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Some new meeting pictures came in and as usual we are very likely to share these pictures with you. First album are pictures from Retro VW days, Zemst, Belgium held 27th May. Click on the picture to see full album. Credits for these pictures go to Kukie, BBT staff member.

And the second album we would like to share with you are those from BBT Hot Rod open door @ El Campello, Spain. Enjoy the pictures!!!

Still on the way in the USA I like to thank the BBT “home team” to pass all special info about our new and exiting products “down the road”. We had this week a bunch of new stuff, and also an update on existing parts that was more then important to mention here.

Brand New! BBT 1761 Push rod tubes with springs (8pcs) made to the model of the original VW’s, but then even better! Finally something that works well…. and keeps up. The old models we had of those are also still available under BBT ref 1764

BBT ref 1396-300  Torsion leaves for all standard Bus Front axles, up to 1979 Finally available for buses from 1955 to 1979, original there is two different part numbers but we modified so one model fits all, why make it complicated, at BBT we like simple solutions…. so fits either bay or split window bus!

 1571-100 Forged Chromoly lightweight flywheel 200mm 12V The very best flywheel money can buy, on the complete aircooled market, we’re proud to present another high quality part!

Back in stock!  

Put your keys a way in style!!! Perfect gift idea! Mounts again the wall with two simple screws.

6100-000 Key holder Type 1

6100-100 Key holder Type 2

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The American leading magazine for personalized cars “Hot Rod magazine” puts on every year a tour for there subscribers… this tour is about 1700 miles cross country and passed this year Mid America only two days after their annual Vw Funfest… as we had lots of business talk on Monday we decided to add an extra day to see what this hype is all about… if we where blown away is an understatement, try to imagine to check out 3500 cars in roughly two hours and an half….

yes we are….

mainly what’s happens is that all cars rolled in, one by one, had a quick tour around Mid America premises, lined up for the complimentary lunch and continued the ride of that day….

stunning beauty’s, wowh! all kind of Hot rods here, from brand new cars, Rods, street rods, muscle cars, Rat rods, even a beetle and an over-sized radio flyer…. here is a overview from cars we liked the most and pictures came out the best…:)

the one and only beetle on the whole tour….

Power You can relay on, sleek lines as a pleasure for the eye…

oh yeah they like pink….

can You imagine this on public roads in Europe?  The USA is still the country of automotive freedom! Now this is my favourite size of radio flyer for the next swapmeets!

rat rod style, hmmmmm

Chevrolet Bel Air, they had any year and any color attending, just massive!

the cover car for this years tour!

oh yeah, pick ups are cool!

 was the Magic Bus not a VW bus? hmmm The Who would think different suppose, but this looked cool for sure, Magic on its own…Scooooooby Doooooo!

Hot Rod pur sang!

 If You want to know more about this tour just follow the daily reports on

http://www.hotrod.com/2012/powertour

Mike Yager was so kind to “loan” us his corvette to attend the show in style, sorry Mike I put it in a container and shipped it home, it drove just way to nice, unbelievable performance, and even better brakes! How can we ever thank You!

all good songs to come an end, we have to continue the trip, driving by sunset from Effingham to Chicago by train, another experience, very relax and extreme enjoyable…. don’t jump on this impressive freight train, but take  the next one…. the Amtrak…

what a weekend in the Midwest! we will never forget, to all friends, buddy’s that became half family or more more thanks a lot guy’s! especially Bill, Brian, Mike Laurie, Richard, Blake, Michael, You guys are really unbelievable! the Midwest experience…. we have to re-experience any time fast!