Aircooled VW South Africa

Welcome, Chris! That is one fantastic Bus you have, thanks for sharing the pictures with us!

Thanks guys, there is a lot more to come I've got a bit of a story on this bus, this is just the start when I bought her 5 years ago.

Just bought myself new front door speakers, I know components are better but I didn't want to cut any more holes:-



Exceptional strength and stamina—for playing loud and long Type-R speakers deliver high volume, accurate sound for long periods of time, cleanly without distortion. The meticluously crafted cone materials and large Linear Drive magnet ensure optimum bass response and detailed, natural sound reproduction throughout the entire spectrum.

• Linear Drive Magnet
• Multi-Layer Cone
• Square Voice Coil Design
• Large size Voice Coil
• Roll Rubber Surround

Tweeter Unit

• 1” Ring-Dome Tweeter
• Swivel Design
• Others
• Custom-Fit Adaptor Included

Power Specifications

• Peak Power: 300W
• RMS Power: 100W
• Frequency Response: 65Hz - 27kHz
• Sensitivity: 87dB, 1W/1m
• Installation Diameter: 136mm
• Depth: 59mm

Ordered my new Becker Stereo today, specs below:-


BECKER CASCADE 7944
Best connections

Equipped with Bluetooth® wireless technology and a high-quality Speech Dialogue System, the Becker Cascade 7944 meets all of today's technical standards. With hands-free phone operation, exchange of addresses and telephone data, CF card navigation in 38 European countries and the Becker Surround Sound System, the Becker Cascade 7944 makes travelling more fun!

Dynamic route guidance with TMC in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France (the Paris area), Great Britain (Traffic Master), Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.

SPEECH DIALOGUE SYSTEM
200 pre-programmed speech commands and 50 individually learnable commands enhance operability and driving safety.

HANDS-FREE COMMUNICATION
A Bluetooth® compatible mobile phone can be connected via the Bluetooth® interface. Addresses and telephone data can be exchanged between mobile phone and navigation unit. The hands-free function enhances safety when using the phone on the road.

GPS NAVIGATION
GPS signals accurately determine the position of a receiver within a few metres. Independent of the means of transport, the signal information is continuously scanned to precisely calculate routes and arrival times.

IPOD® COMPATIBLE
With the Becker Remote Kit, an iPod® can be directly connected to the unit and operated via the same interface.

MP3/CD/CF
Listen to music via the integrated CD/MP3 player without interrupting navigation. MP3 playback from CF card, Microdrives or CD-R/CD-RW.

2-RDS TUNER
The integrated 2-RDS tuner ensures interference-free reception and inaudibly switches to the best frequency for the selected station.

SURROUND SOUND
The Becker Surround Sound System with 4 x 30 watts of music power and 4 x 18 watts sine-wave power guarantees an unforgettable music experience.

OLED-VARIO-COLOUR-DISPLAY
The high-resolution OLED-Vario-Colour-Display can be individually adjusted with a choice of 15 different background colours.

ADDRESS BOOK
The integrated address book stores up to 500 addresses that can be entered directly into the route navigation. The most recent destinations are automatically displayed in the quick selection list.

SPEED LIMITS
The Speed Limit display makes driving safer. Information on the legal limits on over 100,000 km of motorway in Europe is included in the digital map data. The maximum speed limit automatically appears in
the display.

TMC
With TMC (Traffic Message Channel), the latest traffic information can be accessed in the selected broadcasting area at any time. The navigation unit automatically detects the current traffic situation and recalculates the route on request. Dynamic route guidance helps avoid unnecessary delays.

POINTS OF INTEREST
The map data for Europe contains more than 1,000,000 special destinations including airports, hospitals, service stations, hotels, restaurants and stadiums. Search results are shown as a list in the display.

Fitted my Bluebird Customs side step properly now, had to remove the tamk guard but the step sits lower anyway so thats fine. I was supprised to find that the holes were already in the jacking point so was well happy about that:-




Anyway bought some thermo matts from Just Kampers, had these before they make the bus much warmer & keep the light out too so you sleep beter in the early morning:-

Got my deluxe belt line trim today.
Hopefully if its not raining I'll fit it tommorrow.


I've been calling this bus Dekota beige but it turns out that its Mexico Beige:-

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About time I done an update.
On Friday morning I took Milly to work, when I got out of work at 6 that afternoon I noticed the driver front wheel was flat, luckily I had a spare a jack & a 19mm socket.
Replaced the wheel with the spare & noticed a screw embeded in the tread, hopefully it can be repaired.

To add insult to injury I couldn't start the bus, luckily I had my new leasure battery (which I haven't fitted yet) & my jump leads & jump started her. My missus met me there with the girls & off we went. Got to Chedar about 9.30 & drove in to the camp site where Octoberfest was being held. What a sight loads of camper vans were lit up with rope lights, neons etc. It looked really pretty & I was very impressed.





Set up our marquee between the vans & chocked up Milly with my new levels I bought from Britania Tow Bar Centre in Swansea (what a difference they made I'm not a fan of sleeping on a hill).
My missus set up the bed & fitted our Jusk Kampers Thermo blinds if you haven't got any get some they fit purfect, keep out all the light, in the winter they keep you warm & in the summer they keep you cool.

Got the BBQ on & we got drunk

Wandered around the show on Saturday & was very impressed with the trade stands & quality of some of the campers.
I bought a 5 pin headlight relay from Mega Bug & some new wooden winder handles. Baught apair of brand new UK RHD Hella headlights from Danburry motor caravans. Tried to fit my new speakers & stereo but realized the connections on the back of the Kenwood fitted had been soldered on & I didn't have a stanly blade in my knife to cut the speaker holes out.
I bought a large bag of door clips from Megga Bug too so I can fit my front door panels better.







Took loads of pictures wandering around on Saturday & ended the day by getting drunk again in our Marquee with a great bunch of friends.

On Sunday got up a bit worse for wear but after a cup of Tea & one of Deans breakfasts I was ready for more wandering around. I decided to enter Milly in the Show & Shine & to my delight I had a top 5 award. There were some real nice cars there & I shared the award with a nice notchback, an Orange Beetle, a T25 Redstar & a nice red T4. I was chuffed:-

After that we packed up & headed for home or in my case a 12hr Sunday night shift
Got to my works earlier than expected & decided to use the time wisely. I manged to buy some ISO connections & heatshrink of a trader at Octoberfest & wired up my new Becker (I had my soldering iron & solder with me)
I also swapped the heat controls so that they are now the right way around.
I reallised when I got to work that I'd left my new 110A Leasure battery on the floor of the works car park & now it was gone. I checked with security & nothing had been handed in, checked the security cameras & we could clearly see a guy in a short wheel base Pajero putting it in his car. Through a bit of detective work Ifound out who he was & aproached him that night I said to him "is that your short wheel base Pajero?" He acnowleged it was & then I said "Can I have my battery back" he didn't know what to say, first of all he told me he dumped it in a skip, he could tell by my face I wasn't having it so he confessed it was in his garage at home & gave it bcak to me Monday night. His face was a picture, but alls well that ends well.

Some other bits I bought in Octoberfest a five pin rellay so I can flash my headlights without the lights on, a bold for my battery earth clamp & a pair of brand new UK style Hella headlights.




Fitted my new front Alpine speakers & run in new OFC speaker wires.
Soldered & heatshrunk the ISO connections on, at the moment there is no ignition wire at the radio but I'll sort that soon & I'll wire up the illumination circuit.
Notice my new window winders?








Fitted my GPS aerial too on top of the dash board.

Had a great day Saturday playing bus fitted my new Empi shifter replacement for the one I snapped in Chug Chug:-

Went over Penllergaer Woods again to take more photos:-