Our SO 23 Wesfalia.
Another great bus has come into our workshops: we have just purchased this Westfalia SO 23 camper: its last owner imported it from the States many years ago, and in his hands underwent this rather garish repaint… (click on the image to enlarge.)
Westfalia SO 23 as found
The first day in the workshop we started revealing OG Westy details, such as the seat coverings:
Stripping the seat covers.
We had to strip off two later layers to reveal the original checkered pattern
2nd layer
Dusty and dirty
All the read bench seats/beds came out nicely, and following a good clean, completely changed the look of the interior.
Cleaned and original
We had to do the same for the front bench.
Stripping the front bench
Although this will need a lot more work. But for now, we’re sitting on the springs…
OG front bench seat
You can see what a difference it made when we took her out for her first showing:
Westfalia interior.
We couldn’t live with that lurid green, so we gave her a quick repaint in Mango green, her original colour. Mind you, it was just a quick blow over so we could get the old Westy out on the road. She’ll need a full strip down and repaint when time allows…
Mango green Westfalia
We also colour coded the wheels, redid the bumpers, and fitted some original rear lights in place of those replacement trailer units… looks so much better now!
Westfalia rear view
You can have a better look around in this video I took: what do you think? Still plenty to do I agree, but parked up, sub hatch open, looking at the stars, (and hoping it doesn’t rain) what better way to camp?
Take care, see you soon, all at Vintage Vans.
