My father's 81 Vanagon L has this setup....it was an option at the time whether to put the a/c in-the-dash or overhead. The radio is in a plastic box just like yours. We've never gotten a cassette player to last very long because of the mounting position. A possible option maybe to buy a radio to which you can add a 6-disc CD changer under the drivers or passengers seat. Some CD changers can be mounted horizontally or vertically be the flip of a switch....I don't know of any in-dash CD's that can mount in any more the 45 degrees. My 2 Pfennigs!!! Karl Batzler La Quinta, CA -----Original Message----- From: Mark Sheflo <skjeflo@TELEBYTE.NET> To: vanagon@VANAGON.COM <vanagon@VANAGON.COM> Date: Saturday, January 02, 1999 8:28 AM Subject: Radio locations and A/C
>In our 82 Westy the current radio is not in the stock location, it is in an >add-on plastic bit just in front of the shift lever below the heater vents. > We want to change over to an in dash CD player and they all seem to want >to be mounted in a horizontal position. The problem? The stock location >has vents for the Behr brand A/C that came in the van. Any ideas on where >to locate the CD player? On the headliner is about the only spot we could >come up with. We would welcome your ideas or experiences. > >Also, as to the A/C system..does anyone else have this system...the >installation of this system takes away the upper half of our glove box...is >there another way? Ideas? > >Thanks, >Mark > |
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