Date:         Tue, 20 Jan 2015 14:28:03 -0500
Reply-To:     JordanVw@AOL.COM
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From:         JordanVw@AOL.COM
Subject:      Re: Where should the radio fit in an older A/T with A/C.
Comments: To: thesuperflydisco@GMAIL.COM
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ive seen people use the stock '86 up overhead front a/c duct from a
passenger van and mount the radio in the front duct opening.  why more  people
dont do this, i have no idea.   this is a easy and good looking  way to mount
the radio/cb overhead.



In a message dated 1/20/2015 8:55:56 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
thesuperflydisco@GMAIL.COM writes:

I have  the Behr A/C system in my 85 westy. After years of trying to look
straight  down to see my radio display, I've had enough!! Here's my
research,
none or  which is a magic fix: I can only see one other place to put the
stereo
and  thats to mount it to the roof between the sun visors. Or course, this
adds
quite a challenge to how to secure it there. WS Winkler in Germany  does
sell a
overhead console with a spot for a DIN stereo, but after  several emails,
they
seem uninterested in doing business in the US.(Any  help on that would be
appreciated!!) That is the only overhead console I've  found and I don't
know
where they are manufactured. Another possible  solution is the center
console
box that you find at Go Westy. That console  has a drawer that pulls out
that
might be suitable for a DIN spot, but the  builder of that said he couldn't
quite get it to fit and would continue to  find a solution. I haven't heard
if
he was still working on a solution. I'm  in the middle of my restoration and
might have to build my own custom  housing for the roof, either out of wood
or
fiberglass. Not an easy  project!! As a last resort, I have looked for a
stereo
system that is  nothing more than a faceplate to control a hidden unit
somewhere else. I  found only one and it was ugly and featureless. The
battle
continues!!!