We get deeper in our Bay window cab door project.

We’re milling the toolings as we speak….

Do You reconise a door already? ….:)

26 toolings, a hell of a job!!

Stay tuned for further updates, You read it here on BBT Blog!

Friend of Da Houze Lesley send us this old picture he found locally where he lives….

Place Mac Auliffe is the center of Bastogne where the heart of WWII at the end. (The battle of the Bulge of Ardennes).

Under German leadership of “the most cruel man of Europe” SS-colonel Otto Skorzeny Germans want to attack again and no longer defend.

Thanks God General Patton and Field Marshal Montgomery could stop this German madness and keep Antwerp (the ultimate goal of this battle) in allied hands….

Shortly after the war there was still a Sherman tank on this market square, as a souvenir… frequently visited by German Split window beetles…. nicely together….

What did the world change a lot in such a short period of time…:)

Enjoy your Sunday

So is it March already?? Or almost April I hear you say?
So far we’ve had all sorts of weather already this year, in its truest forms.

Snow, heavy rain, storm, beach weather and we’re not even 3 months in the year, imagine…
With no clear outlook on what this year is going to bring,we want to ensure that here at BBT we keep things going with the same flow and routine.

Check out our weekly NEWS for the latest updates…

In our Silver Weld Through high quality sheet metal line for the split window bus, we received this week  the rear suspension stop buffer.
Sometimes the easy looking parts are not the easiest to make, and this one was no exception.

It took us quite a while to finish as we wanted it.
Only used on late model split window buses we made this buffer exactly to factory specs.

Ready to install, to replace that rusty, crunchy, wrecked or missing buffer in your bus.
Or… to install on an earlier bus, to make sure you’re suspension never collapses to the end.

This buffer is the stop for our rubber BBT # 1459-20 what’s mounted on our suspension stop rubber holder BBT # 1459-250 & -251

We have this family of parts complete again….
Sold each.

0890-636 Suspension stop plate upper left – Bus 10/64-07/67 SWT

0890-637 Suspension stop plate upper right – Bus 10/64-07/67 SWT

We get many questions about our infill lately and although we’re trying to  work harder as ever to get our supplies up to date, we cannot get manufacturers to fulfill their promises. Many manufacturers are not or only partially producing. Several countries struggle with raw materials. Ocean shipping is besides 2.5 times more expensive than before the pandemic, also a big mess worldwide with continuous delays, rerouting, lack of material and broken commitments.

As said we work daily overtime to try to straighten things out, but it will take a while before we’re back to normal stock levels….

This week container arrivals brought us some longer backorders we could fill our shelves with…

We’re happy to list some of them here for you.

0891-106 Front wheel arch left – Bus 08/71-07/72 TQ
0891-107 Front wheel arch Right – Bus 08/71-07/72 TQ

0235 Side step – Bus 50-07/79

1744-6 Exhaust valves T4 1.8L 73-74

7460 Taillight seals – Bus 08/61-07/71

6585 Roof seal Westfalia – Bus 08/67-07/92

6620-100 Westfalia louvre window knob (black) – Bus 08/67-07/79

1248-095 Adapter kit brake caliper – Bus 08/72-07/85 > Bus 08/69-07/72

We decided to tighten our engine bearing program a little bit.
If you’re looking for weird or XXL dimension engine bearings this might be your chance to save that too much oversized engine….

Crankshaft  bearings  Type 1

Bob says clear them out and price them to sell!! 

All engine bearings below on € 10.00/set (ex VAT) 

For as long as supply lasts

Crankcase Std – Crankshaft 1.25

#1607-125 Thrust: Std 22mm
#1607-125-21 Thrust: 21mm

Crankcase Std – Crankshaft 1.50

#1607-150 Thrust: Std 22mm
#1607-150-21Thrust: 21 mm

Crankcase 0.25 – Crankshaft 0.50

#1608-050-20 Thrust: 20 mm

Crankcase 0.25 – Crankshaft 0.75

#1608-075-20 Thrust: 20 mm
#1608-075-21 Thrust: 21 mm

Crankcase 0.25 – Crankshaft 1.00

#1608-100 Thrust  Std 22 mm
#1608-100-20 Thrust  20 mm
#1608-100-21 Thrust  21 mm

Crankcase 0.25 – Crankshaft 1.25

#1608-125 Thrust: Std 22 mm
#1608-125-20 Thrust: 20 mm
#1608-125-21 Thrust: 21 mm

Crankcase 0.25 – Crankshaft 1.50

#1608-150 Thrust: Std 22 mm
#1608-150-20 Thrust: 20 mm
#1608-150-21 Thrust: 21 mm

Crankcase 0.50 – Crankshaft 1.00

#1609-100-18 Thrust: 18 mm

Crankcase 0.50 – Crankshaft 1.25

#1609-125 Thrust : Std 22 mm
#1609-125-18 Thrust: 18 mm
#1609-125-20 Thrust: 20 mm
#1609-125-21 Thrust: 21 mm

Crankcase 0.50 – Crankshaft 1.50

#1609-150 Thrust: Std 22 mm
#1609-150-18 Thrust: 18 mm
#1609-150-20 Thrust: 20 mm
#1609-150-21Thrust: 21 mm

Crankcase 0.75 – Crankshaft 0.50

#1610-050-18 Thrust : 18 mm

Crankcase 0.75 – Crankshaft 0.75

#1610-075-18 Thrust: 18 mm
#1610-075-20 Thrust: 20 mm

Crankcase 0.75 – Crankshaft 1.00

#1610-100 Thrust: Std 22 mm
#1610-100-18 Thrust: 18 mm
#1610-100-20 Thrust: 20 mm

Crankcase 0.75 – Crankshaft 1.25

#1610-125 Thrust: Std 22 mm
#1610-125-18 Thrust: 18 mm
#1610-125-20 Thrust: 20 mm
#1610-125-21 Thrust:  21 mm

Crankcase 0.75 – Crankshaft 1.50

#1610-150 Thrust: Std 22 mm
#1610-150-18 Thrust: 18 mm
#1610-150-20 Thrust: 20 mm
#1610-150-21 Thrust: 21 mm

Crankcase 1.00 – Crankshaft 1.25

#1611-125 Thrust: Std 22 mm
#1611-125-20 Thrust: 20 mm
#1611-125-21 Thrust: 21 mm

Crankcase 1.00 – Crankshaft 1.50

#1611-150  Thrust: Std 22 mm
#1611-150-20 Thrust: 20 mm
#1611-150-21 Thrust: 21 mm

As every week we like to wish you a warm and cozy weekend, enjoy and stay healthy and safe.

For next week we wish a splendid start with many more VW surprises….