Cab bunk update.

After yesterday's hard work, I thought it would be nice to show Chloe her new bed......she loves it and didn't want to get out :)

Rust......hmmmmm

Well as I am currently renovating a 1972 Beetle, I thought I best just get rid of some of the dreaded tin worm that was attacking Bobby (whilst I had the gear out).

Well I wasn't expecting it to be as bad as it was (how many times have I heard this before......).

On a positive note, Gill and Paul gave me a length of awning rail to fit on to Bobbys high-top for the sun awning, I got round to fitting it today :)

And just to show you my other project, my 1972 Beetle.

Another bed?!?

With the good news recently, we decided we needed another bed for Chloe - she isn't big enough for the top bunk just yet.
Luckily, it wasn't just us thinking on this level, Paul and Gill had also had the same thought for us, and on Saturday they demonstrated a cab bunk in their Westy. In less than 24 hours we were the proud owners of a cab bunk of our very own :) so today was installation day.
You can purchase one of your very own here. It took about ten minutes to fit (including getting the tools out of the garage lol)

Heaven????? We think so

I recently won a trailer for my race car in Millom (Lake District).
It was obvious what was going to happen really wasn't it (I mean, who in their right mind buys a trailer 100 miles away lol).

Well being a member on a well known 'wild camping' site, it didnt take me long to work a list down to a few possibles and then ask for opinions, and we struck upon this beauty.......

From sitting in the van, Mountains to the right and behind us, beach and sea to the left and sand dunes in-front of us!!!! And hardly anyone to share it with in all the time we were there :)

Best add - 3G was perfect, well I managed to watch Eastenders haha

The 'reason' we went there;

But, best of all, can you imagine this on your door step? It was literally a two second walk to the beach (this pic was taken on my phone from the sliding door)

Pikey meet, Loughbrough, March 2012

Front speakers

Ever since I put speakers in the rear, the front has sounded pants.
With a nice journey coming up, I decided to replace them with another set of FLI FU, this time 5.25inch and 120W

Front lights update

Just thought I would show the front lights in the dark.

Indicator

Sidelights

Getting ready for the Pikey

With the Pikey meet coming up this weekend, I decided to do a few bit that have been bugging me for a while.
The indicators, although legal were cracked and the light fittings themselves were rusting away nicely. So a new set was in order.

Before -

After -

Not that the lights were expensive, I fitted security screws, about the same price as the standard screws (and there is no point in putting rusty screws back on now is there), it just hopefully stops the little thieving **** from giving me the headache of finding the old lights should mine be borrowed to go on eBay or wherever.

Also, these lights come with the sidelight in them (I retained the original side lights too), and kept the orange sidelight bulbs that came with the set, gives it more of a American look, also due to them being on the 'side' not pointing forward, they are legal (I double checked with my mate Johnny the MOT tester).

Next up is a through clean and load up for the weekend ahead :)

Sticker Design

After my rough sketch earlier, people are asking me to look into the possibility of getting them made up, so had a play with a few designs....

The standard VW version

Stickers

I decided that I want some stickers on my front doors that were quite common in the 80's but I couldnt remember exactly how they looked.
Thankfully, the guys on 80-90 assisted.

I did a quick sketch in GIMP to show what I remembered, and they pointed me in the right direction.  Cheers guys.

My sketch

Shopping.

After a lot of deliberation and the thought of going to another Pikey meet with the toilets being miles away, I purchased a bike rack. Ideally I wanted a Famma rack but budget really doesnt permit, so I bought one to attach on the tow bar...

Now just to get a bike lol

Next week, Bobby will get a wash, a full interior empty, clean and re-fil for the camping season ahead (starting with the Pikey meet).

There are a few other things that I have in mind, but they will have to wait till a little later in the year.