my 77 westfalia

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jereds77westy
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my 77 westfalia

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I bought it in Kenia alaska... on memorial day... For $2200 and it came with a set of studded tires on rims...

1 spot under the sink where it rusted through... other then that, everything is excelent.. It did have MINOR surface rust spots on the drivers side and front from rock chips...

Image This what at the house I bought it from 158 miles from home... (anchorage, alaska)

Image This was the worst side for rust spots... nothing threw the metal except one tiny spot under the sink.

Image front view sanded..

Image just painted, with the top covers till on, no lights, etc..


Image Front view

Image one of my favorite pics...

Image nice plate huh... no one gets it... then everyonce in a while a VW person comes up and says "nice plate, I get it"


Image engine pic... shows the little rust it had on the rear apron...
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Post by jereds77westy »

forgot to mention...

she got a new windshield, new lights (H4 hella headlights), side markers (all 4), tail lights, new roof seals.

Some other mechanical stuff... New exhaust from the heads back... $1200!
pertronix ignition
coil
cap & rotor
air filter, oil filter (of course)

Um... CD player with 6.5 infinity 2 way speakers (front) & 6x9 pioneer 4 ways rear.

cleaned the door handles inside (they wouldn't unlock with the key).. Cleaned the carpet, and washed all the interior seats...

Think that's about it....

oh yeah, aluminum bug pack valve covers... and a bunch of other little stuff...
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Post by jereds77westy »

you can view all of my pics at the yahoo links below...

http://photos.yahoo.com/svtf2002

there are several different directories... to include a couple in a horrible camping trip in 35 degree weather and it rained the whole time! oh the fun!
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Post by jereds77westy »

did some interior work on it recently.. Recovered the seats...

new steering wheel and shifter pics...


also can view pics of it on my cardomain site at http://www.cardomain.com/ride/862229
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Kenny2428
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Post by Kenny2428 »

What kind of paint did you use? Is it a 2 stage paint? Looks good.
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Post by jereds77westy »

nope it was a single stage paint...

it's a soft paint even when dry, you can feel it softer then the stock paint...

I think it's a polyurethane, I think the manufacturer was omni

It was simply to allow me to kill the rust spots that were starting and paint over it to last while I finished my stay in alaska (till june 06)...

Anyway, I bought a compressor, paint gun, the paint and such... sanded her down and painted away...

turned out decent for my first time...

Have bigger and better plans for it next time, but saving money was the name of the game this time...
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Post by BAVWCJoel »

jereds77westy wrote:I think it's a polyurethane, I think the manufacturer was omni
I've done a polyurethane paint job on my bug and it turned out good as well. 1 thing i might suggest... try not to spill gas on the paint when you fill up your gas tank, i did that once.. and the paint just bubbled up and ate itself off right under the gas flap.
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Post by Kenny2428 »

I plan on using a single stage paint on my car also...not looking for show winning paint, but somehting suitable for a daily driver. What kind of paint gun did you use to paint it?
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Post by jereds77westy »

The paint gun I used is a Finex by Sharpe

Model number FX300 HVLP... Part number 248756 (1.4mm tip)

It worked for both... The next time I think I will buy a smaller nozzel for the paint and a larger for the primer... say the 1.3mm for paint and a 1.8mm for the primer...

http://www.sharpe1.com/finex.htm is the manufacturer page on the gun I have...

I also bought a 22 gallon, 5 HP compressor at schucks auto parts store...
http://www.partsamerica.com/ProductDeta ... mber=COAC5 is the compressor I bought... (I think it was a little under powered but worked fine... Just use an inline air drier... glad I did, as when I drained it after hours and hours of consant operation, about 1/4 gallon of water came out the drain...

Total the paint cost me about $215 for primer, paint (all the mixings), rust prep (acid)... the place gave me a military discount so it was well discounted, most about 15% off but the paint was almost 50% off... I think it would have cost about $400 before the discounts...

The tank was $149... (picked up at my local schucks, if you get the same one... print the page I linked... it's $100 more in the stores and they will price match it for $149 instead of $249...)

The gun was $115 I think... I was planning on a $80 gun that had the paint un a jar under the gun and was pressure fed... I am glad I went with this one instead... easy to use, and is a HVLP (which basically means less over spray and such, the cloud it makes is more direct and doesn't blow everywhere like a conventional gun does).

Lastly, I know the gun requires a higher rating then my compressor pushed out... but the gun is rated 11.4 cfn @ 29 psi... the tank only being rated at 5.8 @ 40psi, but I didn't have any issues... you ran the tank at a controlled 35-38 psi via the regulator and it worked great...
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Post by Plewka »

i dream for Westa!!!!

sorry for my english but i'm from poland and i can't good english speak
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Post by jereds77westy »

a few more updates...

I have covered the interior (bottom level only, I plan on leaving the top as is for now... maybe in the future but not for a while)...

I also have installed the front carpet and between the seats... I have the rear carpet cut but need to work with unbolting the cabinets and such to install it... might take a couple weeks to get it in... It's pretty nasty weather here in anchorage alaska...

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http://www.cardomain.com/ride/862229/3 is my cardomain site... with the interior changes...

I do plan on further upholstery work but for now, I didn't use uphostery material... so it's temporary... the color is probably gonna be a little darker next time...
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Post by jereds77westy »

a couple more pics....


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this is what it looked like stock...
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