buy a camper and make her your own
Posted: 08 Aug 2009, 11:50
so here's how the old girl looked a few months ago, not long after i bought her (soz cant find any decent ones of her atm). she's a 1980 Devon 2l Aircooled and she's great 
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however, i immediately realised that i had to make her personal. a plan was needed to make her feel like my own. dont get me wrong, she was completely useable from day 1, but the interior was 'very' grubby and the engine is 'very' tired
i set about installing a lesiure battery and associated circuits. i split the charging by using a big diode and have a 6 MCB switch panel for the sundry circuits.
having no sounds was an issue, so i installed a thumping sound system, for the not so quiet weekends away
this raised a few issues with the nearly 30 year old chipboard. i now realised the interior would need a complete revamp, so thats gonna happen over this winter *fingers crossed*, as i still want to use her for her purpose in life...... going away and having fun 
my family didnt like the colour, and tbh as the brown wasnt the standard VW brown of the Devon, nor did i
now it gets interesting, the paint job ! my friend (the one with the splitty 
) is a tattoo artist. i trust his artistic flair implicitly. i chose the colours i wanted (all original VW colours) and he designed the paint job for me. this first draft on paper was not to my liking, the second however was spot on
now, this is not going to be to everyones liking, and i completely understand that (life would be very boring if that was the case), so please be gentle with your comments oh yes, and then came the wheels, just to set it off. got them from Midland Wheels which was a real mission for me, but they were excellent and 'very' helpful to a noob camper like myself thats where the money ran out, and mrs koopsi put her foot firmly down 
hopefully the interior will be done this winter and engine next, although i may have to change that around as 55mph flatout is causing me some concern
whatever happens, i'll keep u all updated (thats if anyone is interested )
so, here's how she looks now - those of a nervous disposition, look away now.......
u were warned
:however, i immediately realised that i had to make her personal. a plan was needed to make her feel like my own. dont get me wrong, she was completely useable from day 1, but the interior was 'very' grubby and the engine is 'very' tired
i set about installing a lesiure battery and associated circuits. i split the charging by using a big diode and have a 6 MCB switch panel for the sundry circuits.having no sounds was an issue, so i installed a thumping sound system, for the not so quiet weekends away
this raised a few issues with the nearly 30 year old chipboard. i now realised the interior would need a complete revamp, so thats gonna happen over this winter *fingers crossed*, as i still want to use her for her purpose in life...... going away and having fun my family didnt like the colour, and tbh as the brown wasnt the standard VW brown of the Devon, nor did i
now it gets interesting, the paint job ! my friend (the one with the splitty ) is a tattoo artist. i trust his artistic flair implicitly. i chose the colours i wanted (all original VW colours) and he designed the paint job for me. this first draft on paper was not to my liking, the second however was spot on now, this is not going to be to everyones liking, and i completely understand that (life would be very boring if that was the case), so please be gentle with your comments
oh yes, and then came the wheels, just to set it off. got them from Midland Wheels which was a real mission for me, but they were excellent and 'very' helpful to a noob camper like myself thats where the money ran out, and mrs koopsi put her foot firmly down hopefully the interior will be done this winter and engine next, although i may have to change that around as 55mph flatout is causing me some concern
whatever happens, i'll keep u all updated (thats if anyone is interested )so, here's how she looks now - those of a nervous disposition, look away now.......
u were warned
now that is wrong for t25 (see wiki) i had a set on my van and loved the look of them but changed them after realising they were not within the specs to keep my van happy. if you have just purchased them you may be able to swap them for a more suitable set of wheels. good luck and a great looking van.