Doris
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Well, at last Doris is having some serious work done. my intention is to add pictures as the work progresses.
Doris was manufactured on 27th January 1969 as a kombi for UK market and shortly thereafter was transfered to Dormobile UK to become a camper!
She still wears her original colour of L282 Lotus white but there is evidence that at some time in her life,the bottom half was painted orange (must of been cool in the 70's?!)
I bought Doris in 2002 from her original Owner, Mr.Williams who had brought his family up having holidays away in her and Doris was only used for summer holidays,hence her good condition. I actually worked with Mr.Williams for several years before I even knew he owned an old VW.He was never 'in to' them so it never really came up in conversation until he seen me reading Volksworld in work one day.cut a long story short,he had only been taking Doris to the MOT station each year for the last few years as his kids were now well and truly grown up.He agreed to sell Doris to me at a good price (read bargain) and after 33 years in his ownership, she was ours after a solemn promise not to lower/chop/metalic paint her etc etc
Doris's registration (MWM169H - note 69~H :mrgreen: ) suggestes she was registered in Liverpool in 1969 & she has always and still to this day lives in the town of Crewe Cheshire,apart from a brief period of ownership in North Wales. Mr.Williams has since retired.Although structurally solid,Doris's body is getting a bit tatty & tired now,her engine is still pulling strong however,having covered only 89k miles from new.
Due to difficulties we had to sell Doris a few years ago and she went to live with a family in North Wales,however, dificulties on their part led to an out of the blue phone call offering us the chance to buy Doris back 2 years later. The then present keeper knew it was with great sadness that we parted with her so a few phone calls later Doris had come home to us & to Crewe! This time she stays!!! - so we decided to have her restored sooner rather than later and that's where this thread comes in.
Having looked around for a restorer I could trust that came with good reports,it came down to three - Toms V-dubs in Runcorn, Manchester air cooled or Kraftwerk in Stoke. I plumped for 'kraftwerk' in Stoke on Trent.... http://www.kraftwerkvw.co.uk/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I'll post some photo's later and as we go along,enjoy........
Doris was manufactured on 27th January 1969 as a kombi for UK market and shortly thereafter was transfered to Dormobile UK to become a camper!
She still wears her original colour of L282 Lotus white but there is evidence that at some time in her life,the bottom half was painted orange (must of been cool in the 70's?!)
I bought Doris in 2002 from her original Owner, Mr.Williams who had brought his family up having holidays away in her and Doris was only used for summer holidays,hence her good condition. I actually worked with Mr.Williams for several years before I even knew he owned an old VW.He was never 'in to' them so it never really came up in conversation until he seen me reading Volksworld in work one day.cut a long story short,he had only been taking Doris to the MOT station each year for the last few years as his kids were now well and truly grown up.He agreed to sell Doris to me at a good price (read bargain) and after 33 years in his ownership, she was ours after a solemn promise not to lower/chop/metalic paint her etc etc
Doris's registration (MWM169H - note 69~H :mrgreen: ) suggestes she was registered in Liverpool in 1969 & she has always and still to this day lives in the town of Crewe Cheshire,apart from a brief period of ownership in North Wales. Mr.Williams has since retired.Although structurally solid,Doris's body is getting a bit tatty & tired now,her engine is still pulling strong however,having covered only 89k miles from new.Due to difficulties we had to sell Doris a few years ago and she went to live with a family in North Wales,however, dificulties on their part led to an out of the blue phone call offering us the chance to buy Doris back 2 years later. The then present keeper knew it was with great sadness that we parted with her so a few phone calls later Doris had come home to us & to Crewe! This time she stays!!! - so we decided to have her restored sooner rather than later and that's where this thread comes in.
Having looked around for a restorer I could trust that came with good reports,it came down to three - Toms V-dubs in Runcorn, Manchester air cooled or Kraftwerk in Stoke. I plumped for 'kraftwerk' in Stoke on Trent.... http://www.kraftwerkvw.co.uk/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I'll post some photo's later and as we go along,enjoy........
