Long time friend and real VW guy Woffe makes a couple of real nice sheet metal parts, I promised him a visit for many many years, finally I can take that from my bucket list…:)

Very welcoming when You enter the city of Gävle about 150km north of Stockholm…

Inside is a pretty impressive operation, with lots of jigs and measuring tools to check on his quality…

Very clearly this guy knows what he’s doing, and has a large aim for quality!

Outside is a cool parking lot!

Woffe also have his own “private stash” of cars… many comes with a story…

This 1950 split he swapped for a Bumper and a front hood from another beetle, believe me or not!

Every one of his twin boys got a Karmann Ghia for the 1st birthday, they turned 30 last week, talking about long-term owner ship!

Visited, checked and 100% approved… by yours truly!

ok hit the road again, further North, way North!!

Voted for You… best Burger in Sweden! Believe me!

Yammie!

Roads and landscapes get’s more beautiful the more north You go, perfect season, everything nice and green!

Sometimes they slow You down a little… loads of woods are everywhere! And yes this is still the major freeway, E4 North to South, on many places single lane street!

Final destination! More North we don’t go this trip… I’m 2000km North from home!

Today I visit the Bug Convention, the longest running aircooled Vw show in Sweden, this year edition 29!

So stay tuned for a full report!

This week we introduce some new parts for the Ghia friends and customers between us… we have found the bumper bracket covers!

These little metal box-shaped covers sitting right between your body and your bumper covering and bolted to the bumperbracket. Always rusty, bent, messed up or simply missing, this is a real good item if you’re restoring a Karmann Ghia up to 1971.

These covers are always painted in the lower body color of the car.

There are two different models for the front, one for Euro model bumpers and one for export type of bumpers with the towel rails. As for the rear there’s only one model.

These bumper bracket covers have been mounted with a rubber between the body. This rubber is already available under BBT ref  0085-190 (sold in pair, one piece per cover)

All bumper bracket covers are sold each.

0014-500  Bumper brackets cover front left – Karmann Ghia -07/71

0014-501 Bumper brackets cover front right – Karmann Ghia -07/71

0014-505 Bumper brackets cover front left – Karmann Ghia -07/71 Export (USA)

0014-506 Bumper brackets cover front right – Karmann Ghia -07/71 Export (USA)

0015-500 Bumper brackets cover rear left – Karmann Ghia -07/71

0015-501 Bumper brackets cover rear right – Karmann Ghia -07/71

Our first batch of 1000 6-volt regulators was finished beginning of the year… almost no remarks… hardly no returns, but the few returns we did have and the comments from our customers made us do a couple of updates on this cool product. Their  production took a little longer than expected, but we have a better product now! That’s always more important, at least to us it is.

The bracket on top that holds the cover is made a little longer, so you can’t bulge the cover anymore when you over-thight.  We had a couple of electronic updates too, so this is the perfect replacement 6 volt regulator, your original “BOSCH” cap can be still interchanged, so you keep the perfect look! A unique BBT feature!

1951 6 volt generator regulator BBT

All the Modular wheels came back in stock!

2540-0-10 Wheel rim modular chrome 6×15 ET 10 BBT

2540-0-24 Wheel rim modular chrome 6×15 ET 24 BBT

2541 Wheel rim modular chrome 7×15 BBT

2542 Wheel rim modular chrome 8×15 BBT

2543 Wheel rim modular chrome 10×15 BBT

Finally back available! These washer bottle caps have been out of stock for a while, but they are back on our shelves for delivery!

2460 Washer bottle cap

The BBT FPU team wish you a very relaxing weekend..

Thomas and his dad asked me already long time to come by one day… so on my way up North i stopped by their (lovely) houses and was ready for a day of Danish fun…:)

The Bay window is Thomas daily driver, summer and wintertime!!

And this cool convertible is Thomas wife summer driver!

Thomas has a couple of cool Porsches, very cool actually!

Crazy story behind this ubercool patina 190sl but for that you have to visit Thomas yourself!

On the road with the bay window…

First stop to our friend Jan, nice guy in a cool shop… lots of books, yammie!!

But also many parts…:)

Thomas doing his home work…:)

Oh yes there was plenty to score…:)

Talking about every VW key that existed…:)

And back in the bus for more!

A private tour to Copenhagen!

The new opera house! Granted to the city by the owner of Maersk line…

Royal Palace… Queen wasn’t home so I was NOT invited for tea, what a shame!

and off course the little mermaid, most famous statue from the whole Denmark…

Back home @ Thomas, a family picture with Thomas, his dad, Thomas’ three children and yours truly…

One more ferry further North… now the road is waiting me… have to drive lots of kilometers now…:)

Stay tuned!