Hello "DIXYBUS" .

Wednesday 13/06/16. BY Will.

"Never Say Never" ! Once I vowed never to spend our hard earned cash on personalised registration plates, I considered it a voluntary tax to the State Government. In a way it is, but a sign writer will charge you as well & we found ourselves in the mood for some thing different !

About a week ago, Jenny & I had one red wine too many. Which lead to us brainstorming a few ideas about our Kombi. So out came the iPad & Jenny started checking out possible names we could get from the Western Australian, Department of Transport (DoT we call them over here).

Dixie was not available, taken long ago I would guess. We tried a few other combinations and could of had D1X13, but that just looked dumb. So as we came to the end of our second bottle of Cabernet Melot we decided it was time for our VW Kombi Micro Bus to have a subtle name change.

Welcome DIXYBUS, may we have many grand adventures in you !

This morning I took DIXYBUS to Peel Tyre Service, Mandurah, where they fitted her with some new shoes..

DIXYBUS waiting for her Wheels.

I have a poke around the Peel Tyre Service workshop it's actually pretty cool.

There's a 1942 Indian Scout Motorcycle, it's 600cc I think, to keep DIXYBUS company.

The waiting room at the Tyre place. With free coffee.

Out the back is a mini museum with a Bar. Looks like the owner Matt is a bit of a collector.

Yokohama Delivery Star 818 

LT195R14C at $139ea fitted.

The ride is so much better now !

The rear view.

Spot the new scar.

Unfortunately Jenny's knee gave out & DIXYBUS copped a knock from a fully loaded shopping trolley. Slight bummer, but body work repairs are planned in the future after we have been on some nice long adventure road trips.

Mandurah Canvas did a great job fitting the Poptop head lining, there is insulation under it as well.

RnR bed all laid out. The mattress/cushions were covered by Mandurah Canvas.

The inside of DIXYBUS with the RnR bed in seating position.

RnR in bed position.

Looks nice & comfortable inside.

Last job for this part of the DIXYBUS Project is to fit a solar panel, I've made inquiries & the company I've decided to go through, Solar Camping Australia, are waiting for stock. The kit package I want is, 120w panel, with 20amp regulator & other fittings. They said their stock is sitting at Customs so shouldn't be too long.

The solar panel won't stop us going away, so a short shake down trip is imminent.