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webberjames95
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 Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2020 2:10 pm Post subject: Re: Berty- a 1984 Westfalia |
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Welp, still hunting for that 90° elbow.
Got my plates!
Then woke up to some snow!
Took her down to the river to get away from all the corona virus news and clear our heads with some bottles of wine and books!
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1967 Bug:
Olga: the Cal look car lost in the PNW SOLD 
1984 Vanagon:
Berty the Vanagon
1973 Bus
Amber the Bus Sold
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| Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2020 1:09 pm Post subject: Re: Berty- a 1984 Westfalia |
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Wine and 'Books' 
If I was alone in Nature with my wife and our van, I'd be into 'Wine and Books' too! 
Your van looks pretty Boss, too!
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webberjames95
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Location: Pullman, Washington
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| Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2020 8:03 pm Post subject: Re: Berty- a 1984 Westfalia |
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But why?
Coffee bag complete with beans
Will do for the meantime until I figure out what we’re gonna do to this interior, I’m thinking a stock restoration and just general cleanup and a real simple bare bones but cozy look:
Got a new (to me) bible:
Puppy
Kitty
Too bad GoWesty is closed indefinitely due to Corona virus. Just ordered a ton of goodies but it won’t be shipped until god knows
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1967 Bug:
Olga: the Cal look car lost in the PNW SOLD
1984 Vanagon:
Berty the Vanagon
1973 Bus
Amber the Bus Sold
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| Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2020 4:15 am Post subject: Re: Berty- a 1984 Westfalia |
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Better still would be the Bentley Bible.
This is the Official Manual for the Faithful.
Learn it.
Know it.
Live it.
Love it!
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1990 Feldjäger Syncro AAZ
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H6 Subaru Engine Swap Thread
WV2ZZZ25ZFH094138(x)/ WV2YB0257LH057308(x)/ WV2ZZZ25ZLG113270/
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webberjames95
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| Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2020 4:20 pm Post subject: Re: Berty- a 1984 Westfalia |
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Tore out the rear seat out to do some deep cleaning:
Finally getting some deep exterior cleaning done as well:
Still need to do some polishing on the paint, and get some fiberglass polish and really get some more of that deeper mold removed. Thing feels a lot better with some armor all on all the plastics and no dirt splattered all over it
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1967 Bug:
Olga: the Cal look car lost in the PNW SOLD
1984 Vanagon:
Berty the Vanagon
1973 Bus
Amber the Bus Sold
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webberjames95
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Location: Pullman, Washington
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| Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2020 12:04 pm Post subject: Re: Berty- a 1984 Westfalia |
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Escaping to Idaho For a night to get out of cell tower range:
Got a decent amount of parts coming from gowesty if they ever happen to ship the order in these corona virus times
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1967 Bug:
Olga: the Cal look car lost in the PNW SOLD
1984 Vanagon:
Berty the Vanagon
1973 Bus
Amber the Bus Sold
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webberjames95
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webberjames95
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| Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2020 5:45 pm Post subject: Re: Berty- a 1984 Westfalia |
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Got some parts showing up tomorrow, also waiting on even more parts to ship. Got some nice little interior pieces in today though:
Before:
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Going full on instgram van life status with this one
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1967 Bug:
Olga: the Cal look car lost in the PNW SOLD
1984 Vanagon:
Berty the Vanagon
1973 Bus
Amber the Bus Sold
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webberjames95
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Location: Pullman, Washington
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| Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2020 10:53 am Post subject: Re: Berty- a 1984 Westfalia |
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Got a bunch of little parts in, wiper arm caps/pivot bolt caps/ oem mudflap plugs/ new cap and rotor/ got new valve cover seals and valve covers installed.
As it turns out, the 90° elbow for the aux valve that I bought to replace the original looked so much smaller but the inner diameter was the same and it was an answer to that problem.
The throttle body to intake manifold seal was so torn I think it might been the root cause of almost all my idling issues:
Hard to say since I’ve replaced so many lines and rubber pieces on the top end which was causing the problem directly, should be interesting to see if it starts easier when the temperature is colder now that the aux valve hoses are fixed.
Also easy feel good replacement:
Got some SA style midflaps on every corner:
Got a lazy friend who likes to help watch but sometimes the sun gets to her:
Going to work on some chassis undercoating/think about starting body work/rust mitigation on the rockers and do a bedliner around the body. Also doing an oil change today
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1967 Bug:
Olga: the Cal look car lost in the PNW SOLD
1984 Vanagon:
Berty the Vanagon
1973 Bus
Amber the Bus Sold
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jimf909 
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| Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2020 11:07 am Post subject: Re: Berty- a 1984 Westfalia |
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| Jake de Villiers wrote: |
Wow! That's a completely unnecessary number of stickers... Hang in there.  |
Ha! I hate the stickers but love the stripes (five of them!). Cool van and fun story. Thanks for posting.
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Current: 1990 Westy Camper - Bostig RG4, 2wd, manual trans w/Peloquin, NAHT high-top, 280 ah LFP battery, 160 watts solar, Flash Silver, seam rust, bondo, etc., etc.
Past: 1985 Westy Camper - 1.9 wbx, 2wd, manual trans, Merian Brown, (sold after 17 years to Northwesty who converted it to a Syncro). |
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| Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2020 11:22 am Post subject: Re: Berty- a 1984 Westfalia |
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That is a SEXY van you've got there. Can't wait to see it all cleaned up, in the summer sun, beach in the background....  
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1990 Feldjäger Syncro AAZ
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H6 Subaru Engine Swap Thread
WV2ZZZ25ZFH094138(x)/ WV2YB0257LH057308(x)/ WV2ZZZ25ZLG113270/
"Where am I going? And what am I doing in this handbasket?" -Nicodemus Jordan
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webberjames95
Snorkelstang Finder
Joined: January 18, 2011
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Location: Pullman, Washington
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| Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2020 10:09 pm Post subject: Re: Berty- a 1984 Westfalia |
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Been wanting to do this since day one of ownership:
Before:
After:
I like dark wheels on a light car. Bright wheels on a dark car.
Looks like my go westy order finally shipped 
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1967 Bug:
Olga: the Cal look car lost in the PNW SOLD
1984 Vanagon:
Berty the Vanagon
1973 Bus
Amber the Bus Sold
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webberjames95
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Location: Pullman, Washington
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| Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2020 7:13 pm Post subject: Re: Berty- a 1984 Westfalia |
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Quick and easy grill paint today:
Baking in the sun:
Faded on first day of ownership:
Today:
Not the best pics but you get the idea, fresh paint here and there makes me really want to polish out the off white paint on the body. Into the wormhole I go!!
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1967 Bug:
Olga: the Cal look car lost in the PNW SOLD
1984 Vanagon:
Berty the Vanagon
1973 Bus
Amber the Bus Sold
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webberjames95
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| Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2020 10:42 pm Post subject: Re: Berty- a 1984 Westfalia |
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Unfortunately the previous owner removed the kitchen in favor of more living space, but I was able to find one in western WA and had a buddy pick it up for me. Will be here by the end of next week when he comes to visit, should be a fun project to rebuild this whole kitchen setup and modernize it to complete a big missing section of the interior
Was also able to score the arm rest for the bed as mine was missing as well
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1967 Bug:
Olga: the Cal look car lost in the PNW SOLD
1984 Vanagon:
Berty the Vanagon
1973 Bus
Amber the Bus Sold
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webberjames95
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| Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2020 7:29 pm Post subject: Re: Berty- a 1984 Westfalia |
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Backroads:
Officially a westfalia now
Got some goodies still coming in for the van:
Kitchen install, needs love but it’s in there and we have a plan:
Stopping in the lumber warehouse
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1967 Bug:
Olga: the Cal look car lost in the PNW SOLD
1984 Vanagon:
Berty the Vanagon
1973 Bus
Amber the Bus Sold
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webberjames95
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YosemiteBound
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| Posted: Tue May 05, 2020 10:56 pm Post subject: Re: Berty- a 1984 Westfalia |
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| webberjames95 wrote: |
Been wanting to do this since day one of ownership:
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I like dark wheels on a light car. Bright wheels on a dark car.
Looks like my go westy order finally shipped |
Hey can I ask your method here? Powder coat? Paint? Remove each wheel to do it? I need to clean up my og steelies and do this. Looks great btw.
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webberjames95
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Location: Pullman, Washington
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| Posted: Fri May 08, 2020 7:12 pm Post subject: Re: Berty- a 1984 Westfalia |
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| YosemiteBound wrote: |
| webberjames95 wrote: |
Been wanting to do this since day one of ownership:
Before:
After:
I like dark wheels on a light car. Bright wheels on a dark car.
Looks like my go westy order finally shipped |
Hey can I ask your method here? Powder coat? Paint? Remove each wheel to do it? I need to clean up my og steelies and do this. Looks great btw. |
All i did was plastidip them quickly, about a can a wheel, couldnt bring myself to permanetly paint a wheel with a polished lip, came out very well though.
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1967 Bug:
Olga: the Cal look car lost in the PNW SOLD
1984 Vanagon:
Berty the Vanagon
1973 Bus
Amber the Bus Sold
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webberjames95
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| Posted: Fri May 08, 2020 7:17 pm Post subject: Re: Berty- a 1984 Westfalia |
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This was my interior day one. Millions of stickers, missing kitchen, candle wax everywhere, and dirt and grime everywhere:
Interior as of today. Still not quite where it needs to be but its getting closer. Going to redo the paint job I did on the kitchen face plate, get the decals, plumb up an entirely new water system and propane system. But aesthetically its not far from where I want it. Just installing my Sewfine carpet kit today.
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1967 Bug:
Olga: the Cal look car lost in the PNW SOLD
1984 Vanagon:
Berty the Vanagon
1973 Bus
Amber the Bus Sold
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