Aircooled VW South Africa

Hi guys

Last week I bought some interior pieces from a Westy Baywindow bus.

I scored the complete full width R&R bed, the side seat / storage box. The complete swivel table, and the 3 door cooker / cupboard unit, including the S/ steel cooker.
Also picked up the blue and red Westy tent that was in the bus. Price was OK, but I really wanted it, so did the deal. So now the taxi style back seat and can chucked out and used for seating in the garage.

I am currently busy with the replacing of the bed mattress, with high density foam and will re upholster the bits that need to be done myself.

I need to urgently know from anyone the following as the foam on the bed sections were torn in places.

*the exact measurements of the seat and back rest foam.
*As well as the measurements of the 3rd pc of foam over the engine bay.
*Also the thickness of the foam. I can have it cut in either 10cm, 12.5cm, and in 15cm thicknesses. Please advise which would be best.

The blue and red Westy tent has no poles, only the tent, along with all the hooks attached at the bottom of the tent. I might sell this and will post under for sale section later.

I also recently bought a tent, that according to the owner who is in his 50's, his father bought at Kulu Volkswagen in Claremont 25 to 30 years ago. Its in perfect nick, every thing included, as well as a groundsheet. I have not been able to open it due to our lovely wet weather here in CT, but the owner snapped the attched picture on Monday when we had no rain, after he inspected it. He advised that only 1 guy rope was missing.... LOL!

Does anybody know anything about this tent (which has the opening for the sliding door), but the interesting part is that it attaches to the gutters via a nylon or plastic extrusion. The extrusion is stitched to the little tent flap and the other side slips over the gutters lip... Check the pic attached.

Any advice would be appreciated
Muds
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Hi Muds

That tent is the one sold by SA VW dealers for baywindow buses. I have one, pictured below. You can see a poor quality pic of similar tents in the accessories section at the back of late baywindow owner's manuals.



From your description, your westy interior is not the usual SO67R interior seen in most SA earlybay westies, so you may have difficulty finding someone local with the same interior for measurements.

Hi Muds, cool score on all accounts !

My westy is an earlier model, looks like some differences in fittings, etc, etc, but nevertheless, you are welcome to pop in my side with a measuring tape, I'm sure that some of the cushions, etc, will be the same size.

Are you going to fit all of this into your panel van, or have you got a westy tucked away somewhere ?

Muds's interior has a full-width bed, not the three-quarter width bed of the SO67Rs, such as yours Paul.

Muds, can't you just measure the cushions you got?

Hi Fig / Jolas, thanks for the responses.

@ Fig:Thanks for the Picture as I was sceptical about the VW dealer link. Would this tent be more desirable to keep than my Kombi Junior tent? ( pics attached) also pics attached of the exact interior I bought Fig.

@ Jolas: I need to buy the foam and fabric on Saturday mate, So i will play it by ear and just over shoot on the foam size slightly> Will trim it if need be.

No I dont have a Westy... yet, although if anyone is interested, I can help you out with 2 that would be project builds for silly silly money. Pop tops, Jalousy windows etc included. One bus, even though its rusted bad, still has current license, a motor and gearbox.

Let me know if you know of anyone interested?

Im just fitting the full bed, cooker unit and the side seat and table. . I wont be fitting the washup unit as I need the space to load my treasures.... LOL!

Anyone keen on a 3/4 R&R bed... call me.

Muds
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Hi Fig, yes I will.

At worst I can simply use the the original wood as a template for the Cushions... 1 question: Do I make it the exact same size as the wood, or just a tad narrower Fig?

Going by my SO67R R&R seat, I'd guess the same size as the wood.

It's hard to say which tent is more desireable. I like them all! My most desireable tents are the ones I find most practical, really a matter of taste.

Your westy tent is probably the most valuable, even though it's less practical than most of the SA kombi tents.

fig wrote:Muds's interior has a full-width bed, not the three-quarter width bed of the SO67Rs, such as yours Paul.

Muds, can't you just measure the cushions you got?

Ok, sorry, I did'nt study Mud's photo properly. Does that cooker table cater for the walk-through ? I think see the layout now, very nice with the full width bed !

Muds I think I have spoken with the dude selling the westy busses (Anthony?), I saw an ad on Gumtree a while ago, I was just interested in the interior sliding door handles, he said that they were'nt there .................................................. so have you got them

jolas wrote: I was just interested in the interior sliding door handles, he said that they were'nt there .................................................. so have you got them

Me too!!!!!

Are you guys referring to the normal bay window inside sliding door handle? The one like on my late bay that you can click up or down depending if you inside our out to pull in and click the door.

Mine broke and I got one from a mate. I have one exactly the same, but with the smaller square fitting that slipe onto the male part on the door. Practically new. Too small for my late bay door, so its either early bay or splitty...

You guys are welcome to it.. if it will work for you.

Hi Paul, yes it is Anthony.... Nice chap all the same. Such a pity about those westys right?? The red bus at Davids place off Keoberg road still had the sliding door handle on it last saturday... complete with the screw cover cap.... Maybe he does not wanna sell it??

Muds

If it doesn't fit on a late bay, then it's for a split bus.

The earlybay westies had an offset handle (the square female hole is not centred) so that they don't snag on the furniture just inside the sliding door. These are the ones with the cap covering the screw, AFAIK. The LHD and RHD offset versions are different, so these RHD offset westy sliding door interior handles are very hard to find.

Ok... got it! Will keep an eye out. So it must be from a Late Bay Westy !!

Muds

Muderick wrote:Ok... got it! Will keep an eye out. So it must be from a Late Bay Westy !!

Muds

No, I think early and late bay westies had the same offset interior handle.

fig wrote:

jolas wrote: I was just interested in the interior sliding door handles, he said that they were'nt there .................................................. so have you got them

Me too!!!!!

Ha ha ha - it was you that I was thinking of old chap