I used sport seats from TMI with headrests.  Very happy with them.  Mounting brackets worked perfectly, and they were the only seat I could find with horizontal pleats to match the rest of my '67's interior.  Good quality vinyl, and comfortable on long trips.  They are available in a low back version as well, but I wanted the added safety of a headrest. 

Why not swap in a 1 piece headliner and gain some head room? You could also try fabrocating some lower profile seat tracks if they are to tall. Are they on the stock 1965 seat tracks? Im surprised they sit up that high im 5' 7" and Im no where near hitting my head on the headliner but then again im  in a 1965 Mustang Coupe if that makes a difference. 

Last edited by True74yamaha (5/03/2021 11:32 PM)

Extended seat tracks maybe an answer along with 1 piece headliner to gain some room. That or make it into a convertible. Lol Sorry  

seat bottom to headliner is less than 33 inches....measured from where your butt touches seat back . about 30 where you slide in the car between seat and door opening.

I like my classic headliner.

Steve69 wrote:

When I went with TMI sport seats on my mach 1 seats they sat 1" higher because of the foam.  So Im 6.1" and I was hitting my head on roof.  So I pulled the adjusters out and bolted the seats on floor directly. Problem solved. 

 

I did not change foam....I put my 66 seat tracks on is all.


 

TKOPerformance wrote:

I'm 5'10" and don't have nay headroom issues with the TMI seats.  They are on their own sliders with adapter brackets.  I also have a stock style headliner. 

Yeah my seat bottoms are taller than yours.

I upgraded the foam and covers on my original 67 frames with the TMI Sport foam and covers. They looked great, butt I did not fit inside the car anymore. Everything was to thick, I sat closer to the wheel and my head barely cleared the stock headliner. Sitting that high I had to duck to see out the windows. So I ordered stock foam and covers (both TMI) thinking I would go back to stock but changed my mine. I sold the newly TMI Sport covered seats and the new covers and foam for a huge loss. I searched the world looking for late model seats and found a complete set of 2011 GT/CS black leather seats in Georgia. I ended up tossing the rear seats and used the fronts with the 67 seat tracks. Boy Howdy Dogs are they nice and comfortable seats. I think they sit slightly lower than the originals (a good thing) and I gained leg room to the pedals. In retrospect I think I could have cut down the seat risers and made the 2011 seat track work, but I was not interested in all the electric goodies as I am the only one who drives the car. Why do I need to adjust the seat? The passenger seat was all manual so nothing lost on that side. 
Find some late model seats and make them fit.

Last edited by RV6 (5/05/2021 3:56 PM)

Gary, what is the height from rear floorboard to top of seat?
Exclude the head rest.

Are you sure Billy?
Are there seat riser modifications required too?

My 65 is pretty much the height of the height of the tracks and the carpet shim at anchor points.
To get it lower would require seat pan modifications.

RV6 wrote:

I upgraded the foam and covers on my original 67 frames with the TMI Sport foam and covers. They looked great, butt I did not fit inside the car anymore. Everything was to thick, I sat closer to the wheel and my head barely cleared the stock headliner. Sitting that high I had to duck to see out the windows. So I ordered stock foam and covers (both TMI) thinking I would go back to stock but changed my mine. I sold the newly TMI Sport covered seats and the new covers and foam for a huge loss. I searched the world looking for late model seats and found a complete set of 2011 GT/CS black leather seats in Georgia. I ended up tossing the rear seats and used the fronts with the 67 seat tracks. Boy Howdy Dogs are they nice and comfortable seats. I think they sit slightly lower than the originals (a good thing) and I gained leg room to the pedals. In retrospect I think I could have cut down the seat risers and made the 2011 seat track work, but I was not interested in all the electric goodies as I am the only one who drives the car. Why do I need to adjust the seat? The passenger seat was all manual so nothing lost on that side. 
Find some late model seats and make them fit.

Your seat pans my be shorter on your car than my 66