Humby's '69 Dormobile, Westfalia Essen

[Humby]

Hi there!

My 68 tintop westy is sold, time for something new with more space!

Here's my 69 early bay, with dormobile roof.

The first pics when I got it:

She is an original Belgian bus, with one of the best roofs on an early bay! How spacious!
She s in a pretty good shape. A couple of small rustspots here and there, but that will be fixed!
They build in a lounge interior, not my style... :? Luckely there was a Westy interior included in the sale!

Plans:
-Bumpers, wheels and logo in cloud white (almost done)
-White wall tires (done)
-Westy interior back in (incl the hammocks) (almost done)
-Vintage speed exhaust
-Small piece of rust underneath the front window has to be fixed
-But travelling is the most important!

Aircooled greetz,

Humby 8)

 

[Humby]

Here some pics of the former owner:

This interior was in the bus

"She" was not included in the sale, pfioew :mrgreen:

A dormobile cooker

:lol:

Aircooled greetz,

Humby 8)

 

[Humby]

Here the westy interior that was included in the sale
:arrow:

There was another bunch of spare parts that were included:

I first removed the lounge interior, cleaned it and put a new floor in.

Here and there a little rustspot that was treated

Some underflooring

Then the real flooring. Put on your dancin' shoes! :mrgreen:

The curtains will be changed too, I ordered some Westfalia look a like fabric on etsy.com

Aircooled greetz,

Humby 8)

 

[Humby]

Then

Saw, saw, saw, sand down, lacquer, isolate....

I used some X-treme insulation in the roof, sliding door and rear hatch, 20mm.

I also refurbished my dashboard. The former owner painted it green... :shock:
Everything is back original now!
Some pics

X-treme insulation in the roof:

Dash before:

and after:

Aircooled greetz,

Humby 8)

 

[Humby]

Here some pics of the new sneakers for my bus:

The wheels were sandblasted, metalised and painted. Also new tires

Took her out for a little spin:

Aircooled greetz,

Humby

 

[Lee C]

Looking 8) now!!!
Must have to a bit of work to paint the clocks green :shock: makes you wonder why?? :lol:
Looks nice n solid though.

 

[Humby]

This weekend I worked again on the interior.
Nice n warm in the garage!

The wooden headliner is finally into place! Originally it was a hardboard headliner with some vinyl padding. I did it in 3mm Birch panel with 3 coats of clear floor varnish. I still have to make something for the back of the headliner.

My Miss V and her mother sewed the curtains, very nice job!
It makes the interior far more cosy!

I will order some new mustard yellow upholstery for the RnR bed, buddyseat and rear cushion.


Aircooled greetz,

Humby 8)

 

[CHILDSEY]

Hi
Humby, great looking van.
The spares and Westy interior were a bonus
Cheers
Paul

 

[Dirty Harry]

8) 8) nice work humby 8) 8)

 

[roland]

nice work. The dash is quite a save!

 

[Marriedblonde]

Very nice Humby

 

[Danbury Doug]

Very nice. You don't see that many LHD Dormys. 8)

 

[Humby]

Today I soldered a couple of Led strips and sticked them in my bus as indirect lighting.

Here's the result:

Led strip in "warm white" around the opening of the Dormobile roof

Nice indirect lighting, I also soldered in a little dimmer

View from outside:

Aircooled greetz,

Humby

 

[Gwar72]

LED's give a great light, nice job Humby..!! 8)

 

[Myvanway]

Nice job. 8)

 

[Humby]

This little boy is very happy with his new seat!

Just need a decent 3 point belt to fix that seat...

Aircooled greetz,

Humby 8)

 

[ant]

Looking good

 

[Humby]

A while ago I found some Dormobile bunks and bought them for almost nothing.

Today I fitted one. It will be nice extra storage room when camping!
The frames will be painted and the original fabric is like dutch cheese so it has to be renewed, but this is easy for my Miss V... :whip: :lol:

I'm still searching for a nice original child's cot
All the curtains are done, and for now I'm waiting for the delivery of the new mustard yellow covers! :mrgreen:

Aircooled greetz,

Humby 8)

 

[MetPeter]

Hi Bart! Cool thread, nice earlybay and some cool modifications you've made! Like the LED's!
See you soon I guess ;-)

Grtz Peter

 

[Humby]

Hi Bart! Cool thread, nice earlybay and some cool modifications you've made! Like the LED's!
See you soon I guess ;-)

Grtz Peter

Thanks Peter!
Keep up the good work with your bus!