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I hate to ask this lest someone think it an abomination but has anyone considered or actually installed any aftermarket seats in a big Healey? The only ones I've seen are either in the kit car healey's or some of the uglier V8 conversions. We all know there are many things in our cars that are not particularly designed around safety and would probably contribute a less than pleasant outcome in the event of a serious accident. The seats, lacking anything close to a head rest are an obvious one. If you have a good shoulder harness it might keep you from getting to know your steering column or wheel or windshield in an up close introduction but lack of a headrest is also a potentially nasty avenue for an injury in a moderate impact in front of rear. I'm just thinking about something that would be decent looking enough so that it might look "natural" for the Healey lines. I think a turtle deck faired into the trunk looks very nice but that is a bigger project than a seat change and I like my passenger to have the same protection. There are tons of reasonably priced seats on the market but what I'm asking is has anyone seen a particular seat/ headrest combo, that fits under a soft top or hard top that looks really nice. When you start looking at seat dimensions many seats get eliminated. I would want one that might need modification for mounting but It must fit in the space available. I am trying to avoid buying a seat for a couple of hundred bucks and finding that it isn't what I'm after. I cant find any photos on line of anything like this in a big Healey. I suspect this isn't a project that is going to get very far unless I build my own seat which I am considering also. Mud season is coming up so I might have some time on my hands.