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Slowly but surely we come to the end of the summer.

A summer with heat waves, wildfires, extreme rainfall and floods for many.

@ BBT HQ weather was the whole summer very unpredictable, but we survived and besides we experienced the most wet summer since observations we didn’t hit any other records….

Very predictable we bring your BBT news today, just as every Friday.

We sell the engine lid hinges for 55-75 buses in our SWT line with BBT # 0157-25.

But we simply couldn’t resist to these nice reproductions as well.
Very nice quality for a very good price and with very low quantity price breakdowns.

No reason anymore for not fixing that worn our dangling hinge from your engine lid !
Of course they fit also on the treasure chest on the single cab pickups 1952-1975.

Sold per pair.

0157-240 Hinges engine lid (pair) – Bus 03/55-07/75

In April 1965 Volkswagen changed the nut on your clutch cable to a wing nut, which we sell for years under BBT # 0907.

But until April 1965 VW used a specific nut with one domed side to adjust the clutch cable length.
This domed side fits perfectly in your early clutch fork.

We bring you now this special M7 clutch adjusting nut in a very high quality, comparable to OE.
At the back on the flat end of this nut it’s backed up by a M7 securing nut that can be found under  BBT # 8730-07 to secure the adjustment.

Sold each, only one needed per car.

0907-050 Nut clutch cable M7 – Beetle/KG/Bus/Type3 -03/65

8730-07 Nut M7 Din 934

The secret of a good car is in the details.

One of the details that is responsible for a lot of impressions checking out a car is the door check rod.
Nobody likes squeaking or cracking noises when opening a door.

For the beetles we supply  BBT # 0438-52 the complete door stop (or door check rod) for cars built August 1961 and later.
Many times however the entire door stop is still good, but only the rubber went wrong or is missing.

From now on we have this rubber buffer separately here.

0438-525 Rubber door check rod – Beetle 08/61-

Besides our own BBT # 2045 high quality spark plug cables with correct brown Bakelite caps, BBT supplies also BERU brand spark plug cables BBT # 2045-200.

Now we also bring back the German Bosch spark plug cables.

German Bosch spark plug cables are made from high resistance silicone with copper centers and come with black caps.

2045-100 Standard ignition wire set Type1 – Bosch Germany

The tailgate from a VW bus is hold in open position thanks to two torsion springs.
To avoid that these springs would rattle against each other while driving there are two small rubbers to separate the springs from one another.

We made these distance holder rubbers  and like to offer them here.
Tailgate torsion springs can be found under  BBT # 0157-320

Rubber for tailgate torsion springs are sold each, two needed per car.

0157-325 Rubber for tailgate torsion springs – Bus 08/63-07/79

BBT supplies  door hing pins for beetles since many years, in standard and oversize.
Play on your door hinges gives very poor closing doors, too much wear on locks and catches and just a very unhappy feeling in general.

In a perfect world you use a reamer to bring all door hinge pin holes to desired dimension.
But reamers are expensive and we still had requests for a more economical solution.

We found these high precision drills in the exact diameters that perform the job flawlessly.
Available for the three most popular sizes door hinge pins for beetles.

For a perfect size hole and trouble free mounting of your new door hinge pin to end that play on your door hinge.

1140-080 Drill 8.0 HSS din 338 RN
1140-081 Drill 8.1 HSS din 338 RN
1140-082 Drill 8.2 HSS din 338 RN

We’ve been able to buy one last lot of these black padded dashtop for Bay window for a reasonable price.
They will never be any cheaper anymore.

Of course we have the slightly more economical grey version also under BBT 2675-11

2675-10 Dash top padded section – Bus 08/67-07/79 black

We got a new load of bay window rockers in, ready to replace all that rust under your sliding door!….:)

0891-301  Sill under sliding door right – Bus 08/67-07/79

0890-239 Sidewindow repair panel long right / 4 windows

0918 Mounting kit for heater cable to exchanger

0890-78 Front panel loading bed pick-up

8994-200 Ventwing window, left

Many more parts came in stock, make sure to check out our online catalogs for correct updates.

BBT news team wishes you a wonderful weekend and hopefully the weather will be predictable good, not too cold, not too hot, not too wet, not too dry, but just like we all like it and need  to cruise our classic Volkswagens…

Next week we will be very predictable back for more…:)

VW @ docks in Emden Germany somewhere in the early seventies…

Nothing is more true in classic car restorations…