Milly the 1979 Westfalia Berlin Deluxe Bay Window Camper Van

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Right, this should have been the first job I done but I've been really slow. anyway its done now & I think I'll add another one just to be on the safe side:-

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Many thanks to Just Kampers for their kindness, here is a link to just Kampers:-
http://www.justkampers.com

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Video guide to Milly:-

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Went for a mini weekend to Bristol Volksfest, Saturday was really nice & I managed to pick up a new switch for the dashboard, which I'll fit in the week:-



Part No for this switch is 111 955 511 B
I'll wire this to my rear interior light.

There was a few trade stands at the show & loads of cool VW's too look at, Saturday went quick but I was sorry to see Sunday as it rained heavy all day & spoiled the show completely. It was too wet to do anything, I did win the show & shine but as I was the only one in my class I couldn't loose, still it was nice to have another trophy:-


I saw the Beetle from the tv program Wheeler Dealers, spoke to the owner, nice guy. I didn't have a spare £6k to buy it but it was worth every penny:-

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Took a few underside pics for reference while on the ramps, not the best but it was raining:-

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someone didn't get wet though:-


& I won a trophey so worth waiting in the rain:-

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Wired my new switch up basically one side is earthed the other runs to the light & will earth the light when turned on:-


Run in my new heater cables, one of the originals was snapped in the dash the other was snapped near the heat exchanger:-







I've sprayed a liquid grease down both the cable tubes to help prevent rust in the future & while the belly pan is down I'll ankor wax everything under there, luckily all of the rubbers & grommets etc are in good order.

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Got some new bits for the trailer:-
Elephant feet rear lights.


& some pre-prepped fiber glass rear wings:-

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Here is a video tour of my charging system:-

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Decided to finish off my heater cable replacement:-

This nylon guide sits in the end of the metal conduit, if you look closely it has a slit in it to allow you to slide it over the cabe:-


This is plastic & fits over the cable conduit with the cable passing through it:-


This clip holds the plastic piece onto the metal conduit:-


This is the rubber that fits over the plastic part, its easyer to fit this first:-


This shows it all fitting together:-


This shows it all assembled:-


The end of the cable then bolts to the heater box:-


I've now done both sides & checked their operation, I should now have heat at the front.

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Ankor waxed all under the front cab belly pan, fitted my vintage ooogahh horn, as its only a crappy gimmick item I wanted to fit it without drilling any holes so I can take it all off one day without causing any damage:-

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An audio visual tour of Milly's heating system

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I couldn't do anything yesterday with the rain so when it stopped & started to get dark I took a few pics with the camera on a tripod with the shutter open for varying times, some came out ok but nothing too exiting, sorry if a few look the same:-

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