jakethepeg
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I recently viewed a fantastic one owner late bay Westfalia. It belongs to an elderley German lady who imported it ti South Africa in the seventies. Although I tried my best she will not sell it to me this year as her grandchildren will be visiting her and they will use it to visit the Kruger Park. Bother! So in the meantime I have been looking for a cheap VW camper to use as I have put the money aside for the dream machine. Everyone I looked at was full of filler, inch thick paint or just nasty. Anyway I went to the Free State to look at a supposed Westfalia. Horrible, but in the corner of the farmyard was a de luxe microbus minus engine. It was original and had never been painted or molested. It seems it had been attached to a shack in a squatters camp with a piece of tarp as an extra room for the last ten years. Job done and trailered it home the next day. Covered in rust scabs. usual surface rust in the window frames and rain guttering, but virtuallu no perforation
Look at the state of the roof.
No.7 son working hard.
Now to the really difficult bit. I promised SWMBO that I would finish the whole job for less than 2000 pounds, so my work is really cut out! It needs a full respray, but I will do all the prep myself, an engine, roof lining and a full camping interior, and I want it ready for the start of the summer in October. But I do like a challenge.
Look at the state of the roof.
No.7 son working hard.
Now to the really difficult bit. I promised SWMBO that I would finish the whole job for less than 2000 pounds, so my work is really cut out! It needs a full respray, but I will do all the prep myself, an engine, roof lining and a full camping interior, and I want it ready for the start of the summer in October. But I do like a challenge.