Milly the 1979 Westfalia Berlin Deluxe Bay Window Camper Van

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Went to Volksfest Plymouth the weekend, long drive but well worth it.

Fitted my Volksworld show plaque:-


Fitted my new wipers a couple of weeks ago but not posted a picture untill now:-


Took a few night shots playing with the camera settings:-

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Found Milly's twin sister:-

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Entered Milly in the show & shine on the Sunday while we lounged around in the sun & wandered around the trade stands:-

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Milly only won Best in class in the Bay Window category against stiff opposition. I'm so pleased:-

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To celebrate the win we drove into Plymouth, what a nice place it is:-

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I bought a pumped water system in Plymouth & decided to fit it today:-

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Decided to remove my back bumper, exhaust & J-tubes & fit nice new heat exchangers & my Westy Tow Bar.








Rubbed down & painted the new heat exchangers & the old exhaust, two studs snapped in the exaust but fortunatly I managed to drill & tap them out. Also bought a new gasket kit, oil & filter. I've changed the oil & filter now because I have done nearly 4K in Milly now & it's about due.

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Started Milly last night & disaster, engine oil spraying everywhere, went to bed a bit stressed out luckily today no jobs came in so My M8 Erik & I took a look couldn't really see properly so I towed Milly with the T4 down to ATS (I know the guys there & they let me use the ramp, they don't normally but this was an emergency) It turns out I had split the oil filter housing trying to remove the old Ol filter.
I called in FBI & luckily Graham had one & he took it off the engine for me. Called in GSF for a gasket kit, then back to ATS, stripped the engine to get off the housing. We had to remove 3 pieces of top tin, the fan pulley, the alternator, the oil fillr neck top, alternator tinware fan housing, oil cooler exhaust & heat exchanges.
So far we've refitted the fan housing, pulley, alternator & tinware, top tinware, v-belt new housing & gasket, the oil cooler with new rubber seals, just got to re-fit the exhaust, heat exchanges, fan guard timing mark plastic & a few screws. Hopefully I'll get it finished in time for Bristol tomorrow.

Here are few more pics of the exhaust & heatexchangers. They have had one st coat of silver since then:-


This is the high temp sealent I've used on he heat exchangers, its over paintabe so now you can't see it.

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This is the bit I broke:-

A few pics of the underside when I got it up on the ramp in ATS:-





Here is how my drive looks tonight, no cars on the road for a change I've sold all the crap ones:-




I got to sometime this summer paint the house & get rid of that bloody lamp post it don't even feed my house.

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In order to fit my bumper over the tow bar I need to notch it. So As Milly is down ATS & had to guestimate the diameter of the bar, I won't have time to do it tomorrow so I marked out the slot useing an egg cup of ll things, then I drilled the hole with a hole saw, cut the edges straight & filed it smooth as long as it fits I've done a good job. I'll paint it when I know it fits:-

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Good news Milly is all back together & running sweet. Got my Bumper on now as well. I'll take pics the weekend.
I decided last night to rebuild my tap as its been leaking so I'll let the pictures do the talking:-

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Just got back from Bristol Volksfest, Milly drove like a dream, she didn't win the show & shine but she got there safe & sound & home without any dramas & thats more important. Used the awnening Charlie White gave to me & I must say its quite good I like it, here are a few pics:-