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£12, 500. 140k miles 1. 9d LHD 1989 Westfalia Hightop totally original Passed last MOT with no advisories Runs well, returned from Euro trip in November been in dry storage every winter we have owned well used but extremely original VW California with no changes to the original camping specification Last year: New new tyres, leisure battery, leisure battery relay kit, brake pads, engine overhaul comes with many camping items such as front curtains, fly screens side and rear open doors, power cable with UK and Euro fittings, full body cover if needed for outdoor storage, toilet, various camping cooking items and spare parts Recent full valet and service, ready to go. Bodywork is solid, never welded, not used in winter, minor seam bubbling, minor side swipe just visible in photo This is a used camper not a show car, much loved and time and money spent Reason for sale, moving to Australia. Van is stored in Wolverhampton viewing available via email contact and then arrangement with UK seller. The time has come to list our trusty California. If you know your VW campers you know the Westfalia California was one of the best available and most sought after of the late T25's, our Geoff is in excellent condition for his age. This is a well used but extremely original VW California with no changes to the original camping specification. As he is 33 years old he obviously isn't showroom condition as we use this van regularly for its original purpose, to explore and have fun!
I would encourage you to examine the car as there is pages and pages we could write but I will try to keep this as brief possible.
The interior is in excellent condition and comes with full interior and extra front curtains, privacy curtains behind chairs, toilet 'buddy' box. Custom Fly screens for both back and side doors, full winter Justkampers body cover, thermal Justkamper winter/ summer window covers, eberspacher heating system, flammia bike rack.
Reason for sale, we would love to keep Geoff but we have returned to Australia after two years ownership in the UK. He is currently in dry storage in Wolverhampton, email will be the initial contact method and I can arrange viewing with my friend who is handling the sale.
MOT with no advisory, minor advisories from year before fixed, plus new tyres.
We have returned from a Euro tour in November and drove to Budapest and back, it was a extremely fun and comfortable trip, unfortunately we did have engine trouble in Germany, our insurance company found us a great local garage and we managed to get a full engine rebuild, its running extremely well now and the drive to Budapest has truly bedded the engine in and I would be confident to do another trip like that, hopefully we have addressed all issues mechanical that should keep the next owner out of the garage for years!
The onboard gas tank for this model has at some point been removed, from the history I think in Germany there was a requirement for stricter regulations for older tanks, so at some point before it entered the UK it was converted to gas bottle, I have a fairly full 4kg calor gas bottle included.
Bodywork is solid, never welded, not used in winter, bodywork is consistent with a older car and may benefit from a respray one day. We did purchased a full set of California decals included. Minor bad points include a side swipe that was present before we purchased that you can just about see on driver door, minor back wheel panel join rust which we try and keep on top off. As mentioned this is a car used for its purpose not for shows so full disclosure, please bear in mind.
Many other extras and upgrades so probably will forget something, new leisure battery less than 6 months old, new split charger relay upgrade, brakes refurbished for MOT, new set of Tyres this year, minor advisories from last MOT all fixed for this years MOT.
As mentioned please email in the first instance and I will pass on serious buyers to my friend in Wolverhampton. Thanks
