Hi, the crappy panels are in my '86 syncro passenger van which I am planning to "westfalia-ize" soon.
As is, with the non rotating seats, I have a lot of headroom. But on my 82 westy (just like yours but I4 gas powered) I have much less headroom. So i worry about headroom when I add rotating seat bases. 6-2, long torso. I wonder about ceiling mount. Not dismissing it though. The syncro has the overhead a/c unit which i will be removing, but the front section that houses the switches and front ducts, and the visors, looks sort of tempting to retain and add something... Talking smack right now, but I wonder if gauges up there, or smaller speaker elements firing back at ya... alistair '86 syncro 7 passenger '82 westy, diesel converted to gas in '94 http://www.members.shaw.ca/albell/ http://shufti.wordpress.com On 8-Apr-10, at 9:29 AM, Matt Thyer wrote: Alistair, I have the same problems with both locations and have been thinking about a possible remedy. The head liner on a Westy comes down lower than then the headliner on an L or GL passenger van. Sometimes they're backed with Masonite or other semi-rigid structure. When I replace the headliner on my diesel L I plan on adding a lowered headliner in the cabin area (I'm tall, but not that tall) and building some storage into the area for things like speakers. If my estimates are correct there should be a lot more space overhead and there's nothing there to interfere. Some surface mounted speakers on the dash will bring up the high end and the high mounted overheads will fill in the rest. Just and idea, |
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