Re: Milly the 1979 Westfalia Berlin Deluxe Bay Window Camper
Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2014 11:52 pm
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Re: Milly the 1979 Westfalia Berlin Deluxe Bay Window Camper
Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2014 11:57 pm
Re: Milly the 1979 Westfalia Berlin Deluxe Bay Window Camper
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2014 12:08 am
Re: Milly the 1979 Westfalia Berlin Deluxe Bay Window Camper
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2014 12:16 am
Re: Milly the 1979 Westfalia Berlin Deluxe Bay Window Camper
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2014 12:35 am
Re: Milly the 1979 Westfalia Berlin Deluxe Bay Window Camper
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2014 12:38 am
Re: Milly the 1979 Westfalia Berlin Deluxe Bay Window Camper
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2014 12:49 am
On the Monday we went up to St Fagans for the day:-
http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/stfagans/
Alys had a snobby nose all weekend love her.
http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/stfagans/
Alys had a snobby nose all weekend love her.
Re: Milly the 1979 Westfalia Berlin Deluxe Bay Window Camper
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2014 12:56 am
Re: Milly the 1979 Westfalia Berlin Deluxe Bay Window Camper
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2014 1:06 am
Believe it or not its been 18 mths since Milly was painted, shortly after she was painted I started to see a couple of blisters on the rear arches, they have slowly been getting worse. I have been puzzled at why they appeared as I saw the bare metal before she was painted and the arches were mint. I asked Gav to have a look for me.
Here is what I'm talking about:-
As you can see its not to bad but I wanted it sorted anyway so up to Custom Classics she went:-
Here is what I'm talking about:-
As you can see its not to bad but I wanted it sorted anyway so up to Custom Classics she went:-
Re: Milly the 1979 Westfalia Berlin Deluxe Bay Window Camper
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2014 1:15 am
I stripped out the rock and roll bed and asked Gav to sort out the seat belt bolts in the rear while he was there:-
This one I had covered in Chain Lube to stop it getting worse when I spotted it some time ago:-
Old piece cut out:-
New put in:-
This one I had covered in Chain Lube to stop it getting worse when I spotted it some time ago:-
Old piece cut out:-
New put in:-
Re: Milly the 1979 Westfalia Berlin Deluxe Bay Window Camper
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2014 1:31 am
The following images some viewers may find disturbing:-
Re: Milly the 1979 Westfalia Berlin Deluxe Bay Window Camper
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2014 10:02 am
Sadly, this is the nature of the beast called "rust" 
It's always amazing to see whats lurkes under the panel that has a bit of surface rust on the other side
At least your bus is getting the right treatment, but yeh, what a sad sight to see it having to get cut like that, especially on bus that looks so good !
It's always amazing to see whats lurkes under the panel that has a bit of surface rust on the other side
At least your bus is getting the right treatment, but yeh, what a sad sight to see it having to get cut like that, especially on bus that looks so good !
Re: Milly the 1979 Westfalia Berlin Deluxe Bay Window Camper
Posted: Wed May 07, 2014 11:04 pm
I tell you what it upset me no end, I'm just hoping it doesn't break out anywhere elsejolas wrote:Sadly, this is the nature of the beast called "rust"
It's always amazing to see whats lurkes under the panel that has a bit of surface rust on the other side
At least your bus is getting the right treatment, but yeh, what a sad sight to see it having to get cut like that, especially on bus that looks so good !
Re: Milly the 1979 Westfalia Berlin Deluxe Bay Window Camper
Posted: Wed May 07, 2014 11:05 pm
Re: Milly the 1979 Westfalia Berlin Deluxe Bay Window Camper
Posted: Wed May 07, 2014 11:10 pm
Called up Custom Classics today, the LHS of Milly is looking 100% again, no more rust and a nice matching paint job. Te RHS is a slight shade out Gavin was going to redo it but we didn't have the time so I'll live with it until next winter and get it redone then.
