How To Remove Your Late Westy Interior (Pics) FAQ

[plaid_p22_76]

Thanks to Eric's great instruction manual, I finally removed my Westy's Berlin (Campmobile 76) Kitchen and cabinet. It's a swiss P22, so no gaz cooker, but tri fridge, BA6 Burner Heater.

I slightly damaged one cabinet as I wasnt finding which screws were fixing the fridge to the cabinet. It's the inner Philips screws when you lift the fridge's hood on the left side as on this photo(on the right side of photo):

Again great help from you all ! Thanks you

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[wrxnofx]

[my59]

Killer documentation.

Now I know what all the empty holes are for in the westy interior some po put in the bus!
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[EZ Gruv]

[wrxnofx]

Trying to remove my interior cabinets to vacuum up all the mouse bodies that are probably hiding underneath. For the sink cabinet I’ve hit a snag. Underneath the bus I’ve removed the cap and the first bracket. However, unless I’m mistaken it seems to me the end of the PVC is far too large to pass through the hole in the second bracket. I can’t tell if this end is a separate fitting that has been screwed or glued on to the end of the PVC. Any guidance here?

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[HibsMax]

Great thread. I am in the process of renovating our Westie. I basically want to remove all the cabinets that we don't use anyway so there is more space for sleeping, maybe sitting around a table. Having never stripped an interior out of any vehicle, I was a little apprehensive about doing this (like, how do the cabinets stay in place?), and this thread gives me everything I need. I was surprised to see how few screws/bolts/nuts are used to hold things in place.

Cheers!

edit: a wee note from my experience today. When removing the sink cabinet, you might need to give it a jolt. Mine felt rock solid until I gave it a wee bit oomph and it came right away.

I had a similar experience with the cooler/storage to the side of the sink cabinet, but that issue was related to a wire that someone had installed and it snaked through the cabinet acting like an anchor. Once that was cut, the cabinet came out nicely.

[EZ Gruv]

[TheLills.com]

Here's our video of us taking out every piece of furniture, panel and layer until our 1978 VW bus was completely bare-bones. We cleaned him out and put in dampening material to reduce noise and increase insulation.

Beyond removing the complete interior, our video goes through the whole redesign of our 1978 VW Westfalia Bus interior, including: floors, door panels, custom cabinets and more. Enjoy!


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Read all about it: http://thelills.com/the-lills-vw-bus-interior-makeover/
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[EZ Gruv]

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[60vwnewengland]

Used this thread today to remove a complete interior out of a 78. Thanks to this thread we did it in about 3hrs. Having two people really makes this process go quickly and easily.


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[Vova]

Thanks for documenting the process! Will save many people including me lots of time.
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[busdaddy]

5mm metric bolt, Ace harware should have them.
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[hippievan420]

On the left hand side of the seat, you see this near the top. Remove these 2 small nuts:

Here it is removed:

is there a technical name for these screws? I busted mine and can't find new ones without knowing what I'm looking for.
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[sdw53]

Great photo step by step! Thanks!

Question, anyone ever try to put a late bay Westy interior into in earlier bay window? I have a 78 with an exquisite interior but the body is shot. Throughout the years aren't all bay windows mostly the same on the inside? I need to find a new body for my interior. I understand finding a late model Westy body would be ideal, however, could any bay window bus work for a switch out? Are the roof structured differently? Say if I wanted to put the late canvas top in a standard model? I know there would have to be holes drilled for plumbing and electrical etc.any suggestions would be helpful!

[driverinmyhead]

I already have an idea what's under there (LOL).

the gap under the back seat and area where the spare tire goes have garbage and funk that I can see.... not too sure what else might be lurking under the kitchen!

[Bala]

[EZ Gruv]

[driverinmyhead]

Thank you for this!!!!

It'll be a while, but I plan to remove my Westy interior to clean, replace hoses and inspect everything as well as do some light restoration. (someone added a fluorescent light when the old one quit working).

Awesome write up! You make it look so easy!

[EZ Gruv]

Glad this thread is still helpful!
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Photographer for HotVWs, VolksWorld, AirMighty, VW Camper & Commercial, Hayburner, and more.
My Photography Page.