Hi everyone,

My name is Mike South (btw, if you google it--I'm not THAT Mike South, just so you know).  I live in McKinney and I have an 85 Westy.  It's just plain brown, but maybe a brown van between the orange and green would help the colors work together better.

Right now the engine and transmission are sitting on a creeper under the van, waiting to be rolled out and sold.  Next to the van on an engine stand is a zero miles Zetec engine, waiting to get dressed up to power the camper.

I have maybe three or four parts left to order and some supplies and I'll have everything for the conversion.

If anyone is interested in coming by and taking a look at the project let me know and I'll be happy to give you the tour.  I'm having a lot of fun with it.  I didn't know much about working on cars when I started.  I'm learning a lot.

I'm also most of the way through an auto->manual conversion on the same camper.  Since I'm moving to the Zetec, I didn't want to deal with an auto trans that didn't know what kind of engine was running it.

It's been a long process.  I am cautiously optimistic that it could be complete in a few months if all the stars align.  Looking forward to finally being able to use it as a camper again instead of a newbie mechanic's training ground as it has been for longer than I care to think about now. :)

If anyone wants to come see or has any questions, let me know.

mike