Milly the 1979 Westfalia Berlin Deluxe Bay Window Camper Van

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Had our first trip out in Milly last Sunday, down to Weston Super Mare to Cruise to the prom, great little 1 day show with loads of nice VW's to look at here are a few of Milly at the show together with a few nice buses I saw:-

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This one took my fancy:-

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So did this one, not seen the deluxe trim below the belt line before:-



Got to be the best late bay ever, the Champagne II:-


Another late bay with over riders:-

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This weekend we decided to visit West Wales for the weekend, started off in Newport Dyfed, then we spent the night in Cardigan. The camp site was closed but the guy let us stay for just £5 for the night. On Saturday we visited Fishguard then headed off to Folly Farm, where I bumped in to my brother & my brother-in law with their boys. We ended up staying in the same camp site in Lydstep, before spending all day Sunday in Tenby:-

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Displayed Milly in Singleton Vintage car show on Monday the weather was great & they had some really cracking cars there, just a few pics of Milly with the trailer:-

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After pondering over it for a long time I've decided to restore the trailer, I sorted the underside in 2009 fitting IRS & plastic coating the a-arms etc, it still looks good underneath, just got to touch up the underseal in a few places where its been scraped off.
the trailer is very handy but has a few draw backs, these are:-
1.) The jockey wheel catches on speed bums etc. & needs raising.
2.) The front of the tunnel catches on Speed bumps & needs trimming back.
3.) The tunnel looks a bit thrown together & needs something doing to it.
4.) The front doors are made of MDF & have swollen & also let water into the load area
5.) The engine bay vents let water in when we get heavy rain which is all the time in Wales
6.) The engine bay hatch lets water in for the same reason.
I intend to address all of these problems while at the same time tidying up the bodywork & making it look pretty. I intend to paint the trailer to match Milly in Mexico Beige, I'm also doing away with the USA spec rear bumper & fitting the later style Euro Bumper which I'll powder coat in white with over-riders to match milly, I'm also considering fitting fiber-glass rear wings with elephant feet lights so it looks more period with the late bay.
Any way some progress pics:-

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Started prepping the trailer & I got my new bumper & my GB badge:-