68 gtv buttress seats

[FLIVESAY@domain.elided]

Bryan writes:

> i have a pair of '69 seats that i think triggered bob's question.  these
>  seats came from a '69 gtv, and have the buttresses, but both of them are
set
>  up for what seems like spider style headrests.
>  
>  i have seen another set of early gtv seats with buttresses at paul glynns
>  shop.  neither seat had provisions for a spider-like headrest, and one seat
>  had a headrest that looked like the top portion of the back support could
be
>  raised or lowered.  i was told by paul that his were euro gtv seats.
>  
>  has anybody seen a set of gtv seats like the ones i have?
>  
>  bs
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Matt writes: 
>  saw another style of seat on a European GTV that was for sale at Daytona
>  Motors in San Francisco a couple of years ago.  They looked like the 69
>  seats with flying buttresses.  But instead of having the headrest sitting
>  on top of the seatback, it was integrated into the seatback so that when it
>  was down, it looked like a lowback 69 seat.  A lever on the side of the
>  seat operated a rack and pinion which raised the headrest up to whiplash
>  protecting height.  
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My 68 German 1750 GTV has buttress seats and the passenger seat only has a
headrest which is built into the seatback itself.  A knob on the inner side of
the seat raises or lowers the top part of the seatback up and down inside the
butresses using a rack and pinion type system. The adjustment knob is not the
typical round knob, but more like a t-handle.   With the headrest adjusted
down, the seat appears to not have a headrest.

just another data point---

Frank Livesay
68 1750 GTV
77 2L spider

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