18 juni 2015 - Inside BBT
BBT’s Open House starts at 15.00hrs this afternoon!
We’re open till 21.00 tonight!!!! don’t miss this fun thing!
17 juni 2015 - Inside BBT
In between a very busy Open House preparation (Open House is tomorrow, remember?) life has to go on here @ BBT….
This truck is loaded yesterday in the USA near the Canadian border with a fresh load of cars we will ship home…. two extremely solid Bay windows and an ultra cool low light Ghia project….
15 juni 2015 - customers
Having to check out a car in person is always fun to do, and being me, I took advantage for two deliveries same time…
Freeway was calling…. last friday morning 5.00am….
Woeps, Burgundy is a very agricultural area… weird stuff on the roads…
and plenty of vineyards off course!
First delivery a 1979 single cab to big friend of Da (BBT) Houze Eric…. and yes Eric was very happy, again!
Roads getting smaller driving deeper into Burgundy, believe me or not this is the town of Givry, one of my favourite pinot noir wines of all times!
Maybe there’s still an old Renault or 2Cv hidden in this long time out of service garage? I didn’t check it out but pondering about maybe I should have.. I liked the patina a lot!
I crossed a lot of “sleeping” towns, like I was a 100 years back in time…
Lunchtime! A small impromptu picnic…. In France You buy a bread and a piece of cheese and You just stop on the side of the road…. you enjoy simple food like no money can buy… nothing to compare with Mac Do or other stupid fast food…
Really sad I can’t drink and drive as the bottle of wine was laughing to me….:(
I stopped a couple of towns later and had a drink on a terras, dark clouds came, so I had to hurry to take this picture…. sleepy towns….
The roads became smaller! Smaller like this don’t exist I suppose…:)
Second delivery,the orange 1973 Westfalia to Alain… two weeks ago on our Blog, today with its new owner in France… BBT service!
Alain and friends took an immediate close inspection… Alain’s first VW, another very happy customer…
The workshop belongs to Michel, a real old school mechanic, Yes, I do love these kind a workshops, mainly these old school guys can fix You everything…. and Michel is absolutely no exception!
Now, how beautiful is this? Welcome to Burgundy, one of my favourite area’s in France….
A real mandatory visit to one of our prime French distributors, and personal friend, Pascal, of Serial Kombi fame… Pascal moved over to this area a couple of years ago.
Some Belgian beer (from Averbode) will always do, even in Burgundy! Hey Ben, Kim, Jimmy and all from The Bug A Roo gang, thanks again for that beer, it was awesome and Pascal and his wife liked it a lot too!
Pascal lives on a 19th century farm, completely renovated, “his style”… so nice, cool and period, almost like paradise, it seems Adam and Eve only moved out of here only yesterday!
Pascal was so kind to offer me bed for the night. Mandatory after that rocket fuel monk beer and the crazy big Charolais steak for dinner with the necassary bottles of wine, your in France now, remember? This is Charolais area, probably one of the best meats money can buy… I’m a real witness now!
This was the view from my window in the morning, the funky beer feeling was gone, but the paradise illusion stayed!
Pascal, thanks for everything my friend, You’re a perfect host, I had the time of my life! Filled with cool memories on the road again…
The morning drive was beautiful!
Is this real? I almost thought that crazy monk beer effect came back! Now how beautiful is this? Saturday morning 7.30am….
Saturday morning 8.00am, close to Macon, (between Dijon and Lyon) I meet Miguel, and after a close inspection his Ghia was loaded on the BBT trailer… and became “mine”….. time for a cool “selfie” picture…. Miguel and his wife and yours truly, and the newly acquired Type 34 Ghia… April1963…!
All strapped down, ready to hit the road for the trip back home…
After 400 and something kilometers I reached the Belgian border near Luxemburg, another 300km cross country and I’m home…. another beautiful trip, another beautiful adventure, another tons of extreme cool memories…
Vw’s do connect people, the thing I do love absolutely the most about my job….