Milly the 1979 Westfalia Berlin Deluxe Bay Window Camper Van

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We are getting to the end of the repair work now, on Monday Mike is going to finish it & then start the new floor fabrication, useing thin walled angle iron with flat metal plate on top, then 5 ply plywood on top of this.

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We're getting there, more welding done, should be finished tomorrow:-

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The trailer is now on its wheels & the floor is in, all thats left now is to weld it in & to weld up the sides to box in the shock towers:-





Managed to fit the passenger side heater box which has just been plastic coated & the three missing Westy tie backs:-

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Displayed Milly outside the Waterfront Musium on Saturday there were only 20 cars allowed:-

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Last Sunday I took Milly on a Trip from Braclet Bay in Mumbles Swansea down to Laughn in Pembrokeshire with 200 other vehicles, it was a great day out:-

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The Welding is now finished, Mike has done a fantastic job & I'd recomend him to anyone.

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I've finally got my Deluxe trim on:-



I've dented this bastard getting it on but its on, I need to take it somewhere when I get back to sort it once & for all.


Nearly packed now ready to roll:-


My Speed pulse generator is in & I've tested it & now my Becker Sat Nav works a treat:-

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We left the house at about 10.30 am & called in my mothers to drop off the keys & say our good byes. Then we headed up to J47 services where the local Mini club were meeting, Ashley took this video:-

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I'll post some mini pics when they are uploaded. Ashley filmed us starting off:-


Ignore the rough sounding engine, that's just Ashley's camera, the Minis sound rough too.

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Well so much has happened over the last few weeks i haven't had chae to update. Once I get all my holiday pictures off the laptop ill post them. I fou8nd picture of Milly in 3 Magazines Volkseorld & Volksworld Camper & Bus in Stanford hall, one of them you can only just see the roof but its still in there lol, the other one is a french magazine featuring the Volksworld show:-




At the Volksworld show I met a guy called Charlie who I also met in Big Bang he has a cracking Westy in Sage green & I noticed it had a really nice threshhold plate in polished Stainless Steel, I asked him to make me one & he eventually agreed, so I've removed the old one which was somewhat scruffy, I lifted the carpet & plastered it with ankor wax. My next plan now is to have all the galv pieces in the van chrome plated including the carpet trimming pieces, the gunge on the end of my step is ankor wax to protect it under the stainless:-