Yes, cut that useless metal out and you've got 6" before the unit hits the heater box. My unit is exactly 6" deep and fits perfectly without that bracket.

Stuart

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Dan N
Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2017 4:22 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Will this Radio fit in a Westy?

there's a metal triangular bracket on the back of the radio.. it's there to hold a "short" radio (back in the old time)...

you can cheat by cutting that piece out to gain some space...