Last Thursday we buried a longtime friend of Da Houze.
Frank was the last letter sign writer officially in service for the city of Antwerp.
His artistic ambition had no limits…

When we called him to sign write one of our cars, mainly he was on the doorstep before we hooked up the phone!
Frank loved cars… and still today several cars of the BBT collection are sign writhed by the artist himself.
Out of respect and as a tribute to a very special person we want to show you some of his work, known work, on our own cars….

The BBT ladder truck, painted and delivered, with the bicycle loaded to return home…
A picture with the master himself!

TeufelHeb has real signwriting, no stickers…
Thanks to Frank!
Amazing job!

No Limits!
Heads off for the extreme cool writing on Bob’s speedster tail!

Frank @ the doors of BBT Back Up truck.
Look at that unbelievable result, still today most think they’re stickers on the doors.
Its paint, real paint, applied by the master, a master we could call friend…Imagine!

Big truck? No problem…
Frank @ BBT’s patina tow truck…
We restored and repaired all original sixties lettering.
Nobody ever saw it was restored…

Frank we need a hole in the wall…
No problem Bob, something like this?

No Frank, we want the wall to “peel” open…
Oh, ok Bob,
Second design was spot on…

So he made it just in real!
Dreams do come through, right?
Frank made them to!

Last Thursday, your last ride my friend, not in a big black shiny hearse as per your wish.
But on the back of a shiny black Harley Davidson, your favoriote motorcycle brand.

Driven carefully, carried carefully.
Always stylish till that very end…

Frank, we will always remember you as a genuine guy, genuine artist, genuine car lover, and a man with real style, self-made, no copycat, and an innovator, somebody with a real character never to give up but simply made what you desired… and what we desired with that!

Damn Frank who will give our cars your incredible cool finishing touch now????

Happy Sunday!

Massive arrivals of goods keep on rolling in.
Receiving dept. is bursting.

We’re really getting to our target point of doubling our inventory since Covid.
Our warehouse is loaded with parts for our beloved Volkswagens ready for delivery.
We’ve never ever had more, not even close!

More arrivals mean less backorders, but also that economy is cooling down.
The perfect time to invest in a classic car and no better than a classic car value

A Volkswagen, right?
Are we looking to a new peak in our little hobby?

Or will the perfect mix of inflation, material shortness, energy and climate crisis create the perfect storm and make our hobby unaffordable for many?

Nobody can tell today, we have to see it as 50% chance of opportunities.
As weather forecast never knows, neither do we….

What we do know is that we have some new products to present today with many more to come in upcoming weeks, really massive!
Stay tuned and follow us!

Bay window buses, T2 for many, have the window washer bottle behind the front panel  with its filler neck sticking out of the kick panels.
On this filler neck belongs this cap or cover.

All bay windows came with this cap from the factory, also standard combis and all utilities.
Many times missing or cracked we now bring back this cap, so you can finish that bay window in style.

These caps come with very attractive quantity pricing, check it out!

2462-210 Cover washer bottle – Bus 08/67-07/79

The needle valve is an important part of your carburetor cutting off fuel supply when there’s enough.
Malfunction can give serious trouble with carbs running over and spilled gas can catch fire, burning down your complete vehicle!

We decided to offer the needle valve also separately, apart from our carburetor rebuild kits and choose the best quality market has to offer.
Fits most Type 1 and Type 3 carburetors from split window beetle till production moved to fuel injection in Mexico.

Sold each and  comes with its proper gasket.
Our complete rebuild kits for 28PCI carburetor you can find HERE for most other original carburetors  HERE

2130-920 Carburetor Needle Valve 1,5mm Solex/Pierburg/Brosol carburator – Type1/3

Swing axle transmissions  have two different O-rings to seal the original side covers.

The O-ring in the alu cover is BBT # 1415-051
The O-ring in the steel cover is this NEW BBT # 1415-52

The plastic “flower” that makes the tube glides well over its base can be found under BBT # 1415-050
The six corner paper gasket is BBT # 1415-001 

or a complete transmission gasket set can be found HERE

BBT get your transmissions sealed!

1415-052 Rubber seal rear axeltube cover ‘swing’ – Beetle/KG 03/65-, Bus 03/65-07/67, Type3 03/65-, Type181

Another project came to a happy end this week when our brand new made 52-54 dome light switches arrived.
After we went through all the inventory from an old supplier, with steep rise in price, untill they came completely obsolete in 2018.
We decided the market deserved better and tooled up again.

We made them with the teardrop hole for the bottom.
For the back we choose very carefully the correct screws for flat screwdriver.
Even when you don’t see those, we thought they deserved to be period correct.

Used in beetle as dome light (interior light) switch in the A -pillar from 10/52 up to 07/54.
On beetle convertibles up to 07/64 VIN 6502 399 also situated behind the right side rear quarter window, between headliner and hood.
Here to switch out the dome light (interior light) when hood frame is down to prevent the dome light (interior light) start melting or burning your headliner!

Our complete assortment dome lights (interior lights) and switches you can find HERE

0686-150 Dome light switch – Beetle 10/52-01/54 BBT

Some of the many items back in stock.

1395 Front Sway bar for lowered front end

0662-475 Fuse box bakelite for 2 fuses

0438-295 Gaspump rear hood

0890-936 Inner wall cargo area right

0890-377 Rear corner complete / right (SWT)
0890-367 Rear corner complete / left (SWT)

The BBT news team wishes you a sunny, relaxed and cozy weekend…
Drive your Volkswagen!