another Sunday @ BBT HQ yesterday, Simon from UK came to BBT to swap his crew cab with a German buyer and pick up his SO23 project from us, meanwhile his buddy delivered the infamous Just Kampers Bay Window to another German guy, so all together it isn’t that bad Belgium is right in the middle between UK and Germany….:)

The patina SO23, wouldn’t mind it stayed a little longer, crazy car, very dry and and all original, interior needs to be redone, but where You gonna find another one? congrats Simon, You picked the right thing from the (BBT) stash…:)

Two happy fellows, Simon and yours truly….

The German boys, Simon and me…

Sunday, happy Sunday…..

Kukie is doing good just bought himself a brand new BBQ, at least that’s what he told everybody….:)

sometimes we get asked like how we get cars in and out containers, last week our good friend of “Da House” Dave Warren, a real professional photographer was here and made a beautiful feature of unloading a car from a container…. a rock solid 1974 super beetle (that’s 1303 for Europe) blessed with a small engine fire, (everything looks worse like it really is) and I don’t think, this baby needs that much to come back on the road… but first the unloading part!

Let the story start!

Another day in the BBT warehouse….

another container rolls in, straight from Dallas Texas on board our feature car, nicely loaded by yours truly on his last US trip, see previous Blog Posts in the travel section…

we build a custom ramp, after all the years we became pretty handsome with the nail gun….:)
car had an engine fire, nothing bad, except it makes up for a cheap cheap cheap project!  we start to free the wheels, they’ve been blocked with side wood and wood before and after the wheel, and strapped down with ropes… get everything out underneath…. then we lift the whole ramp just enough to knock the pillars from underneath, so we can sink and incline the ramp so the car can be slowly taken out without touching the doors… precision forklift work for the helpers, also how to lift a convertible on its rear suspension and chassis strengtheners require some experience…… and out it is!
and this is how the ramp looks empty…:) and what is the feature car???

a 1974 Super beetle 1303 project, kind a cool and especially solid survivor, except for the floorplates…

dull paint, car stands for over 10 years inside as good as everywhere!  strengtheners, we saw way worse!  so dry inner fenders, isn’t this illegal? or only close? anyway we can handle!  very cool project, and yes it is for sale, don’t let it slip away! all further information ONLY at Bob@bbt4vw.com