58-61 SO-23 Westfalia official thread.....

[Braukuche]

After perusing this thread I noticed that there was a m code for chrome hub caps, so I assume if GUI don't have the m code I should become running grey caps on my Fity nine?
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1963 stretched double cab
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[Sandager]

Hello,

Gonna try and wake this thread up! I am about to make a replica breadbox lid for my so23 cabinet / emka cups. But!! Cant find the dimensions anywhere - Does anyone here have an original SO23 with the breadbox? And want to measure and share with me the dimensions of the lid, have tried google very thoroughly without luck.
It Will be very much appreciated!!!

Br. Mike

[Pau]

Good morning with Bella Storm hitting our windows.

I assumed that bowl trap is missing. Or do I own the only So23 with factory non-bowl equipment? Does anybody reproduce only this side wall?

Oh, yes, I forgot 2 questions. Could you please show pictures of:

- original way of holding table while driving
and
- front and rear bumper tent mounts (welded? bolted?)

Thank you

Just for the thread:

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[earlywesty]

That wash cabinet does not look original in the photo. The table is clamped to the wall in ' table mode' with a chrome screw clamp. The table leg sits on an aluminum acorn nut screwed through the floor to a bolt underneath. The rear bumper tent mount is just a hole at the front right corner of the bumper. The front bumper is an L shaped bracket of sorts that bolts to the bumper with 2 small bolts and nuts. A quick seach of the gallery on this site should show pictures of those items pretty easily.

[earlywesty]

Your rear tent mount on the roof does not appear original in the photo, unless there is something sticking out of it.

Does your front bumper have two small holes in it for a tent mount on the pass side about 1/3 of the way from the end?

[Pau]

Thank you buseric,

I will look for bumper holes (I didn't think about the problem of having a small garage when we bought the house 8years ago).

There is a problem for sure at roof tent mount. But it seems to be there for a while, roof is dented like somebody hit a wall/roof with bracket up...

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYBODY!
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[Pau]

Hello. Everybody is doing fine?

Closet looks original, I guess lateral door once broke and somebody just put a wood panel.

Rear bumper hole for tent pole is there and very clean. But the only hole I found in the front bumper is this one:

I realise I still have a looooooot of work

Stay safe.
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[earlywesty]

[Pau]

Hello,
filler? I don't see filler, my So'23 is super clean!

Could anybody post a closer picture of front bumper tent mounting, please?

Just to see if it is possible to do it myself, or does anybody has one for sale (in Europe...)?

Thank you very much
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[EverettB]

A photo I found searching the Gallery here for west* tent mount
(west* was used to cover both westy and westfalia entries)

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[velvetgreen]

This is what you want but I think this is made for RHD bus- I assume yours is LHD? Anyway you get the idea

https://www.bbt4vw.com/en/catalogue/1-exterior/8-A...ng-doors-/

[mandraks]

[Clara]

[Pau]

I searched tent mount/mounts/ bumper mount/...
Thank you very much.
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[Pau]

Everett, Clara, I found your old photos. Thank you!

Could anybody, please do the same thing with NON-pressed front bumper?

I am not in a hurry, but I guess it will be easier to adapt my bumper than find an original westfalia one...

Thank you.
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[Pau]

Hello,
sorry everybody. Several family issues kept me out for a while. Thank you for your answers. Nice to see bbt reproduces brackets. (For LHD as well. https://www.bbt4vw.com/en/catalogue/1-exterior/8-A...ng-doors-/)

Another issue: do you like scary pictures?

I don't know why I didn't look at electrics before, but that's a big surprise! Is it normal? For sure NOT, but should any good soul put a picture of an SO23' correct fuse box?

And the Westfalia wiring diagram, please? I only found normal diagrams.

Thank you and keep safe.
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[Pau]

Hello,

I hope you are all doing as well as possible. Spring is here and hurry is entering to get the westy safely running.

I can't find a wiring diagram SO23 specific. One can think our westy had an exciting life and evolved a little bit too much (turn signals on b-pillars, 3rd stop light, speakers here and there, 12V transformation). So I would like to know which should be the original electrical configuration. I assume that the second fusebox shouldn't be there.

Thank you.
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[Braukuche]

[Pau]

THANK YOU!
That will be hard to know what is all the other mess, then!

By the way, who does good subhatch seal?

Have a nice day.
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[earlywesty]

To my knowledge nobody makes a subhatch seal. You likely need to use the grey door seals. I try to find good used sections of old door seals for so they compress properly and don't put too much stress on the hinges and latches