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Once these repairs were completed we got an excellent year of camping from Bluebell, including a trip back to Wales for a friend’s wedding and a 20 day trip around the Southwest during the summer.
Winter came back around and we decided that Bluebell’s bodywork and paint and needed attention in a few places, with the white, top half of the van needing most of the attention around windows and roof guttering.
After talking to a good friend (who also happens to be a classic car restorer) we had set a date to get Bluebell into the workshop to begin the strip down and repairs.
These repairs included removing all glass, repairing all window frames, replacing any scratched or dull glass, removing the elevating roof (it is huge!), repairing roof areas and replacing the pop top material.
This work had to be done to keep her looking fresh and clean, but we really needed to give the interior some attention as well as the wood was rotten in places and looking generally tatty and the original upholstery had also seen better days. So we took the decision to remove the interior and started looking for campervan interior design and build companies.
So with all top half work completed, Bluebell was sent to The Campershak in Ormskirk to have a new interior tted in the same Devon design, but with some modern and personal tweaks, including a new overhead side locker.
Work completed on the bodywork and interior in time for another excellent year of camping.
Winter had arrived again, now phase 2 of the bodywork and paint was to be done. This time the work would incorporate the underneath of the van... this turned out to be around an extra two months of work!!
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