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Fri May 08, 2015 10:03 pm

since i´m looking for the right camping interior, i thought it would be good to have all your ideas here in one place, so someone whos interested is able to look, whats possible..

found these on my search:

Fri May 08, 2015 10:06 pm

Fri May 08, 2015 10:09 pm

Fri May 08, 2015 10:15 pm

the classic..

Sat May 09, 2015 8:40 am

My old 54 BD.....

Sat May 09, 2015 12:50 pm

The ones you have posted Johnny are 58 (Rich bus) and a 66 Devon....the 58 was technically available fitted to secondhand BD's in the late 50's and the early brochures depicted photo's and drawings of BD's but there are no known surviving examples
I have some pictures of a UK RHD with a homemade interior installed in 54 I will post some picture up soon...all blue leather
johnny d wrote: the classic..

That's a poor copy...the grain is the wrong way....it's not one off the early 70's remakes though
this is my version in my 58....I'm just in the middle of doing a BD breadbox and will post pictures up when its varnished
IMG_8838 by Ian Gelder, on Flickr

Sun May 10, 2015 5:33 am

54panel wrote:
I have some pictures of a UK RHD with a homemade interior installed in 54 I will post some picture up soon...all blue leather

yes please! :D

Sun May 10, 2015 11:40 am

That's looks nice. Are you the guy who posted on SSVC about Campingbox Interior Repros coming soon?

Sun May 10, 2015 1:15 pm

I've just put a 62 so22 interior in mine and it works realy well obviously you have a bit of a gap against the firewall but it works fine I will post a few pictures up tomorrow.

Tue May 12, 2015 7:17 am

Quote: Quote:
That's a poor copy...the grain is the wrong way....it's not one off the early 70's remakes though

Why do you think this is a poor copy and hasn't been manufactured by Westfalia in the 60's/70's.
All the door cabinets from the Westfalia museum camping boxes have wrong grain, you can see this on the two camping boxes installed in the barndoors sold by the Westfalia museum a few years ago on ebay.

Marcus

Tue May 12, 2015 8:31 pm

Standardfahrer wrote: Quote: Quote:
That's a poor copy...the grain is the wrong way....it's not one off the early 70's remakes though

Why do you think this is a poor copy and hasn't been manufactured by Westfalia in the 60's/70's.
All the door cabinets from the Westfalia museum camping boxes have wrong grain, you can see this on the two camping boxes installed in the barndoors sold by the Westfalia museum a few years ago on ebay.

Marcus
I thought the museum buses were reproduced in the 70's or 80's and didn't match anything from the early Westies.

Wed May 13, 2015 1:08 pm

just found this nice one..

Fri May 15, 2015 2:53 am

j.pickens wrote: Standardfahrer wrote: Quote: Quote:
That's a poor copy...the grain is the wrong way....it's not one off the early 70's remakes though

Why do you think this is a poor copy and hasn't been manufactured by Westfalia in the 60's/70's.
All the door cabinets from the Westfalia museum camping boxes have wrong grain, you can see this on the two camping boxes installed in the barndoors sold by the Westfalia museum a few years ago on ebay.

Marcus
I thought the museum buses were reproduced in the 70's or 80's and didn't match anything from the early Westies.

For sure these are reproductions, but at least reproductions made by Westfalia, so, unless you find an orginal one, I think the closest camping interieur to original you can get.
As there are only a few around, I think they are very desirable.

Anyway, I'm happy to have and use that one :D

Cheers Marcus

Fri May 15, 2015 1:45 pm

looks someone get a luxury camping interior..

Fri May 15, 2015 2:06 pm

very interesting! With some luck this is a pull out ice box that holds a LOT of beer :)

Sat May 16, 2015 1:34 pm

johnny d wrote:

wow, it hurts my eyes to see those modern speakers cut into the beautiful cabinet.

Wed May 20, 2015 12:00 am

I have just installed an early original Canterbury Pitt interior into my 54, its a bit scabby but suits the bus. Will try get some pics up

Wed May 20, 2015 6:14 am

I made it super simple... Converted an old sofa into this:

It will have to work for now. When sleeping you just move the two seats together and pile the pillows at the foot end.

Thu May 21, 2015 2:06 pm

nize wrote: I made it super simple... Converted an old sofa into this:

It will have to work for now. When sleeping you just move the two seats together and pile the pillows at the foot end.

Nice! Can you post up a picture of your sleeping quarters all set up for a good nights rest? I'm curious to see this set up as I'm looking into fabricating some sort of camper interior? Thank you.

Fri May 22, 2015 1:47 am

Barndoor Mafia wrote: nize wrote: I made it super simple... Converted an old sofa into this:

It will have to work for now. When sleeping you just move the two seats together and pile the pillows at the foot end.

Nice! Can you post up a picture of your sleeping quarters all set up for a good nights rest? I'm curious to see this set up as I'm looking into fabricating some sort of camper interior? Thank you.

Sure... This is how it looks when the first row seat is moved backward againt the rear seat. At the foot end the pillows are stacked. Ideally the pillows should be in the same hight as the seat level. I missed that... The passed weekend I was out with the family camping. Two adults, two kids and a very happy dog all slept in the barndoor :P