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I will be interested to learn whether it survives to 25,000, 50,000, 75,000 or even 100,000 miles!?!

I don't use high-intensity illumination in my gauges and my family haven't had a Christmas Tree for decades. Those few gauges are just a few of my collection! I also have an inlet-manifold vacuum gauge an ammeter, and a couple of 60 mm diameter, Lucas 8-segment warning-light clusters, as used on...

That is a VERY LARGE tachometer!!! It's my impression that VW Type 1 style air-cooled engines don't like being revved much past 5,000 rpm, unless they are balanced to small tolerances with a counter-weighted crankshaft. I figured that a 52 mm diameter VDO Cockpit style tachometer would have a...

That's only true for the model-years of 1968~79 VW Type 2s that were assembled in Australia, under the Australian Design Rules. Unless things have changed, replacement RHD configuration wiper-arms for these vehicles are difficult to source, even in Australia.

That's the type of pump that was on the AD-Series, twin-port, VW 1600 Type 2 engine, of my family's 1973 model-year (manufactured in late-August or early-September 1972) VW 1600 Type 2 Westfalia Continental.

Here is the relevant page from the factory-issued owners handbook, which specifies maximum laden weights of 600 kg for an unbraked trailer and 800 kg for a braked trailer: https://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/manuals/8_72_bus.php https://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/manuals/8_72_bus/33.jpg

The factory-fitted window wiper & washer facilities on many vehicles, including the 1968~79 VW Type 2, has been wholly inadequate, so I sought to rectify this as best I could for both my vehicles, of which the other is a 1974 Triumph Toledo 1300 "HL Special".

Wasn't that information given in one of the two owner's-handbooks which normally accompany these vehicles. I still have both of mine for the 1973 VW Type 2, scans of which are posted in The Samba Literature Archive as follows: https://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/manuals/8_72_bus.php...

This is something I have never done on my family's 1973 VW "1600" Type 2 Westfalia Continental, which has been in my life since January 1975! To transform it from the bed configuration to bench-seat configuration, simply raise the front leading edge of the front plywood-based upholstered...

The absolute maximum legal towing weights depend upon whether one's trailer has over-run brakes or not, but bear in mind that it is also technically illegal to exceed the towing-vehicle manufacturer's specified maximum towing weights; which is 800 kg for a VW 1600 Type 2 towing a braked trailer...

As previously mentioned, this is a topic which has been discussed on several VW forums. Here's one from The Samba: Forum Index > Bay Window Bus > Electric Windshield Washer Pump Installation FAQ https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=128956 Here is a more comprehensive topic about...

When I looked at the various commercially marketed kits, which employed a simple L-shaped bracket for attachment to the long wooden reinforcement-laths, I anticipated that the wood would split, which is why I warned people against this poor design feature. Whilst I might not be a structural...

I wondered what had become of you "Lamoufle" since you contacted me a few years ago via The Samba" forum about the retro-fitment of gas-strut assistance for the Westfalia elevating-roof. https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=294831...

The early-model, 1973 model-year onward, Westfalia Continentals, with front-hinged elevating-roof & rear-mounted roof-rack, were built on the Type 23-517 Kombi model, with purpose-designed roof-aperture for the elevating-roof rather than the sun-roof aperture models that were used for earlier...

If the metal strap-bridge were fitted the other way up, the elevating-roof bed-base might not sit down properly on its supports!?!

This picture from the aforementioned thread on The Samba's "bay-window" bus forum, looks like the original factory-fitted set-up on my 1973 VW "1600" Type 2 Westfalia Continental. Whilst they are available from Just Kampers, I would probably be wise to get three new ones, to replace the 51½...

Much will depend on how extensive the damage is!

ALL steps should be taken to avoid shearing off cylinder-head exhaust-port studs that secure the exhaust heat-exchangers and/or exhaust-silencer or after-market 4-into-1 exhaust manifold! Trying to remove broken screw-studs from an aluminium-alloy cylinder-head, using an "eaziout"...

I haven't been to any shows since circa 1999 or 2000 and am not likely to be attending any, any time soon!

That looks like the bridge under which the hook on the front-cab's passenger seat engages.