My lovely wife, who knows how much I've wanted a real, honest-to-God seat cover for my truck since ... well, since I bought it a year ago, finally got me one for my birthday this week.

I'd asked for a saddle-blanket cover, since that's all we've ever used in my family as far as our trucks go. They last forever and are really very comfortable.

The one she bought came from Walmart, and at $24.88, I think was a very reasonable buy.

However, like many seat covers you get off the shelf these days, it came with sewn-in headrest covers.

For you guys with trucks newer than '91, that isn't a problem.

But for me, it was.

I tried just about every way of getting the backrest part of the cover to fit properly, but it was all a no-go.

Then I remembered something: Our Dodge Caravan has headrests we don't use (they interfere with the two youngest kids' child seats). If you have ever seen Caravan headrests, they attach to the seat with two metal rods.

I figured those rods would slip neatly between the seat back and the hardboard cover attached to said seat back.

And I was right.

After placing the headrests and slipping the headrest covers over them, the seat now looks like it is SUPPOSED to look.

And there's another bonus, too: The headrest gives that little extra upper back support that I have been missing ... and when your back is as bad as mine, having that "little extra" is a REALLY good thing!


(I used the Dodge Caravan headrests, found on 2001-2007 non-Stow-N-Go models with bench or captain's seats because that's what I had on hand. I believe, though, that any removable-type headrest should work. Check your local junkyard; they can usually be purchased on the cheap.)