Milly the 1979 Westfalia Berlin Deluxe Bay Window Camper Van

chrisradioman · Post by **chrisradioman** » Sat Apr 13, 2013 7:30 pm

Just the sliding door left to do now, its welded but I need to file it down. Then its on to the blasting.

chrisradioman · Post by **chrisradioman** » Sat Apr 13, 2013 10:30 pm

The T25 they have been working on is now in primer & ready for paint, they have been doing some welding on this split for a guy called Davey Jones:-

chrisradioman · Post by **chrisradioman** » Sat Apr 13, 2013 10:31 pm

Pushed Milly outside today so I could blast all her rusty bits, the first thing I done was to take all the paint off down to bare metal using a grinder with a wire wheel on & a paint removal disc. After this I blasted everywhere:-

You have to wear a mask & goggles when doing this, a hat is a good idea also:-

chrisradioman · Post by **chrisradioman** » Sat Apr 13, 2013 10:31 pm

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chrisradioman · Post by **chrisradioman** » Sat Apr 13, 2013 10:33 pm

Each time I thought I had finished Davey would cast his Beady little eyes over my work, insult me a bit & then find more dodgy areas, I'd then clean these up for more insults & abuse & so it went on. Eventually the van was finished. I blew off as much dust as possible I'll go over it all again when the prep work is finished.

Next we pushed it back it the workshop, luckily I had a good dry day today & the blasting on the van is finished. Milly has finished going backwards now & its time to start the rebuild. First stage is weld up all the holes & flat the body down:-

chrisradioman · Post by **chrisradioman** » Sat Apr 13, 2013 10:34 pm

While Davey was prepping the big panels, Gavin started welding up the holes:-

At this stage I had to leave as a job came in in Monmouth, I can't wait to see the progress in the morning.

chrisradioman · Post by **chrisradioman** » Sat Apr 13, 2013 10:35 pm

Got some more pictures I took with my phone, because you know how much you all like pictures:_

chrisradioman · Post by **chrisradioman** » Sat Apr 13, 2013 10:35 pm

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chrisradioman · Post by **chrisradioman** » Sat Apr 13, 2013 10:40 pm

More progress at Custom Classics today, the welding is now done & ground back, some of the welds have been gone over again since the photos & are looking good, I'll get some pics of that tomorrow:-

chrisradioman · Post by **chrisradioman** » Sat Apr 13, 2013 10:41 pm

After guide coating the black areas are low spots that require attention:-

chrisradioman · Post by **chrisradioman** » Sat Apr 13, 2013 10:42 pm

chrisradioman · Post by **chrisradioman** » Sat Apr 13, 2013 10:42 pm

Just had a message of Conrad, the bus I bought in Oregon was collected today at 00.22 UK time from Oregon to begin its 900 mile journey to the port. I can't wait, here are a few pics Conrad took:-

Aircooled VW South Africa

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