Restoring a flipseat SO-35 Westfalia

vw7266 · Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2011 7:49 pm Post subject:

Nice work..that cooking unit is awesome!

Smooth60 · Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 3:05 am Post subject:

Awesome work! Very Happy

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DJ Pierre · Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 11:52 pm Post subject:

I'm plannning on buying new tyres for our bus. Any suggestions of with tyres i should buy?

I'm thinking of 205-75 r15 or 195-80 r15. I will buy modern tyres since we are planning holidays with the car. The spare type will be an original Firestone 6.40-15 with we allready have.

DJ Pierre · Posted: Sun May 08, 2011 3:43 am Post subject:

It has been a while since the last update. But we have been very busy building!

I finished the electics vor 95%. All bus electrics work and i’ve build a second loom for the camper electrics. This loom routes the same way as the standard loom so it’s invisible. Radio, amp, interiorlights, 12v soccets, fridge, espar, all will be powered by the extra battery.

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I created a board with all the parts for this system which is mounted under the fridge. It’s invisible once installed but still still user frendly. I will replace the fusebox for an old style type and the main fuse will be located near the battery. I will place a battery guard in it’s place.

The fridge is just a coolbox in an old westy. But we care for a cold beer way too much…So we decided to convert the original fridge into a real working fridge. It’s a system bij Weaco which is popular in the boating scene. It can cool up to 100L wich is more than enough for our fridge. Kind of a scary moment to create holes in a super rare westy fridge…

The bottomsection of the car is nearly finished. Gearbox is in it’s place(shifts perfectly!), steering in place, brakelines are ready to go and all the cables are in place. Just have to order some bolts and such before the wheels can be mounted!

New tyres have been fitted. 4x Vredestein Sprint Classic 185-R15 and a Firestone 6.40-15 for the spare. This looks better when we use the tablestand. Unfortunately the Vredesteins are one inch smaller in size than the 6.40 tyre but it still looks great on the bus.

The ambustep is ready and mounted:

The windowframes are almost done. Hope to finish this nasty job today:

The engine is ready to go to the tuner. The standard manifold would not fit with an alternator and 34pict3. So it had to be modified.

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To be continued!

j.pickens · Posted: Sun May 08, 2011 8:06 am Post subject:

How will you deal with the heat from the eberspacher vent into the cabin with the compressor for the fridge in the same spot?

I can't wait to see this all assembled. A fine bus indeed.
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DJ Pierre · Posted: Sun May 08, 2011 11:19 am Post subject:

mario_0609 · Posted: Sun May 08, 2011 4:11 pm Post subject:

very cool bus! looking forward to see more pictures!!
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DJ Pierre · Posted: Tue May 10, 2011 1:06 pm Post subject:

We bought a new roofrack today! 134cm Westyrack:

Needs some love and care but it can be fixed!

j.pickens · Posted: Tue May 10, 2011 5:21 pm Post subject:

Yikes! New scratches for the new paint, had to start somewhere...
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Eric&Barb · Posted: Tue May 10, 2011 7:53 pm Post subject:

That is not the correct Eberspacher heater outlet for the 1960 westies!!

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DJ Pierre · Posted: Sun May 29, 2011 12:25 pm Post subject:

This weekend was planned to finish the upholstery. Great to work with my mom again.

All pieces are ready now. The things left to do are the wedge pillows and the little folding chair. I'm pretty happy with the result!

DJ Pierre · Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2011 1:00 pm Post subject:

We took some time to isolate the camper this weekend. I doubted for a long time what product to use for this and eventually chose for the Armaflex 19mm. This is a closed-cell-foam which is used in electrical / technical installations in buildings.

The glueing to the body was something that made me doubt though, but this is the only isolation material which is completely water resistant. Tested it with some water, the next day the same amount was still there! Don't want a "sponge" between my new body and camper interior...

The whole bus is now isolated, except for the doors and subhatch. Will do that as soon as these parts are in place. Actually it was quite some work to get it all in place. The glue was extremely strong, as soon as the isolation hit the body it was already completely stuck.

The results are great though!

Also started to mount the sounddampner to the firewall, should be finished next weekend.

To be continued!

Z · Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 9:41 am Post subject:

I love this bus...looks great so far. What are you using for the firewall sound dampner?

DJ Pierre · Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 11:06 am Post subject:

Thanks!

We use plain self adhesive tar mats from a local carparts store, nothing fancy. This will be out of sight in our bus so no high standards here. The Armaflex will make the car a lot more quit by itself and enginenoise is not the biggest concern to us.

vw7266 · Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 7:47 pm Post subject:

those seats look great!

DJ Pierre · Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 9:36 am Post subject:

And yet another busy week!

Sounddampner is now finished.

We fitted the rear hatch. Window installation was easier than expected. Give or take 20 minutes work, no problems at all.

We also fitted the flipseat hardware. The mat is not original to our bus(it's for later busses) but i like the practical use of these. Easy to keep clean and the color looks perfect to the mousegray.

Evelyn coloured the vw logo's on the hubcaps

The big work was in the painting of the interiorpanels. They are ready now. Stay tuned for the next update when we will install the first panels!

bagpipe goatee · Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 10:33 pm Post subject:

Great progress!

DJ Pierre · Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 10:19 am Post subject:


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