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Today (Nov 11th) is the Day of the Armistice in Belgium commemorates the end of The First World War.

This is a National Bank Holiday in Belgium, so everything is closed, including BBT.

This is a real early picture, like 1952?

The barndoor from the “Stadtwerke Düsseldorf” still featured piano hinge vent wings.. but does have already a rear window…

What’s more intruiging to me is the Polizei Kabriolett just around the corner……

and people crossing streets between teh cars… crazy situation….:)

Enjoy the picture, enjoy your sunday!

Covid loves the cold weather when people are gathering back together inside in living rooms, bars, restaurants…
Poor ventilation gives too high concentrations of carbon dioxide what’s the perfect guide for Covid bacterium floating around in small aerosols…

Belgium is hitting its fourth wave pretty hard.
Thank God to our very high vaccination percentage things will not get bad.

More than likely we can avoid new lockdowns and such.
Wear face masks to protect others, you’re vaccinated to protect others too!

Enough of Covid, here’s BBT’s weekly news, our weekly product update to keep your VW life up and running!

Let’s get started with a spark, or at least a good guidance of your engine sparks with the addition of our NEW Mexican made Bosch ignition wire set.
What’s the difference between all Ignition wire sets?

German Bosch ignition wire sets BBT # 2045-100 are made with copper core and silicone coat.
Our new Mexican Bosch ignition wires presented HERE are made with copper core and original coat.

BBT brand ignition wires BBT # 2045 are made exactly as the Mexican Bosch ignition wire sets, with original coat and a copper core buto come with Bakelite brown color connectors, exactly like original.
We also carry the Beru German made ignition wire sets at a higher price under BBT # 2045-250

All Bosch and Beru ignition wire sets  come with black connectors.
Our complete assortment of ignition wires can be found HERE

2045-150 Standard ignition wire set Type1 – Bosch Mexico

Original oil drain plugs get often damaged, because of the use of wrong key or unfocused wrenching.
The reason for that is mainly the relatively flat head.

BBT # 1850 is a drain plug with a larger head, even with a magnet inside, try to catch all metal particles swimming around in your oil.
But for a real purist the drain plug has to be EXACTLY like original and here we offer the correct drain plug, with original thin 21mm head without a magnet.

Exactly like your Volkswagen carried when it came from the factory

1850-010 Oil sump plug, OE style non magnetic

Besides the Brazilian Brosol brand 31 PICT carburettor for your 1200 and 1300cc beetles, we now carry also a Chinese 31PICT “eco” version.
“Eco” means absolutely not lower quality but a much cheaper price….

Our test results for this new carburettor addition have been very successful and promising.
This 31PICT carburettor comes with an adapter to adapt this carburettor on any size type 1 inlet manifold.

34 PICT carburettor in ECO” version we stock already longer time under BBT # 2142-001

2141-001  Carburattor 31 pict – Eco

BBT’s hardware dept. enlarged with this very frequently used M10 x 25 full thread bolt.
This bolt is used to mount the body on the front axle for Beetles and Ghia’s and plenty of other applications.

The entire line of our metric bolts with hexagonal heads you can find HERE

8700-10-025 Hexagonal bolt full thread M10 x 25 Din 933

Let us give you a small extraction of BBT products that arrived “Back in Stock” after a too long time being unavailable…

7034 Window felt quarter light – Beetle 08/52-07/64, Convertible -07/79, Type3 04/61/07/65 (pair)

2568 Wheel standard – 4.5 15 – 4 hole (4×130) – Grey painted

4870-105 Roof rack ‘Vintage Speed’ – Karmann Ghia (Stainless Steel)

2450-100 Window Washer Jet Chrome – Beetle 08/58-, KG, Type3, Type181

7507-100 Side window seal with ventwing, TQ

0051-100 Bumperbolt chrome M8x15 (TQ)

BBT produces these great replacement J-tubes for the 25-30 DIN Hp (25-36SAE) type 1 engine. Big thick 8mm steel flanges to ensure they don’t bend and
break your studs. These parts (flanges)  require welding prior to mounting. One kit contains one pair of perfectly CNC bent J-tubes and one pair of flanges.

1080-850 – J-Tubes 25-30 hp, Type 1 engine

We continue along the same theme, being the 25/30HP type 1 engine, with these top quality fixing bolts that secure the cam gear wheel to the camshaft. You can buy the complete camshaft setup with the BBT camshaft wheel 1624-900 & standard camshaft 1629-90 or Okrasa camshaft 1629-91.
Bolts are sold in a set of 3.

1623-900 – Cam wheel bolts 25-30HP, Type 1 engine

Our last shout out is for these quality rivets which you’ll need when you replace the vent wing or quarterlight locks on your 68 or later beetle cabrio.
Sold in a set of 4.

0517-16 – Rivets, for securing Vent wing locks, Beetle Convertible 68-

If you can’t find what you’re looking for or need a particular part you can call us on +32 (0)3 633 22 22 or email info@BBT4VW.com

The BBT News team wishes you a healthy and safe relaxed weekend, keep breathin’!