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
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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,

Matt
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