Hi, my name is Kalle. I live in the middle part of Sweden outside a town called Falun.
At the end of last summer me and the misses bought a 1969 bus with a Westfalia poptop fitted and a 1600dp engine. The bus had been sitting since 1986 in a dry old garage, so there is next to zero rust on it. Its been respayed from the roof down in a darker shade of blue. Some day it hopefully will be seen in its original color neptune blue again. According to the former owner the top was fitted at Westfalias factory in the 70´s, even though its not a Westfalia bus from the beginning.
When we got the bus it had a dark red interior that was built by the former owner. We didnt really like the look or layout of it, and not being an original interior I decided to build a new one. I also gave the bus a technical overhauling with new breakeparts all out, new gaskets in the engine, a lowering job and a new set of wheels.
Got it MOTd in may, and have been driving it frequently since then. Just got home from a 1600km vacation with it. We have now also bought a 1978 Combi Camper to give us more room while camping.
There is still alot of stuff we are gonna do to the bus, paint, more interior work and other things. Its a so called rolling project.
Some pics, well allot of pics Please let me know what you think
When we bought it
Working on it during the winter
And done as it stands today
At the end of last summer me and the misses bought a 1969 bus with a Westfalia poptop fitted and a 1600dp engine. The bus had been sitting since 1986 in a dry old garage, so there is next to zero rust on it. Its been respayed from the roof down in a darker shade of blue. Some day it hopefully will be seen in its original color neptune blue again. According to the former owner the top was fitted at Westfalias factory in the 70´s, even though its not a Westfalia bus from the beginning.
When we got the bus it had a dark red interior that was built by the former owner. We didnt really like the look or layout of it, and not being an original interior I decided to build a new one. I also gave the bus a technical overhauling with new breakeparts all out, new gaskets in the engine, a lowering job and a new set of wheels.
Got it MOTd in may, and have been driving it frequently since then. Just got home from a 1600km vacation with it. We have now also bought a 1978 Combi Camper to give us more room while camping.
There is still alot of stuff we are gonna do to the bus, paint, more interior work and other things. Its a so called rolling project.
Some pics, well allot of pics Please let me know what you think
When we bought it
Working on it during the winter
And done as it stands today