Finally - made it home (left on Oct 6th). I had a couple packages here waiting for me.
1 - USB keyboard/touchpad - plus a 15' video ext cable & a 15' USB ext cable
2 - 7" touchscreen VGA monitor
I've done a few preliminaries, but the 7" monitor will fit perfectly onto the sunvisor of the truck. I made a small plate that I'll use to velcro the monitor to the sunvisor with. Just have to go find some wide heavy duty velcro.
The 7" monitor works BEAUTIFUL, especially with CoPilot (at least in the guidance mode). When I need the display, I'll just fold down the visor. Don't need, fold it up. It came with a mount that I could put on the dash, but I don't want anything that'll block my view.
The worst part of the install is going to be hiding the cables. I like to keep everything uncluttered. It looks like I'll run the cables across to the passenger side and along the passenger door, then to the back where the laptop is sitting.
For the keyboard, I've got a 4 port hub in the front. It'll have the gps receiver, keyboard, and touchscreen hooked to it. I bought a 'steering wheel desk' at T/A a few years back. It's black plastic and is formed with 2 'hooks' that wrap around the top of the steering wheel to hold it in place. There's a small lip at the bottom so it'll keep stuff from sliding off the bottom.
I'd be outside at the truck right now running cables and such, but it's 3am and I'm parked in a residential neighborhood. Don't think the neighbors would like me too much if I was out there doing that, especially since it's fairly cool and would need to run the truck for some heat.
Oh well - I hope to have it finished sometime today. I'll take pics of the finished setup if anyone's interested in seeing it.
Here's just a pic of the keyboard and monitor - just gotta get it into the truck now: