Milly the 1979 Westfalia Berlin Deluxe Bay Window Camper Van

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Re: Milly the 1979 Westfalia Berlin Deluxe Bay Window Camper

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Fitted a few more interior parts:-
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Painted some more black bits:-
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First daylight in weeks:-
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I put the front bumper on today & it looked all wrong, it looked too white. I stripped it all down together with the back I guess it will have to be painted L90D to match the roof. When sanding I noticed 2 small dents:-
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Fitted my whale water inlet:-
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& my electrical inlet:-
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Its nice to finally get my sun visors back on, ironicall the sun was shining today:-
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The bumpers & tow-bar all prepped ready for painting:-
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Painted the exhaust:-
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While I was doing this Kieran started stripping the trailer:-
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I was shocked what was under a load of filler:-
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Pop top is now ready for flocking:-
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Painting is all finished:-
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Kieran carried on stripping the trailer, all the front lip was made of expanding foam & filler:-
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A bit of metal on the trailer held on by filler:-
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Look at all the expanding foam on the floor:-
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All the paint is now off:-
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New grommet:-

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Swivel seat base re-painted, greased up & re-fitted:-
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New wiper spindle rubbers fitted, the wipers are now back on:-
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Pop top masked up ready:-
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The glue:-
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The flock:-
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Fitted the door lock pull grommets:-
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Sliding door track gasket:-
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All the bumper pars are prepped & ready for painting:-
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Now painted:-
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Painted the over flow cover:-
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Put the side rail on with a new gasket:-
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Done some more work on the pop top:-
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Last 2 panels to go on:-
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Door built up:-
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Pop top Lifter resembled:-
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Started fitting my new canvas:-
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New step rubber:-
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New step mat:-
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Before & after:-
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Put my side vent on:-
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Put my jacking point covers/hub cap pullers on:-
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Grill & indicators on:-
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Still got the driver door to put back on:-
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Pop top support bar back on:-
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Finally the roof is on:-
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Side windows in:-
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Rear window in:-
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Engine lid on:-
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Door on:-
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Seats in:-
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Front bumper & spots on:-
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Back bumper & towbar on:-
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Cleaned up a scruffy old window for a temp fit:-
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Some more bumper build up pictures:-
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Spaced the front bumper out with rubber washers:-
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