VW Kombi.comWell, the restoration on the units has been going pretty good. It took a couple of weeks of filling, sanding, re-fixing old joins and applying finishing touches (fablon vinyl covering and edge trimming), along with a bit of painting, varnishing and good old-fashioned cleaning. The bed/seat is recovered and everything is almost ready to go back in, although I still have to finish the cupboard doors – just waiting on finding the right router part so I can cut a groove in the doors for the trim to go in. You can see the progress in the photos below:
Now, it just needs somewhere to go, right? This weekend I bravely took to the existing interior. Once I’d pulled up the first bit of laminate floor, well, I was committed to it then. Over the next hour and a half or so, I unscrewed and pulled out the various fittings until the back of the bus was completely empty. It looks positively cavernous in there now!
Before the refurbed interior goes back in I’m going to get a few jobs done on the inside, namely:
- Wire brush all the floor and re-paint with a black rust-proof paint
- Sand all the bodywork above the suage line on the interior from the bulkhead back
- Remove the windows with the knackered seals, also replace the pop-out windows for new (non-leaky) windows
- While the windows are out, re-tint them all – easier to do on a flat surface, and can actually put the rubbers over the top of the tinting, woohoo!
- Paint the interior above the suage line white
- Lift up the pop-top, blitz the inside with a range of toxic chemicals to remove damp spots and what have you!
Sounds like a lot, but nothing too troubling really. Can do it all myself, the only question is how quickly? Watch this space!
