Milly the 1979 Westfalia Berlin Deluxe Bay Window Camper Van

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At Grill & Chill I won a Top 10 award:-

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You know what its like when you drive an old car, things go wrong & you don't always have time to take care of them straight away, there is always a list of jobs to do, you always need money to do them & in order to earn extra money you end up having no time to do the job that you needed the money for.

Because I've been away every weekend, I've been spending more money & having less time to earn it.

Having said all that there is not much point in having a camper if you don't use it to go away camping.
In the last few weeks my wipers have been working intermittently & my alarm has stopped working. In order to fix both of these I need to remove my dash top, I decide while its off I'd fix my air-con back in & wire up my front heated screen. I've made a short video of the first part:-

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My alarm is now fixed, it was a poxy earth cable come off under the dash, now both my wipers & alarm work again, just my heated screen & air-con left to do now.

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Cracked on with the heated screen today, it's all wired up now I just need a switch:-

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After loads of faffing, I've made edited a video of Milly on The One Show:-

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All of the dash is back together now the alarm works so does the heated front screen & so do the wipers. I've also fitted the handbrake boot which I've had here for about 4 years.

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Decided to make a few videos of what I've done to Milly the last few days:-

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4 years ago I removed my power inlet & painted it, it now looks a bit tired & so I decided to clean it up & repaint it. The first time I painted it I had a bad silicon reaction, I cleaned the paint off & tried again, this time I had a mild silicon reaction. I cleaned it off once more & this time I got a very mild reaction. Once dry I'll prep it again & re-paint hopefully for the last time:-

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Second coat, its looking much better but will definitely need a 3rd coat:-

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I tried to fix my sink lid today but I realized I'm going to need some screw clamps, I'll pick up some from here hopefully tomorrow:-
http://www.swanseafasteners.co.uk/

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Still struggling to get a nice finish on the hook up cover:-

Third coat


Had to sand it down again


Fitted & wired up my new switch:-