MY 1969 American Westfalia Tin Top Resto Thread

[slammedresto]

MY 1969 American Westfalia Tin Top Resto Thread


*****NOW FOR SALE, 15999K OVNO*****

My Bus

BEFORE

AFTER

My first Interior revamp

Stripped and ready for paint prep

The aftermath or stripping my bus

 

[easy]

Great van dude, what colour is it gonna be?

 

[slammedresto]

kansas or savanah beige all over, lotus white roof

 

[easy]

beige all over rocks! check my beige van in the gallery, im a massive fan of beige! 8)

 

[Scampi]

gonna look good fella

 

[easy]

I changed my beige a bit, by taking allot of the black out the paint, this makes it allot warmer and gives it a cleaner look. Its worth having a play with the beige to get it perf 8)

 

[silversurfer]

Hi Gary, Hi Lisa,

I like your Bus 8) , I saw one just like it at a Splitterz meet in Southend?? :wink:
I see you still have that piccy of Lisa stenciled on the back,

Cheers Tom&Sue ...... see you soon

 

[slammedresto]

the southend splitterz???not the stansted or chelmsford meet then?

as i dont go to the cambridge, bedford or enfield meets :wink:

ooh so many choices to make

u bought ur caravan yet then????

 

[silversurfer]

u bought ur caravan yet then????

No,but we might be looking for something more like this though,
with matching paint and wheels of course! Very cool me thinks 8)

 

[baron]

are you going to save the signwriting or paint over it?

it looks lovely : )

 

[Scampi]

The old trailers ey!

Seen a couple of nice ones around shows this year!

 

[slammedresto]

Had a busy Saturday

All windows out, finishing stripping the bits out, removed rear valence etc, engine due out monday

 

[Scampi]

Progress is looking good matey!

Keep the updates coming

 

[slammedresto]

busy morning stripping my header pipes and back box

lots odf coats of 650 degree heat paint

bad pics, sorry

 

[easy]

Nice work dude! keep up the hard work! looking forward to the end result 8)

 

[Scampi]

Good work dude!

 

[slammedresto]

UPDATES 20TH OCT

 

[Scampi]

Looking good fella!

Nice to see the updates still coming through.

Good work

 

[slammedresto]

need to find out what wood to use to replace the headlining at the mo

any ideas??

 

[slammedresto]

no photos today...........sorry

forgot my camera

well today i have mostly been wire brushing the underneath and chassis rails, and cleaning the crime off my engine bay and gearbox.

Few more panels back to bare metal,and the front door gaps evened out

hopefully it will be primered this week too