Stuart,

Shhh! … dont’ tell Alistair he was out-shone by an OEM bit … he’ll go back into hiding and all we will see are bumper and ladder revisions for the next year ;-)

> On 19-Jul-2016, at 12:19, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> I didn't know Frank had these when I was doing my son's van, so Alistair graciously fabricated some tube brackets out of aluminum that I mounted to the front of the seat back.
> 
> The OEM kit is a cleaner solution and easier to install than what I did, which required cutting out the foam and the steel wire that holds the clips that give the seats their sculpture.
> 
> I do recommend removing the seat back to work on it, but that requires removing the seat assembly, which isn't that difficult. 
> 
> Well worth the time and expense for the safety of all the rear seat passengers.
> 
> Stuart
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Jim Felder
> Sent: Monday, July 18, 2016 4:52 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Headrests in the back
> 
> I have two sets of the tubes you need, and one or maybe two more headrests.
> Stewart in our group has recently had the tubes and hardware fabricated, he
> posted his results.
> 
> Jim
> 
> On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 6:37 PM Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:
> 
>> Gordon:
>> 
>> If you can get the rear seat back or just the tubes from a late model Club
>> Joker / California or Atlantic, you can transplant them.   I saw another
>> thread on Samba some time ago where folks had come with other solutions to
>> add head rests to the rear bench.
>> 
>> 
>>> On 18-Jul-2016, at 20:30, Gordon <gordonmahung@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Now that I almost have my front headrests taken care of, I can
>> concentrate on the rear seat.  It worries me that my kids sit back there
>> w/o headrests.  Any solutions out there?
>>> 
>>> - g
>>