yup, I noticed that in my '82 westy, but the cabinet is so useful to
us I will keep it,

I don't find it as restrictive as you do.

have you mounted mirror lower? if so can you post details and pics?

alistair

On 12-Aug-10, at 12:15 AM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:

I'd be tempted to not have the overhead cabinet,
as with that in place, if it's like a westy, you can't see the
horizon out the back window using  the inside rear view mirror.
mounting the inside rear view mirror lower will fix that though.

or maybe you won't have that problem ,
but personally I don't like the restricted view when it's like that.