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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.

Welcome to BBT News.

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.

It’s winter in Western Europe.
Snow, ice, and freezing temperatures.

It’s an extreme winter in Scandinavia.
Loads of snow, extremely freezing and too much ice.

It is almost spring weather in south of Spain.
BBT customers send us pictures from their lunch on their patio…

Nothing we can do about the weather.
But we can help with parts for your Classic Volkswagen.

This week again we have a couple of real cool releases for you lined up.
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Most Bay Window Westfalia campers had always an unbelievable beautiful upholstery.
Beautiful, checkered colors, to match the woodgrain interiors.

As nothing last forever,  we now offer our brand new (re)production as a perfect replacement.
Several reproductions were already on the market, but nothing that could carry our interest.

We bring you bright colors, wear-resistant, economically priced and fire retardant.
That last one is especially important and even mandatory in camper vans.

This upholstery is specially woven for us and meets all our requirements.
We have a cool quantity breakdown on rolls of 50 meters.

But we sell also per running meter on a width of 150cm in all five original colors.
Logically, we will not accept returns for custom-delivered lengths.

Perfect to bring that scruffy interior back to factory standards.
Or are you creative enough to make accessories, cushions, purses or?

6460-200 Westfalia upholstery orange – Bus 08/67-07/79 (per metre) BBT
6460-210 Westfalia upholstery yellow/green – Bus 08/67-07/79 (per metre) BBT
6460-220 Westfalia upholstery green/green – Bus 08/67-07/79 (per metre) BBT
6460-230 Westfalia upholstery blue/green – Bus 08/67-07/79 (per metre) BBT
6460-240 Westfalia upholstery brown/beige – Bus 08/67-07/79 (per metre) BBT

Making tooling can be tricky…

This tooling was ordered over 10 years ago.
Major surprise when we got the phone call three months ago it was finally ready!

This plug sits in the lower part of the B pillar on all bay window buses and T25/T3/Vanagon.
It is meant to seal the holes after treating the cavities for corrosion prevention.

Easy installation. Four needed per car.
Insert the plug and tap the top in with a hammer.

The other plug for your Bay window B-Pillar & door step you find HERE
The white plugs in the rear corner of your Bay window HERE

0716-810 Plug in B-Pillar, lower – Bus 08/67-07/92 BBT

Totally unhappy with what was available we made our own valve cover gaskets.
Quality is a main issue, we teamed up with a very experienced cork gasket maker.

Testing being more important than producing we evaluated multiple samples on different test cars and engines over the last couple of years.
Perfect fit, to stay in place and no leaks that were our targets.

Several combinations later, changing the mixture of rubber, cork, density, and pressure temperatures we got the positive results we had been looking for.
Even without any sealer if  used in combination with BBT valve cover HERE and BBT valve cover clip HERE

Finally, a valve cover gasket our beloved Volkswagens deserved.
And because of the quantity produced we can offer at competitive prices with very cool quantity breakdowns, order yours now!

1770-01 Valve cover gasket – Type1 (top quality) BBT

BBT News team wishes you a cozy and warm winter weekend.

Some new rubbers for T25/T3/Vanagon, and a  new production for split window beetle parts.
This week we show that we cover all volkswagen models that came with air-cooled engines.

Very early till very last models, we might have the parts you need.
Let us introduce you to our new “harvest” of this week.

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T25/T3/Vanagon Syncro models have a completely different fuel tank and filler set up than  their regular brothers.
The gas tank being in the back, makes that the filler neck moved also to the rear part of your ride.

Kept in place with a rubber to its bracket to avoid unnecessary vibrations and a precise fit.
We now bring you  this very specific rubber for the Syncro filler neck.

Another proud BBT production to get these rubbers in an excellent quality at a fair price.
Other fuel neck rubbers and derivates you can find HERE

0492-865 Filler neck seal Synco – Bus 10/84-07/92

Also T25/T3/Vanagon pick-up models don’t escape our attention.
We made the rubber seals for the treasure chest doorhandle.
Fits single as double cab treasure chest doorhandles.

0723-730 Seal Treasure chest door handle large – Bus 05/79/07/92 BBT
0723-735 Seal Treasure chest door handle small – Bus 05/79/07/92 BBT

Beside our premium brake drum line from OMC, we also work hard on our house brand brake drums.
High quality brake drums made in Brazil by a large brake drum manufacturer.

BBT brake drums  come in their custom designed boxes.
For 2024, we plan significant expansion of our range private label brake drums.

1289-001 Rear brake drum – Bus 08/70-07/79 BBT

Battery cover mounting kits for your split window beetle or barndoor bus, we sold out too long ago, are BACK!
We had to make brand new tooling as the old tooling was badly stored.

Quiet a challenge but we succeeded again and finished this project.
Making these necessary items back available.

0637-9 Batterycover mountingkit – Beetle -09/52 (pair) BBT

We updated our 4 Watt bulbs for parking lights.
Because the wrong design of the old badge where the collar plied outside, they did not fit early reflectors.

We changed that design and are now happy to offer these with a perfect fit for all headlight reflectors.
Plenty of stock and cool quantity breakdowns.

Buy yours now.
BBT stocks all necessary bulbs for your air-cooled Volkswagen HERE

0661-10 Bulb 6 volt 4W (pair)
0661-20 Bulb 12 volt 4W (pair)

Large production of Sintermetal bearings arrived on our shelves last week.
All sizes are back available.
Complete list of our Type 1 main bearings and all their sizes HERE

1607-100 Main bearings Type1 1.00 crankshaft/STD case
1609-0-20 Main bearings Type1 STD crankshaft/0.50 case (thrust -2mm)
1609-075 Main bearings Type1 0.75 crankshaft/0.50 case
1610-050 Main bearings Type1 0.50 crankshaft/0.75 case
1611-0-20 Main bearings Type1 STD crankshaft/1.00 case (thrust -2mm)
1611-025-20 Main bearings Type1 0.25 crankshaft/1.00 case (thrust -2mm)
1612-025-20 Main bearings Type1 0.25 crankshaft/1.50 case (thrust -2mm)
1612-025-21 Main bearings Type1 0.25 crankshaft/1.50 case (thrust -1mm)
1612-050-20 Main bearings Type1 0.50 crankshaft/1.50 case (thrust -2mm)

BBT News team wishes you a cool, cozy and relaxed weekend!