Harry the Texas Westy

pics near the bottom of this thread: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=476127&highlight=heater+dump+pipes

 

my mechanics back from his 3 week holiday in Australia, so hopefully more news in a few weeks

done a few jobs, got some fresh steels to paint for my BFG All Terrain tyres that are on the way

fitted a rear seatbelt for nipper, and some new belts up front

and ordered up my 240v/12v set up

Ive gone for the following set up

110 AH Leisure battery
3 stage 18a battery charger
consumer unit
auxillery blade fuse box
70a heavy duty split charge set up
twin 240v rcd controlled sockets
2 12v sockets

Hoping to stash them in the wardrobe to save room under the bed for my propex

 

looking at a set of natural mats for my cab area like these i spotted on madmatz blog, although im gonna get the passenger wrap around extended all the way round the back, to cover the rubber bit shown in pic 3, also like the rear mat.

my cab floor carpet is shot, so need a new one, as well as seat stands and wrap arounds, these look a good alternative to the rubber mats

 

i like that .

 

Carpet set looks really nice.

 

Air con lucky bugger!

 

Really? I thought it was sub-tropical darn sarf

 

Volksworld to do list (must make a start soon)

Fit seat belts - done
make templates for madmatz - done
paint spare set of steels -done
polish hubcaps-done
fit new tyres

paint front panel
paint rear
paint pop top
fit new canvas
paint bumpers, fit new overrider rubbers
stone chip and paint arches
rust proof chassis
fix small holes in steps, repaint
tidy up cap floor
remove windows, rub down and paint windows, replace with new rubbers all round


fit 240v/12v system
fit propex
fit stereo/speakers
fit flip down telly/dvd
fit 12v sockets

fit madmatz carpet set
fit new sunvisors

im sure theres more, will ad them on when i remember, only 18 days, must make a start

 

washed the bus,and did some more templates for my madmatz set

anyone know why my captains seat just spins round, it fixed in place b4 i took it all apart









i filled in the gap show above in the end

 

stage 1 complete


got all my 12v/240v electrics in, propex fitted, stereo and drop down dvd fitted

engine serviced and new exhaust fitted(sounded like a suburu)

just got to fit my madmatz mat set for volksworld, then stage 2 starts

stage 2 will be some tlc, paint, new wheels and tyres and new canvas and various rubbers, hopefully done for elemental


**Highly recommended are Bugmad Customs of Harlow, Essex who installed this lot for me**


jailbars and alpine 6x9s fitted



consumer unit, 3 way charger and 240v sockets



stereo and berg shifter in place



speakers all in






propex install








spot the gas bottle, well hidden when the shelf goes back in

 

and the dvd player has an FM transmiter, so all the sound can go thru the stereo, just tested it out with the muppets on sd card

 

few more updates, carpet set fitted, its well made, and fitted well, those templates i made for the captains chair and rear mat worked well

we also camped at the volksworld show, our first proper camp since we got the bus

the next stage will be a full repaint, including bumpers and roof and all new rubbers, plus a set of powdercoated steels and new bfg a/t tyres

 

more goodies arrived 8)

my rear table and dash table arrived all the way from pennsylvania, just gotta find my dash table leg now, as its vanished




also got my rims back from powdercoating, just waiting on the tyres to arrive now

 

looking good mate, don't forget if you're storing a gas bottle in the cupboard you need a hole in the floor for any gas that leaks to escape or you'll go to sleep for a long time.....

 

Question: Why couldn't you just run a line from the Westy propane tank to the Propex?
And by the way, every time the leg for my front snack table vanishes, I always seem to find it behind my cook-top, just under the window. Have a look there. I would be thoroughly amused to hear it isn't just me.