Description
The Ultimate Adventure Bus
Two options on pricing:
Full Adventure spec
£21000 with 2110cc engine and everything listed.
Awesome Camper spec
£16500 with 1600cc engine and no extras
1970 Westfalia Early Bay LHD Pearl white
At a glance
Although an early bay it has a late Westfalia Berlin interior which has much better functionality and storage and is a genuine 4 berth.
It has a full length hanging cupboard over the spare wheel well with mirror, its solar equipped, had a leisure system, compressor fridge freezer, electrical hookup, battery charger, propex heating stationary and when driving, double hob and sink.
Rear roof rack and decent spare.
2 x brand new rear 3 point seatbelts with optional extenders for child seats and 2x front 3 point seatbelts.
When we bought this camper in 2015 we were very particular about what we wanted. An honest dry, un-welded vehicle where everything worked and one that was super functional and hid nothing under shiny paint.
What we didn’t want was a shiny camper fullmof filler that we couldn’t park anywhere for fear of being scratched or something that had been restored badly and was unreliable.
Body spec (backed up by MPlate decoder)
OEM factory wind deflectors
OEM fly nets
OEM factory chrome bumpers with US spec over riders
Original Westfalia pop top conversion with good quality roof canvas
Original functional roof rack
OEM front canvas child hammock
Recent windscreen, side and rear window rubbers and treatment to inner surrounds to protect from moisture.
Top quality German door seals all round
3/ 4 with rock and roll bed with extra leg room, adult weighted roof bed and original front hammock, this camper can easily be a 4 berth.
Sound deadening and insulation throughout
Upgraded Autowares wide angle side mirrors
The mechanicals :
HD front anti rollbar and bushes
New early wide 5 rims with original vw hubcaps wrapped in correct load index BFGoodridge all terrain tyres. These are taller than the originals and helps with the stock gearing by giving the more powerful motor an additional 5mph at top end for an easy 65-70mph all day. Original rims and standard tyres included.
Re-built steering box from Litesteer with new steering coupler
Recent steering damper, track rods, pittman arm and idler pin
NOS replacement rear bearing hubs
New wheel bearings all round
New stock shock absorbers all round
Rebuilt front and rear brakes with recent fluid change and handbrake adjust.
Recent clutch pedal assembly renew including cable.
Original style gear shifter, uprated rear coupler, and quickshift plate. Gears are a synch.
Original gearbox which is regularly serviced, has recent new bushes and is quiet.
Butty bits accelerator linkage for great accelerator response and zero slop
NOS later fusebox
Rewired horn, recent RHD front light units and lenses.
Uprated front headlights
Interior
OEM wooden headliner
Top quality replacement roof canvas
Array of vdo gauges, oil temp, oil pressure, cylinder head temp and voltage.
Hidden Lanzar heritage bluetooth amp and 6×9 speakers
Recovered front seats from TMI in OEM basket weave with new padding.
Rear 3/ 4 rock n roll bed with new memory topped foam. Additional legroom / small person sleeping area so not cramped.
Upper roof bed system which is rare for early bays and was made to support a single adult up to 5’11 or two children
Original Late 70’s Westfalia Berlin interior, twin hob, sink, storage area for gas, water and levelling blocks, additional food storage cupboard and multiple draws.
Two top loading storage cupboards which also extend the bed area for a small child or additional adult leg room. Full length hanging clothes cupboard over spare wheel well, additional storage cubby holes in rear.
Buddy seat
Busbox
12v leisure battery system with voltage sensing relay. Enables both starter and leisure battery to be charged by alternator when driving or solar / hookup when stationary. Powers fridge/ heater/ usb/ interior lights. Cut off switch in engine bay and in cabin.
240v electric hookup system with fuse breakers and 3 pin plugs.
When on hookup the CTEK battery charger auto charges leisure battery
Waeco/ Dometic 12v / 240v compressor fridge with freezer. Runs on 12v leisure battery and auto switches to 240v if you hookup.
Propex heating system. Setup to run when stationary or with an additional blower fan to send heat to the front whilst driving.
180w solar panel, victron solar controller with bluetooth monitoring system, powers fridge/ heater/ usb continuously even on a cloudy day.
Engine
Low mileage 2110cc Type1 with bags full of torque that can happily sit at 70mph all day whilst being ultra reliable. Rolling roaded to 100bhp. Big spec available including 123 Bluetooth distributor, auto fire extinguisher system, Autocraft towbar with electrics.
Alot more details, Images and videos available upon request
Your opportunity to own a very unique, original and well kitted out adventure camper. Not your standard early bay, it has reliably taken us half way around the world and back and is ready to go anywhere anytime.
Our shop bus at Wayoutwestie which has been lovingly maintained, upgraded and been on so many epic adventures in our 11 year ownership to England, Scotland, Wales, Europe, Canada and the USA.
We personally went through everything mechanical over a 6 month period and took it from london to Canada and the USA on a year long tour. A well known camper that has been featured in many magazines, blogs and guides.
Over the years since our return to the UK we have built on it’s awesome functionality and reliability adding creature comforts like solar, heating, a reliable more powerful engine, dual super comfortable beds and enough room for a family.
This bus is bone dry and has been dry stored in our 11 year ownership. I’m an aircooled mechanic (wayoutwestie) so it’s always been kept in tip top condition and improved in big and small ways every year.
It does however have plenty of patina and a number of character marks! Some of which can be traced back to the 1980‘s from the original owner note book. If you want a perfect shiny bus full of filler and non original panels then this is not the one for you.
Extras
Thule towbar storage system for loads of additional external storage (£800 when new)
Comes with lots of on the road spares worth over £1000 in a roof rack fitted hardcase (see list below)
Im also offering the new owner 1x free engine service
