Date:         Thu, 6 May 2004 15:04:27 -0500
Reply-To:     Andrew Gies <andrew_gies@CANGENE.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Andrew Gies <andrew_gies@CANGENE.COM>
Subject:      stereo size for vanagon? (was RE: Blaupunkt in Canada?)
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"

OK - stupid question time...

How can I be sure that a certain stereo will fit before I purchase it?

Does anyone know what "size" stereo a Vanagon will fit?

According to that "crutchfield" website, only 3 Kenwood stereos on their
ENTIRE database came up as the right size for an '86 Vanagon - and there
must be a 1000 different in-dash players on that website.

Andrew

-----Original Message-----
From: David Brodbeck [mailto:gull@gull.us]
Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 2:23 PM
To: Andrew Gies
Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Blaupunkt in Canada?


On Thu, 6 May 2004, Andrew Gies wrote:

> Isn't the size of the Vanagon stereo the standard after market stereo
size?
> Aren't all the common aftermarket stereos this size?

No...while there is a common "DIN" size for width and height, stereos
still vary in depth.  The maximum depth of a Vanagon stereo is limited by
where the ash tray projects into the dash, IIRC.


David Brodbeck, N8SRE
'86 Volvo 240DL wagon
'82 VW Vanagon Westfalia Diesel

*******************************************************************
CONFIDENTIAL - This e-mail transmission and any documents attached to it may
contain information that is confidential or legally privileged. If you are
not the intended recipient, or a person responsible for delivering this
transmission to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any
disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of this transmission is strictly
prohibited.  If you have received this transmission in error, please
immediately notify the sender and destroy the original transmission,
attachments, and destroy any hard copies.