This trip comes to an end, but we’re glad to show last couple if visits, starting with one of our distributors…

Yes, BBT parts are available in Brazil, off course they are…

Mr Caio was proud to post with our BBT banner!

on the road to the next stop

We had a wonderful lunch with Bruno and Bruno from Mahle!

With a factory visit…

This place is huge… but inside  was not allowed to take pictures…

We saw and discussed the making of piston and liners… BBT will be forever a very loyal Mahle partner, the best piston and liners we can buy for our aircooled VW’s!!

Next was a company that will make our flywheel rings…

We started up production for Flywheel rings to replace your worn out starter teeth on your flywheels…

Small highly specialised factory…

Testing is everything and correct hardness is tested in simple every step of the production process!

The welder before his welding machine, high induction welding, this brave man did it for millions of starter rings!

cutting of teeth by-pass…:)

Flywheel rings are grind 10 at the time, pretty spectacular!

we will have them soon available, last details been discussed, and first order is placed… we will make 6 and 12 volt 109 and 130 theeth…

Off course no Brazil visit is complete with out a visit to a Bob’s burger…:)

Thanks for following my travel adventures and as my next tickets been booked already stay tuned for more travel adventures….:)

It is good to read that all the world research is working  for 200%, trying to fight the crazy Corona virus… a virus that paralyzed almost a complete country and by expansion the rest of the world.
The “rest of the world” should be grateful that this virus happened in China, as China is and was the only country that takes measures to keep the expansion of the virus under control.
Hopefully the inventions of medical support from last couple a days will soon bring the whole case  under “human” control !
We don’t have a virus currently, but we like to present you the news parts we added to our program this week….

We like to start this week with the sound proof dampening mats. Before available under our shop reference W232-782, we brought them to our main parts program.
These mats are like the original mats glued on the floor plate of your beetle and reduce the “rolling noise” inside your beetle a lot.
They’re made to fit your beetle floor plate perfectly and have a thickness of 6 mm. Easy to mount when you heat them slightly up. Heating that is, not melting!
Sold in set of 4 pieces.

The gas tank of your VW bus was originally installed with two big steel straps (BBT 0492-91)
To avoid rattling, scratching and other annoying noises VW stuck small isolator cushions as mounting pads between the steel straps and your gas tank.
We sell these mounting pads in a set of 10 pieces, enough to mount one gas tank.

0492-912 Mounting pads fuel tank – Bus 03/55-07/79 (10)

Next we add the bolt and washer which mount the link pin on the front axle trailing arm of your split window bus.
BBT researched the exact by VW used hardware to factory specs.
The necessary nut and spring washer were already have available under BBT 8730-10 and BBT 8753-10.

8701-10-050 Hexagonal bolt half tread M10 x 50 

8750-11 Spacer ring M11

The high quality ATE brake shoes for the late beetle came back in stock. Beside these, we also supply our own production BBT 1230 which are German-made brake shoes in absolutely the best quality and fabricated with most advanced top technology today in existence.

1230-1 Brake shoes front – Beetle front 08/64- / rear 08/67- (Ate)

Also the cap for ’67- and later brake fluid reservoir arrived again in good quantities and dropped prices.

1257-10 Cap for brake fluid reservoir 67-

This week’s product in the picture kicks off with our own production rear bumper brackets for the Early Bay window buses built between 08/67 and 7/71.
We recommend inspecting these brackets, especially if you have a bus which had a tough life or has significant aging marks as these guys are what is
keeping your bumper(s) hanging safely up the front or at the back-end of your vehicle and need to be of excellent quality in case of impact.

0019-350 Bumper bracket rear left – Bus 08/67-07/71
0019-360 Bumper bracket rear right – Bus 08/67-07/71

Next in line is our divider panel for the early split bus pick-up. This panel sits in front of the fuel tank and acts as a firewall to keep whatever you hide
in your treasure chest safe and sound – even your stepmom!! Although, we wouldn’t recommend hiding her in there..
It’s a quality product made out of correct thick gauge steel with superb pressings – just like when it was made in the factory.
This one is for the early pick up built between 02/52 & 07/60. We also got the same quality replacement part for the later pick up
built between 08/60 & 07/66 you can find this under ref. 0890-776.

0890-775 Divider panel for fuel tank compartment pick-up – Bus -07/60

Last one for this week’s line up are the front backing plates for the early bay bus. The ones listed below are for  buses made between 08/67 & 07/70. As with all our
backing plates they are great quality reproductions. If you want to renew all your backing plates we’ve listed the codes below.

1291-850 Backing plate front left – Bus 08/67-07/70 BBT
1292-850 Backing plate front right – Bus 08/67-07/70 BBT
1293-850 Backing plate rear left – Bus ch.218 109 824-07/70 BBT
1294-850 Backing plate rear right – Bus ch.218 109 824-07/70 BBT

The BBT News team wishes you all a relaxing weekend. Hopefully the corona virus will be history in the next couple of days..

Our trip goes well, so far so good…

First stop this week was the plant that build our 6volt voltage regulators, we discussed the final steps of the Bus 6 volt 50Amp regulator and the brand new project of D regulators for the 25 HP engines…

Our caps are 100% interchangeable with your original Bosch cap… and we make it all electronic, protected for water damage and miswiring… the small print in the picture does all the work, amazing what electronics can do for us, but the technology behind is incredible!!

We have 0,2% of warranty, what’s real good so far, but we make it better. We took the time to test and discuss the warranties from the last year… We both learned a lot, the factory engineering time and ourselves!

This is serious product development, to make our VW world a better place!

Next was the plant of Auto Linea, where the aluminium engine cases and cilinder heads been made for our 4 cylinder aircooled engines…

Huge place!

Machining of the heads needs three CNC machines in two steps per machine… impressive!

An engine case before and after machining, can You find the seven differences? …:)

Machining of the cases is a full CNC process…

This place is loaded with high tech latest technology CNC machines, very very impressive…

A custom machine to drill all holes in a 6 cylinder Mercedes-Benz truck cylinder head at once…

Borg Warner Turbo houses been machined here as well… Turbo anyone?

On the streets of Brazil You still see many aircooled VW’s as daily used cars like this Brasilia…

Next visit was the factory that makes Beetle front axles for us… This factory was lifted out of a bankruptcy only few years ago, now they’re OE supplier for Nissan and others, and they stay BBT main supplier for gastanks and front axle housings…

They also make skid plates… protection is everything…:)

This is how front axles start life, these tubes will be front axles soon…:)

… and this are the machines that make them… can these machines also make Bus front axles? Well who knows, maybe that was the reason we cam by to ask??? Future will tell…:)

We like inventory…:)

Scrap metal truck in style… VW off course!

Next was a smaller but more expensive project; Ring and pinions for your beloved transmissions… we had a lot to discuss!

Next stop was gauges and speedos… real cool small scale place, with uber cool machining and tons of craftmanship…

The owner, Fernando, showed us his Volkswagens with pride!

We will continue to more factories and report as we go further so stay tuned!