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This week we got an overdose of news all around us, the funeral of George W. Bush was probably the most human one. The race for the trade war (and global tensions) between USA and China is getting new dimensions, and the US do exactly what they always blamed the Eastern cultures for, force things… now, if you have to copy from your own copycat, how original are you? Kind of hopeless right?

In Europe the Italian maffia has been brutally  waked up  with over 90 people turned in and millions of dollars in cash and luxury goods impounded. But the Italian justice already told  they will overcome soon and being more nasty and use more violence… hopefully they can turn in more and end that bad behaviour of few people who use many others to enrich themselves.

And in our own country a couple of politicians think the migrations pact of the UN is the most important thing going on in this planet. What might be the truth, but not in the way they see it right now. Because here it only gets a political color. Meanwhile the real important things, we all need  laws and guide lines. That’s important. Though not any longer, at least not to those decision makers. A big shame and a huge blame for these politicians, it’s their own fault.

In our wonderful VW world there are only new parts coming, and inventory, we have massive inventory now! Time to help us to get rid of it…:)

We got our new pick up loading bed floor plates. Absolutely not comparable with any other aftermarket floor panel as ours are to very specific and to exact OE standards.

That is including the lip tip, which  folds back over the side panel for mounting. This lip is preformed for easy use.

Our floor plates have a perfect fit and a 100% original look. Or shall we say this is the panel you need to restore your pick up, so you can’t see it’s restored after all, ah! Factory specs available for everybody.

0890-763 Floor plate set single cab pick up front – Bus -07/67 BBT

0890-764 Floor plate set single/double cab pick up rear – Bus -07/67 BBT

Next we have the rubber seal between speedo and dash to get a perfect closure, which avoids the speedo from rattling, and keeps cold air out of the  passenger cabin. From personal experiences it’s also the seal that keeps the speedo tight to the body what gives a stable reading.

Many times missing or simply worn out, you can build it back up like it should, order yours now.

2690-300 Seal for speedometer – Beetle, Bus 03/55-07/67, KG, Type181

We still had two parts from our heater mechanism in our program that needed publishing, well here they are… two small parts, but your heater control will not operate properly without it.

The complete heater control unit you can find here under BBT ref BBT 0729-200

0729-210 Pin for heater cable – Beetle 07/64, Bus -07/67

0729-100 Pin for heater control knob – Beetle -07/64, Bus 07/67

After the Chinese reproduction took forever and still didn’t come we scored these in Germany now and have them back available again.

100% guaranteed E10 resistant as for any other modern fuel available.

Same price better quality with German kudos to your beloved Volkswagen.

0493-990 Seal for fuel tank sender – Super Beetle, Bus 08/73-02/92

We finally got our transmission nose cone seals back in stock as well. Available from our shelves again , especially for you….:)

1419 Seal transmission/chassis – Beetle 08/60-, Typ3, Typ181 BBT

Our last change is a new division with final sales of certain products. Whenever you want those, buy them now as they are going out of our program.

1524-16 cross shaft kit (race) Type1 71-72

1524-35 cross shaft kit (race) Type2 68-70

1524-36 cross shaft kit (race) Type2 71-75

The BBT News team wishes you a very cool weekend, put on the fireplace and make it cosy. Your VW’s will dream about it in their luxury garages, hey, what a life…:)

We decided to part with one of our incredible workhorses
We don’t use it anymore, but this baby worked real hard for us and is already for a next life! 

CLICK ON PHOTO FOR MORE INFORMATION  AND GALLERY

A friend of Da house in the US decided to sell his super survivor Porsche 356 Convertible and asked us to help. We don’t do that for every car, but for sure for this car, what a beauty!

Not directly for the faint at hearted, this is a pure and thoroughbred car, and only can be bought by somebody who understand this car. It’s very special and quiet unique. It’s a real survivor.

The car was originally ordered with only a removable hardtop, but the previous owner sourced a folding top for it in the ’70s.  It has both tops.  It also comes with a tonneau cover.

One repaint of the original color, which is now faded.  It is very dry.  Absolutely no rust. It’s an original California black plate car that was sold new in Sacramento, and always lived in a dry climate.  No rust underneath at all, it is as dry as they come.

Interior is all original.  It needs carpet, that’s it.  Original paint dash in great shape.   It comes with  rear interior quarter panels for both the hard top and the soft top.  The hard top ones were searched all the way from Italy, extremely difficult to come by, and these ones are great original shape (they are longer with a curved metal frame and pleaded covering).

Unfortunately, not matching numbers. We  can’t verify the mileage with any documentation but it is as low as 60.000 miles. This baby was in storage in storage from 1971 all the way up to 2016. It was retired from regular use in 1971.  The long-term owner kept it registered and drove it once or twice a year around the block.  Here is an “as found” pic.

Once there was a parking lot dent in the front, hence the 60’s repaint. The old owner was an IBM employee in the late 60’s and bought this car from his co-worker.  There was a Porsche club among the IBM workers, and they worked on and raced their cars.  The motor swap was done at the time of sale, in the late 60s’  The original owner had put lots of performance parts on the original motor and wanted to keep it.  So he pulled the motor out of his newer 1964 he bought and installed that in the 1960.  So this motor probably has even fewer miles than the car.

The mechanics of this car are just great, it fires right up, runs great idles smooth and stop well. When our friend discovered (and bought) this car he pulled and resealed the motor.  Did the brakes, shocks, carbs, cleaned up the electrical, etc.  Everything functions as it should. All the negative is that it has a tiny little oil leak at the nose cone area that might need attention and the tires are kind old, they roll well, but one may think twice to cover long distance in old tires, right?

We think the best it looks with no top at all, just the long rear quarter panels installed.  Unfortunately we couldn’t get that picture done for this advertisement, for You discover…

This baby is located in Boise, Idaho USA, so plse mention with all inquiries where You live, as we have all-inclusive prices with shipping to anywhere in the world. All further information only by email on Bob@BBT4vw.com

If you ask us, this is a once in a lifetime opportunity! And the price is right too! There’s only so many rock solid real survivor cars, and no extras are coming or being made, this is where the real collectible value is, no more no less… pure and original, no question about that, right?… just tell them BBT Bob told you…:)