Are you feeling the vibes?
There are so much positive vibes in the air lately.

Hope these vibes reach you in good order!
BBT is buzzing from these vibes as well.

So many projects come in final stages now.
So many high-end projects we have started up lately.

Meanwhile we also start unloading and organizing the huge parts lot we bought in Hamburg Germany last year (3 full size trailers of NOS and used parts).

So let us show you what we have new for you this week.
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Up to 1965 Karmann Ghia’s came standard with one outside rear view mirror on the driver side.

Because of the design of this mirror, it fits both sides of your car.
If you want both side mirrors on your Ghia this is your chance!

These mirrors are for coupe and convertible at the same time.
We have this mirror now available.

Sold each included gasket and hardware.

0471-090 Mirror left/right – Karmann Ghia -07/65

For later Karmann Ghia mirrors and their hardware click HERE

After serious negotiations with one of our favorite brake caliper manufacturers we are proud to announce the relaunch of the 1970 to 1972 bus brake calipers.

They come with hardware to mount the brake pads.
Brake pads themselves are not included.

 1248-090 Brake caliper left – Bus 08/70-07/72
1249-090 Brake caliper right – Bus 08/70-07/72

Brake pads fitting these brake calipers can be found HERE
All our brake calipers, hardware and rebuild kits can be found HERE

The heater riser gaskets for 25 and 30 DIN HP (That’s 36SAE) are different than for later model Volkswagens.
Easy recognizable on their triangle look.

Going through our NOS stocks we found a huge box with plenty of these gaskets.
It was cool to have this big pile of New Old Stock gaskets.

Absolutely new and never used however they show light surface corrosion from storage. This doesnot change anything to functioninbg or sealing.

Because of the quantity we found and the light surface oxidation we offer these at a great price!

1057-050 Gasket for preheating intake-pipe 25/30hp – NOS

Same gasket for later model you find HERE

1201 Master cylinder 17 mm – Beetle/KG 08/65-07/67 – single circuit / TRW

0661 Bulb H4 12V 60/55W (each)

1238-1 Brake shoes rear – Bus 08/71-12/72 (4pcs)

1595-900 Starter motor 12V 1.1kw – Bus 08/75-07/79

The BBT News team wishes you a wonderful weekend, get those vibes!

Inflation loses steam, what is always good, we had enough price rises, right ? This and a better dollar rate mean we can keep things steady for the moment.
The war in Ukraine gets into new episodes, but as the oil went down, it will not escalate more than likely. Oil and steel prices are always good barometers to see the forecast in wars.

Oil price down? So, gas gets cheaper, nothing holds you back anymore to drive that beloved classic Volkswagen more often, take it out and enjoy.
We bring new parts every week to keep them on the road.

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This week we focus on the oversize door hinge pins for split window bus.

When your cab door hinge has play, you will need to replace the door hinge pins to an oversize, we have these oversize door hinge pins for split window bus now available .

You need a correct size drill to drill the hinge to a correct diameter to accept the oversize pin.
Our door hinge pins for split window bus are made from brushed stainless steel.

Door hinge mirror arm, standard size HERE
New this week is the oversize door hinge mirror arm.

0475-560 Mirror arm 8.5mm, driver – Bus 03/55-07/67 stainless steel
0475-565 Mirror arm 8.5mm, passenger – Bus 03/55-07/67 stainless steel

The lower door hinge pins in standard size for your split window bus HERE

This week we bring also two oversize lower hinge pins.
Lower door hinge pins seem to be more wear sensitive.

0475-505 Door hinge pin 8.5mm – Bus -07/67 stainless steel
0475-510 Door hinge pin 9.0mm – Bus -07/67 stainless steel

In case oversize door hinge pins can’t fix the play because they are worn out too much we have complete cab door hinges HERE

The bolts which hold the cargo door hinges on split window buses always have a cover plug.

The plugs keep the bolt hole clean and give a nice finishing touch.

Up to 05/62 the correct plug is BBT #0716-6
For 06/62 up to 07/67 VW made a specific plug we present you here today.

Very similar to BBT #0716-2 but our new plugs have one flat side by purpose.
This way they get closer to the pillar.

The new plug is also used on all bay window double cab pick up trucks to cover the bolt holes from the rear doors.
You need two plugs per hinge, so 4 per door.

0716-610 Plug side cargo door hinge Bus 06/62-07/67, double cab -07/79 transparent

Many failures on fuel injection systems on air-cooled Volkswagens come because of improper functioning from the dual relay with 11 pins.

Unfortunately, Bosch quits production of this relay.
We could buy the last 40 pcs floating around.

Price has increased but at the end it’s better expensive than not for sale…

0683-000 Relais injectiemotor 11 pin – Kever 08/75-07/79, Bus 08/75-07/83

We found a new source for VDO fuel sending unit.
However, made in India, it is VDO brand.

0494-2 Fuel sending unit, VDO

The BBT News team wishes you a cool, relaxed and beautiful weekend, enjoy your VW’s!

The Chinese president Xi Jinping called with Ukraine president Zelensky.
Trying to end the war is always a clever idea.

The South Korean president, Yoon Suk-Yeol, visited his US colleague Biden.
They try to show their forces to North Korea.
Nobody knows if that is a clever idea…. or not.

In Soudan, the war between two former best friend generals continues.
That is a bad idea.

President Putin should live more in bunkers than outside they said.
What a poor idea.

The inflation monster is disappearing.
Now that is a perfect idea.

Food price rise is leveling out.
And this is even a better idea.

What a week, and we have more for you.
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Out of the remains from Dieter Schmidt Lorenz parts inventory we found this (huge) quantity of all original NOS 123mm long starter bolts.
123mm bolts hold your starter engine on bay window bus from 75-79 and on air-cooled T25/T3/Vanagon up to 1982.
Sport-O-Matic Beetles use this very same starter bolt up to 1970.

The bell housing on automatic 091 transmissions is a little longer what gives the necessity for this slightly longer bolt.
Standard starter bolt for stick shift beetles and buses op 1974 is 110 mm long and available HERE

1593-020 Starter motor bolt M10x123 – Bus 08/75-12/82, Beetle/KG automatic -07/70 NOS

If you want to run a stroker crank to raise the stroke of your engine you might need longer rods.
The length of the connecting rod should be proportional to the stroke of the crankshaft.

A longer rod is necessary to keep the engine running nicely and prevent premature wear.
We  now stock  a more economical forged chromoly alternative from AA Performance in 5.325′ length.

VW rod journal size means quite easy you can use Type 1 rod bearings.
They come in a set of four pieces and include the special torque bolts.

We also stock several different lengths of rods, in H beam original style HERE

1602-155 Rods 5.325 chromoly (Type1 rod bearings) – AA

Chromoly rods use special bolts.
We  carry these bolts HERE in an economical version.

For engines over 120Hp we strongly recommend using our new genuine ARP bolts.
Sold each.

1602-296 Bolt chromoly rods – ARP

Small details do matter!
We changed the design of our wiper axle grommets for late model beetle and bus.

Before we made upper and lower part symmetrical.
Study NOS examples we found differences.

Now we made them with a small inner lip and a conical inside on one side.
Inner lip keeps the water out.

The conical inside pays for an easier installation of your wiper axle.
Now we have them exactly as VW designed them.

Trivial details make us happy so we can bring a better part to our VW world.
Evaluated and approved on the BBT collection.

Our other model’s wiper axle grommets you find HERE

2425 Grommet wipershaft – Beetle/KG 08/69-, Bus 08/67-07/79, Type3

BBT news team wishes you a cool weekend, if you bump into one of us at Mai Käfertreffen in Hannover say hi !