No port code flipseat with primer grey interior?

[otahuhu]

Hi starting on a tear down and preservation on this flipseat... curtains have now gone getting some bbt fabric.

The unusual thing is that it has a primer grey interior...

sardine can had exploded at some point years ago under the cabinets

Anyway, you can see in this pic even the westy only bracket around the handle is primer grey.

Po painted 3 of the 6 window surrounds with house paint, makes even a westy brush paint job look tidy...

Anyone else have a westy with a primer grey interior? I seem to recall a velvet green sub hatch on here that looked to have a primer interior?

[easy e]

[Clara]

[Erik G]

great bus

yes, as a kombi it would have the grey primer interior

agreed with the above - has all the usual tourist stuff. surprised it doesn't have 6 pop-outs listed though
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[Z]

Wow, great bus.

That sardine can thing, tho...eek.

[otahuhu]

Thank you for the replies, if it looks familiar Clara it probably is, it made the wines years ago because the Og owners widow and son in Albuquerque listed it cheaply then jacked the price right up, it then took a while to sell even though it had so many of the htf Westy parts. Pic from the Og ad...

I always remembered it and jumped on it when it came up again. I knew it was a no port code picked up in Germany Flipseat with the usual steering lock, USA specs, prep for camper and 199 mcodes, but thought it was odd it had no Westy paint code and really wierd that it has a primer interior. I will take pics of Flipseat area tomorrow it all looks legit. The curtain and Og bungee were preserved because no one had ever removed the grog cabinet, not even to look for the fishy smell

[oakman]

Killer Westy!! I got to check your flipseat out in person at Octo a while back, very nice bus.

[Malokin Martin]

I lusted after that bus. You are correct, it was a jerk move for the PO to squeeze the price.

[hazetguy]

I remember seeing, and selling parts to the guy that owned that bus when I lived in Albuquerque. Always drooled over it, and thought the big hatch/hatchtop combo was pretty slick. Glad to see it again.
It was (and still looks to be) just a nice, clean bus that hasn't been all screwed with. Guard that chandelier with your life!
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[zuggbug]

Very nice
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[oakman]

[oakman]

Two years have flown by fast! Any updates on this sweet rig??

[otahuhu]

Hi Brandon, I'm working out of the country a lot but the bus is finally going to the right bodyman to do the rust under the flipseat arms and give it a little tickle here and there. Its literally taken years for this guy to be able to have some time to work on the bus. It will be strictly a preservation not a restoration. I just had all the running gear gone through, removed the disc brake kit that was on it and gone back to stock brakes. Basically anything that wasn't og has been put back to stock incl removing the fake safaris. Also found the last few missing items from the bus which included an original so34 owners manual, two bucket toilet a few westy rack clamps and one og cabinet knob. Big thanks to Greg and Clara, Merz and a Scammer from Italy (interesting Story)

I like the grey interior its still a mystery to me but I think the key thing with this bus is the 199 mcode... Swivel driver's seat Panel Van, Camper, Kombi...Also used on Flipseat Westfalia campers. The m199 code is contained in the m361 package incl in the m367 package seen on the mcode plate. I Imagine the bus was transported sans seat to Westfalia by rail where it was outfitted with its so34 interior and then delivered to Berlin for pick up as part of the USA tourist delivery program hence all the USA spec mcodes. Maybe they just forgot to paint the interior at Hanover or maybe it was ordered that way its a kind of mouse grey grey interior like the old delivered in primer buses.

Ill update this thread with a few pics shortly... Anthony

[oakman]

[j.pickens]

[otahuhu]

Finally started on this last year and now have some time to upload some pics. To be clear I'm not taking any credit for the work here, I'm just writing the cheques. Credit goes to Dave Hermanns, Cory Woodd and Ivan fuller at... https://www.revivem.co.nz/ although these guys are predominately doing full blown restos I managed to slip the westy in and get them to promise to save a much og metal as possible and not go to crazy. Unfortunately here in NZ we have strict compliance rules that have to be adhered to before you can legally drive a vehicle on the road. Although this bus was solid it had some previous poor repairs to the rear and front that needed to be sorted properly and a bit of rust under the flipseat arms and one rocker. Pics...

Bus before, looking good with one of Jaceks' rack covers...

Not a good sign...

Nasty

Remove the damage and fabricating a cpl of bits

Test fit...

Repair the old

Better

Re skin, unfortunatly the old was to beat-up and poorly worked to save

Next up more of the same on the right side...

[otahuhu]

The Right side

Looking familiar...

cutting the bad

Repairing the old

Nasty

Fixing the og

Test

refit

Re skin, Tig welds

Nearly there...

Coming up, Rust under the flipseat arm...

And a crappa

[orangebug60guy]

Nice job. Love this bus. Why didn't you remove the engine while doing all this welding?
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