Milly the 1979 Westfalia Berlin Deluxe

Found it on eBay a few weeks ago whilst I was planning my trip to Kleft & Klonk. She was living in Carslile with a nice guy called Lee Moses who imported her 18mths ago. Lee bought her to keep & has done a terific job painting her. It was originally from Sunny Calafornia by one familly from new. I got a pile of reciepts dating back to 1980. Lee stripped the outside & carried out a bare metal respray in base coat & laquer. It has never been welded (apart from the side markers etc) Its 100% rust free & there isn't a mark or blemish anywhere.Its the 1979 2.0L Fuel Injection engine with electronic breakerless ignition, Catalitic converter & oxygen sensor, its much more efficient than a normall air cooled & drives spot on. I drove home in it the first day I had her 400 miles without missing a beat.
Here are the pics that were on eBay:-

The time I woke yesterday morning.

Saw this new Vauxhaull in the services in Stafford

My seat for the 400 mile journey to Cumbria in My M8 Darrens T5

My view for 6 hrs.

Pics I took outside Lee's house.

Saw this on the way home in some services on the M6


Testing my new table with a Burger King.

Checking the lights


Home safe & sound
Plenty of flies collected on the way.

Took Milly to a classic car show first event in her, really nice weather, free to get in & loads of cool cars:-

Started buying for Milly already.A battery isolator connector:-

Some new Seatbelts, these are custom made for a Bay window, I cose the tan colour as I think it will suit the bus, I bought 2 front inertia 3 paoint belts, one front lap belt, 1 rear lap belt & one rear inertia 3 point belt:-


I also bout 6 metres of the original style plaid cloth:-

Some pics taken outside the house:-

dude the pictures dont do this van any justice

by far one of the cleanest and original van ive seen

weena wrote:

dude the pictures dont do this van any justice

by far one of the cleanest and original van ive seen

Cheers pal, nice of you to say.

Basically now I have three seat belts in the front & 2 in the rear. I didn't take as many pics of the back ones because my brother called in & so I got distracted but you get the idea.

Called over Penllergaer Woods today just to take some pics of Milly.

My M8, Lee came up today & we changed all the brake lines on his mint Apple green GT Betle. Goodridge hoses & copper/nickel alloy hard lines.

Just bought myself new front door speakers, I know components are better but I didn't want to cut any more holes:-


Alpine SPR-17C
Woofer Unit


Exceptional strength and stamina—for playing loud and long Type-R speakers deliver high volume, accurate sound for long periods of time, cleanly without distortion. The meticluously crafted cone materials and large Linear Drive magnet ensure optimum bass response and detailed, natural sound reproduction throughout the entire spectrum.

• Linear Drive Magnet
  
• Multi-Layer Cone
  
• Square Voice Coil Design
  
• Large size Voice Coil
  
• Roll Rubber Surround

Tweeter Unit

• 1” Ring-Dome Tweeter
  
• Swivel Design
  
• Others
  
• Custom-Fit Adaptor Included

Power Specifications

• Peak Power: 300W
  
• RMS Power: 100W
  
• Frequency Response: 65Hz - 27kHz
  
• Sensitivity: 87dB, 1W/1m
  
• Installation Diameter: 136mm
  
• Depth: 59mm

Ordered my new Becker Stereo today, specs below:-


BECKER CASCADE 7944
Best connections

Equipped with Bluetooth® wireless technology and a high-quality Speech Dialogue System, the Becker Cascade 7944 meets all of today's technical standards. With hands-free phone operation, exchange of addresses and telephone data, CF card navigation in 38 European countries and the Becker Surround Sound System, the Becker Cascade 7944 makes travelling more fun!

Dynamic route guidance with TMC in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France (the Paris area), Great Britain (Traffic Master), Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.

SPEECH DIALOGUE SYSTEM
200 pre-programmed speech commands and 50 individually learnable commands enhance operability and driving safety.

HANDS-FREE COMMUNICATION
A Bluetooth® compatible mobile phone can be connected via the Bluetooth® interface. Addresses and telephone data can be exchanged between mobile phone and navigation unit. The hands-free function enhances safety when using the phone on the road.

GPS NAVIGATION
GPS signals accurately determine the position of a receiver within a few metres. Independent of the means of transport, the signal information is continuously scanned to precisely calculate routes and arrival times.

IPOD® COMPATIBLE
With the Becker Remote Kit, an iPod® can be directly connected to the unit and operated via the same interface.

MP3/CD/CF
Listen to music via the integrated CD/MP3 player without interrupting navigation. MP3 playback from CF card, Microdrives or CD-R/CD-RW.

2-RDS TUNER
The integrated 2-RDS tuner ensures interference-free reception and inaudibly switches to the best frequency for the selected station.

SURROUND SOUND
The Becker Surround Sound System with 4 x 30 watts of music power and 4 x 18 watts sine-wave power guarantees an unforgettable music experience.

OLED-VARIO-COLOUR-DISPLAY
The high-resolution OLED-Vario-Colour-Display can be individually adjusted with a choice of 15 different background colours.

ADDRESS BOOK
The integrated address book stores up to 500 addresses that can be entered directly into the route navigation. The most recent destinations are automatically displayed in the quick selection list.

SPEED LIMITS
The Speed Limit display makes driving safer. Information on the legal limits on over 100,000 km of motorway in Europe is included in the digital map data. The maximum speed limit automatically appears in
the display.

TMC
With TMC (Traffic Message Channel), the latest traffic information can be accessed in the selected broadcasting area at any time. The navigation unit automatically detects the current traffic situation and recalculates the route on request. Dynamic route guidance helps avoid unnecessary delays.

POINTS OF INTEREST
The map data for Europe contains more than 1,000,000 special destinations including airports, hospitals, service stations, hotels, restaurants and stadiums. Search results are shown as a list in the display.

Fitted my Bluebird Customs side step properly now, had to remove the tamk guard but the step sits lower anyway so thats fine. I was supprised to find that the holes were already in the jacking point so was well happy about that:-




Anyway bought some thermo matts from Just Kampers, had these before they make the bus much warmer & keep the light out too so you sleep beter in the early morning:-

Got my deluxe belt line trim today.
Hopefuly if its not raining I'll fit it tommorrow.

I've been calling this bus Dekota beige but it turns out that its Mexico Beige:-


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyJq0UnSx8I

About time I done an update.
On Friday morning I took Milly to work, when I got out of work at 6 that afternoon I noticed the driver front wheel was flat, luckily I had a spare a jack & a 19mm socket.
Replaced the wheel with the spare & noticed a screw embeded in the tread, hopefully it can be repaired.

To add insult to injury I couldn't start the bus, luckily I had my new leasure battery (which I haven't fitted yet) & my jump leads & jump started her. My missus met me there with the girls & off we went. Got to Chedar about 9.30 & drove in to the camp site where Octoberfest was being held. What a sight loads of camper vans were lit up with rope lights, neons etc. It looked really pretty & I was very impressed.





Set up our marquee between the vans & chocked up Milly with my new levels I bought from Britania Tow Bar Centre in Swansea (what a difference they made I'm not a fan of sleeping on a hill).
My missus set up the bed & fitted our Jusk Kampers Thermo blinds if you haven't got any get some they fit purfect, keep out all the light, in the winter they keep you warm & in the summer they keep you cool.

Got the BBQ on & we got drunk