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I suppose nobody has ever been more happy with rain than our Aussie friends last couple of days. Maybe they start thinking different and cut back safety corridors in the future to prevent such  fires, but what a bad situation they had… hopefully the water pollution will not become too bad, because how sad would it be to survive such a fire and die from a water poisoning…..

There was also big economic news this week in regards to a first step trade deal between China and the USA. We see that China leaves their currency float and don’t (over) protect anymore…  hopefully they stop subsidizing the rest of their industry soon, so we do not have to coop stupid anti-dumping taxes anymore from one day to another… a free market is good and fair to everybody, but a market with illegal subsidy is not fair to other countries, let’s that be final…:)

No poison and neither subsidies inside BBT this week, we just went full force again… here some new products  recently added to our ever enlarging program!

We think about everybody, also about our right hand drive customers in the UK, Australia, South Africa, Japan… The development of this was rather by pure luck … but we did it. We now supply  RHD dashboards, brand new for your splitty bus…

0890-983 Dashboard – Bus 03/55-06/61 RHD

Finally we finished, this was a hard one… more of it; in between we ran out of used ones too…
This is the bracket, which connects your steering column with your dashboard in your splittie bus.
Made with exact same pressing and punching as your original. Undefinable against a NOS part.

The rubber and holder cup that bolt your steering column up to this  bracket is BBT # 1370-555
fixed with these bolts BBT # 8766-06-016

0890-184 Steering column bracket under dashboard Bus 04/55-07/67

Next  we have a repair section for late bay window buses. The chassis in the back gets  pretty often bad where you mount the engine AND the bumper brackets.

 One of our suppliers made the perfect repair panel for this. He recreated the last 40 cm of the chassis rail to replace all the torn, disabused, rotten or bent material left from the old one.

High precision laser cut in fat, thick 2mm steel, comes in 2 pieces (not welded together) for easy mounting.

0891-678 Chassis section rear left (40cm)- Bus 08/71-07/79
0891-679 Chassis section rear right (40cm) – Bus 08/71-07/79

Always look forward, but to drive safe you need to know what’s happening behind your back too… therefore the rear view mirror was invented you know what’s happening behind you while looking forward in the rear view mirror through your back windshield. ah….)

This week we add a perfect reproduction rear view mirror for your oval window.

0567-050 Rear view mirror – Beetle 10/52-07/57

We like to highlight some of our products in this next chapter;

We got you covered;

Whether you have a rusty roof that needs replacing, you’ve always wanted the option to have a sliding sunroof for those hot summer days or you simply fancy some star-gazing with your partner on the back seat. We’ve got the perfect high quality replacement part for your beloved splittie bus or a replacement roof for your Bay window….

We stock all four models and can deliver straight from our warehouse…

0890-800 Roof (standard) for splittie bus
0890-801 Roof with sunroof cut out for splittie bus
0890-802 Roof with sunroof cut out and Skylight windows for splittie bus
0891-800 Roof replacement for all year Bay window bus

We get it  right.. a walk through is such an awesome feature in a bus, however, we’re not all the same and too many buses have had the bulkhead cut out and thrown away.. often leaving an unfinished look in the bus.. look no further, we’ve got what you need to return your bus to its factory look. Our bulkhead is just as good as when it came out of the factory.. quality heavy gauge steel with perfect pressings is what you’re getting and once installed and finished we guarantee a smile on your face

0890-795 bulkhead

BBT cab floors in our world-famous Super Silver Weld Through quality.

If perfect fit is what you’re after, then you’ve found your match right here.

Left-hand-drive version for 55-58 splittie bus can be found under BBT # 0890-134-0
Left-hand-drive version for 58-67 splittie bus can be found under BBT # 0890-135-0
Right-hand-drive version for 55-58 splittie bus can be found under BBT # 0890-134-1
Right-hand-drive version for 58-67 splittie bus can be found under BBT # 0890-135-1

Our cab floors for bay window are even better;

Left-hand-drive Bay window cab floor for 68-72 model years is BBT # 0891-135

0890-135-1 Front floor pan complete – Bus 08/58-07/67 RHD

That’s a good round-up of the last week, we’re heading already forward to next week updates with even more goodies… stay tuned!

BBT never stops as long as we can keep your aircooled rides on the road.

BBT News Team wishes you a wonderful and magic weekend….

Today we offer You a real cool, all Belgian, early beetle with semaphores…
Only 2000km since engine rebuild with all NOS parts…
This baby drives like a dream

Click the picture below for all information and the complete photo shoot!

CKS is a clothing brand for children.

For the picture shoot of their spring collection they asked a BBT bus as a back ground… our trusty back up truck played the role with glance.

We’re also very impressed with the children in the shoot, they look like real models already!