center of the back of the seat, supported at the top and bottom, with a couple of long, spring steel pieces that hold it in place where-ever set:
I can remove the headrest entirely by inserting a small screwdriver into a small slot at the top and then pulling the headrest right out.
They're also adjustable fore and aft as you wish - especially good for when I'm older with curvature of the spine from bicycle riding for 60 years:
Jem, a small torch and patience will get you there. I made a grab rail for the back of the motorcycle seat out of a 1 meter 13mm tube.
Are the black lines that flow down the sides of the seats structural steel, or just trim?
@Jem Hayward posted:Are the black lines that flow down the sides of the seats structural steel, or just trim?
They are steel where the headrest bars slide into. You should magnify that pict to get a better view. BTW where to get those is your challenge now 
I've magnified the picture, and can see the basic idea. Is the fibre glass of the seat essentially bearing the loading - I suppose if it's strong enough to support your back, then adding the mass of a head isn't going to overload it.
Well I guess when you watch the driver in front of you sometimes it does look like the operator is headless
