Bonus images from Vw Country

There was so much to take in when looking around. Each part and car had its own story. The owners are wanting to sell most things as their shelves are almost full. So definitely feel free to contact them if you are ever looking for anything.

Trip to Vw Country!

Two weeks ago now Madison and I made the trip to VW Country where our new roof was waiting for us to take it to its new home.

The drive to Sydney went really well and the trailer we hired didn't even feel like it was there. Personally I was super excited and just couldn't wait to get there and see what was soon to be our new roof!

Once getting to Country VW I thought I had taken a step into heaven!

After being reminded by Madison that we were only here to buy the roof we then sussed everything out and made sure we were making a good deal. Which we definitely were.

With help from Peter we then loaded the new roof on making sure that everything was safely tied down before heading in to see some of his current projects and other parts he has sitting around waiting to complete someone else’s project.

Rust!

When first buying the camper Madison and I both knew that there was a fair bit of rust repair we were going to have to address but last week when I removed the hedliner around the pop-top I sure was shocked how bad it really was. Before doing this we had already made the decision to look for a whole new roof for bert as it would be the best way to address the issue. Seeing the state of what was left of the roof I gave Peter from VW Country a call as I heard from Sam Hutchins (@aussiekombihunter if you're instagram savvy) that he had one ready to go that would help us out majorly!

After contacting Peter and setting a date it was a nervous... and exciting waiting game.

Out with the bed

On one of our spare afternoons this week we decided that it is time that we began stripping the Kombi down. Madison jumped right in and removed the bed with no troubles at all! One reason for this is so that we can do rust repair easier and also because we want to get the blue slip with rear seats in so it will always be recognised as a 4 seater. 

We also removed the floating floor which was actually screwed in all different places. I was a little nervous that we would be finding more rust hidden away. But this was not the case at all only a few screw holes and 1-2 holes the size of 50c coins that will need to be patched. left the back looking a lot bigger and definitely makes it look cleaner.

Front Grill

Last week I had a spare day to work on a mates Transporter as it needed some quick work to get it passed Rego. While waiting for putty to dry I decided to attack the front grill of our Kombi as its half missing metallic blue paint was really annoying me. This was my first time using paint stripper so was a pretty rad learning experience! Using the paint stripper made the job a lot easier especially in the curved slits. I just used a blade to get rid of each layer of paint then finished removing the underlying rust with a wire wheel. The original paint  that was hidden under 3 different layers was what my family calls 'Baby poo green' - the same colour of my brothers first VW Beetle that he bought for $800. 

After popping out a few dints and giving a final light sand, the grill was ready for some primer. I did 5 light layers then left it to set for two days before giving its final colour. The final coat is a burnt orange that I had laying around from a class project - a very close colour match.