That'd work in my estimation, the AC unit has to be at least 5 inches deep
and that's way more space than you need for speakers.  Zeno is down with
Scott Daniel (http://turbovans.com) getting a new engine so I can't really
look at that space at the moment, but I'm trying to visualize that space
without the headliner and other junk up there.  Between the A and B posts,
without the headliner, there is an inverted Grand Canyon of headroom in my
mind's eye.

Matt
http://zenoswagen.wordpress.com/

-----Original Message-----
From: Alistair Bell [mailto:albell@SHAW.CA]
Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2010 9:59 AM
To: Matt Thyer
Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: speaker low in front door

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: