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What is left of our New Years promises?
We are already a month in the New Year, times flies!

Time for a small look back and evaluation, right?
Our promise to bring you back our steel BBT GT Sprint Star Wheels and Westy tents both are in full progress and on schedule.

Our better infill promise was backed up with better numbers in Januarys end of month balance.
Other projects coming to cruising-speed as well.

The cool down of the world economy give us a better position against suppliers and factories for negotiations about quality, lead times and prices.

We keep on working on Bigger, Better, sTronger.
What was on our New Years card, is exactly what we are doing.

Making every day VW life an enjoyable life.
We keep our promises and happily renew them for you every week again.

Welcome to the BBT News.

This week we give attention on the type 4 engines.
With many buses coming back from the US in the  last 10 years demand for these parts raised seriously.

Late model Type 4 engines came with M10 mm valve adjusting screws.
We are happy to present you the correct nuts for these applications.

T25/T3/Vanagon use both M9 HERE and M10 nuts.
Easy is to check if you have M9 or M10 adjusting screws and order needed nuts accordingly.

1784-220 Nut valve adjusting screw M10 – Type4, WBX

Gaskets are stupid and worthless, until you need one and do not have it.
We add the lower gaskets for the oil filler pipe on your Type 4 engine.

This gasket is specific as the hole is not in the enter.
Some more Type 4 oil filler related parts HERE

1848-408 Gasket under Oil filler tube – Type4

We release our VW oval beetle T shirt.
In 2024 our SWT team will work hard on the Beetle oval panel development.

We thought this deserves specific apparel.
Besides our white Beetle Tee’s our Black Barndoor T-Shirts are available HERE

9920-100 T-shirt Oval white (Small)
9920-110 T-shirt Oval white (Medium)
9920-120 T-shirt Oval white (Large)
9920-130 T-shirt Oval white (X-Large)
9920-140 T-shirt Oval white  (XX-Large)
9920-150 T-shirt Oval white (XXX-Large)

Lowering prices was one of our promises for the New Year.
Finding better quality parts is our ongoing quest forever.

Lowering prices dramatically together with a better quality give us full satisfaction.
We have been able to score better deluxe trim for your split window bus rockers.

Resulting in an extensive lowering in price, with a nice quantity discount on top.
Sold per pair and comes standard with red beading included,

Change the beading to any color you want available HERE

0404-34 Rocker trims (with red insert) – Bus -07/67 (pair)

The BBT News Team wishesyou a very cool weekend.
Relax to the max, and keep that promise.

Western Europe, especially Belgium and France, got large farmer strikes this week.
Huge actions, like blocking freeways, or closing food distribution centers…

Also tensions in the Middle-East accelerate on a not healthy pace.
All people that are fighting for the future of their families.

Most of us, we do not realize how lucky we are not having to do that.
Can’t these politicians, responsible for all the misery, not all just buy a classic Volkswagen, fix it, enjoy it, and stay calm?

We take care for the parts supply!
Every week more and better

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We start the week with an extra ring and pinion.
We add the “spline” model of the 31 to 8 (3;88) ring and pinion.

Volkswagen used this ratio in most of their 1600cc engine configurations.
Longer ratio ring and pinion give you a more comfortable ride.

High quality part, nobody likes to open their transmission again because of inferior parts.
We have a whole family of ring and pinions for long ratio driving HERE

Works perfectly in combination with any 1600cc or larger displacement engine.
Cruize like a pro with our BBT longer ratios!

1493-052 Ring and Pinion 31/8 (3.88) – splined

 Our last production of wide decklid springs (up to 1955) content a badge of white zinc ones.
These are unique and we sell on a first come first serve base.

It is the only badge we will ever offer.
Our blackened wide engine lid springs HERE

2303-101 Engine lid spring galvanised – Beetle -04/55 ( – ch 1-869 850)

In our complete line of our SWT top quality metal parts for your beloved Volkswagen we bring you our own bumpers for your splitty bus.

We release the late model splitty front bumper.
Because of our own tooling and production, we can lower our prices dramatically.

This baby comes bare (without paint).
Do not forget to check out our other bumper offerings in the bumper section of our catalog HERE.

0012-600 Bumper front – Bus 09/58-07/67 (EURO) – Bare SWT

Available again the correct SG profile key blank.
Unfortunately, Volkswagen do not let us use their logo anymore.

Better a key without Volkswagen logo as no key at all.
Available from our shelves for immediate delivery.

0654-04 Key blank SG – Beetle 01/54-07/59, KG 08/55-07/67

Back in stock.
Better quality from our new production!

Important price decrease!
BBT cares about early beetles too.

Because we love them!

0408-020 Horn grills – Beetle -10/52 (pair)

BBT News team wishes you a relaxed weekend!

You can have a good day,
You can have a bad day,
nothing we can change.

But we can try to make your day for the best,
with our never-ending search for good usable quality parts for your Classic volkswagen.

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Safari windows make your bus hyper cool.
Driving many miles in all-weather types with safari window is a challenge.

There are several qualities of safari window kits and parts.
We try to stock a wide range of economic and quality Safari window parts.

Today we add the safari window lock catches to secure your safaris well in closed position.
Lock catches bolts on top of your dashboard.

Outer catch being a little higher than the inner catch.
High quality reproduction.

All other BBT safari window kits and parts HERE

0397-013 Safari window lock catch outer (high) – Bus 03/55-07/67
0397-014 Safari window lock catch inner (low) – Bus 03/55-07/67

Besides the VDO and CB performance 2-way oil pressure/temperature sender adapter (HERE) we carry now also the brand new EMPI reincarnation of their 3-way oil pressure/temperature sender adapter.

EMPI brought back this period adapter to full fill all your oil pressure and temperature measuring desires.
Solid brass to guide temperature perfectly.

2600-110 Adapter for oil pressure and oil temperature sensor EMPI – 3-way

Big update for a small part.
A nice finish is in the details!

Lucky, we found NOS examples in the remains of Dieter Schmidt Lorenz last year.
We started (re)production right away.

We now bring you  all correct cargo door lock cover seals for Barndoor and Brazilian made split window buses.
Everywhere available as a flat cut out seal, BBT goes one step further.

We bring you back a nice, molded rubber with correct holes and small upright surrounding to fit perfectly around the edge of your lock cover.
The perfect form of the original rubber helps to keep water and dust away between lock cover and door.

The same seal fits also your single cab pick-up truck “butterfly” treasure chest lock cover up to 1966 model year BBT 0428-3

0723-7 Seal for key cover – Treasure chest door Bus -08/66, Cargo door Bus Brasil -75 BBT

For T25/T3/Vanagon we bring all three model fuel filler neck seals in a genuinely nice quality for a much lower price.
Attention wholesalers! We offer these rubbers with remarkable interesting quantity pricing.

Another proud BBT production available from our shelves.

0492-857 Seal filler neck (50/38mm) – Bus 05/79-07/92
0492-858 Seal filler neck (70/57.5mm) – Bus 05/79-07/92 – metal fillertube
0492-859 Seal filler neck (70/38mm) – Bus 05/79-07/92 – plastik fillertube

The BBT News team wish you a “good” weekend.