BBT News
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.
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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.
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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!
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Slowly and without notice the year ends.
This is our last News with new products for this year.
Looking back, we enlarged the BBT program significantly.
Also, this week we bring you new products to make your VW life easier.
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To dismantle the switches on your dashboard we now stock this practical tool.
Will fit all switch nuts that a Volkswagen dashboard has.
6 volt or 12 volt and even on most aftermarket nuts too.
Leave the pliers in the drawers of your toolbox.
This little tool does the job, without damaging the nut.
1161-000 Key for dash switch mounting nut
Bay window owners beware!
Behind the handle of your emergency brake BBT # 0523-100 belongs a rubber buffer that protects the plastic guide from cracking BBT # 0523-103
Many times missing, cracked, totally faded or completely worn out.
We tooled up and have a brand-new solution for you.
We simply bring you back this buffer!
Available from our stocks, order yours now.
0523-102 Buffer emergency brake handle – Combi 08/67-07/79
We already had the transmission gasket set for Bus 68-75, as BBT # 1415-650
Now we add two new gasket sets to cover all manual transmissions for Type 1, Type 2 and T25/T3/Vanagon.
These kits include all paper gaskets and O-rings, but not the flange seals, sealing caps or shift shaft seal.
Our total range of transmission gasket sets you find HERE
1415-660 Gasket kit transmission – Bus 08/75-07/82
1415-670 Gasket kit transmission – Bus 08/82-07/92
We used to sell these washers in stainless steel.
Stainless steel not being the correct material for tension washers we now changed to mild steel.
With this combination you get back a stock application.
The serious price reduction is part of this change!
Check out our quantity pricing.
1347-210 Washer for front axle mounting – Bus 03/55-07/67
With the tooling written off we lowered the price on these superb grills for your bay window.
Especially for the early Bay the price reduction is a good one.
These grills have been produced exclusively for BBT in Germany on our private tooling.
Beware for cheaper reproductions.
Same time we lowered our pricing on the plastic insect grills behind the steel grills HERE
0891-980 Front grill – Bus 08/72-07/79 BBT
0891-985 Front grill – Bus 08/67-07/72 BBT
After a short time being unavailable we found a new source and are happy to stock them for you again.
1269-510 Clip for brake line on chassis – Bus 04/79-07/92
1248-090 Brake caliper left – Bus 08/70-07/72
1249-090 Brake caliper right – Bus 08/70-07/72
1829 Oil cooler double port engine – Type1
The BBT news team wishes you a wonderful weekend and a full force new work week!
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Why an old Volkswagen, you ask?
Well, they may not have high-tech bells and whistles.
But they have character.
Something we all crave.
Even more than an air conditioner on a bloody hot day.
So, get in that rusty beetle or hippie bus and drive it around happily.
Turn a smile on people’s faces wherever you go.
Something we can use more than ever in these weird times.
To keep your icon on the road BBT brings you more and better parts.
Every week, over and over again.
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We decided it was time for more accurate splash pans for that splittie bus.
We bring you splash pans that do fit better for the different model years.
There was a ton minor differences over the years.
But most we could streamline into two models.
We have the 55-89 model to cover the early buses.
Most work we put in to the 60-66 model.
For the one year only 1967 model or with a dual circuit brake master cylinder you need a sleeve where the brake light switch peaks out.
The sleeve is quite easy to make.
There for we do not grave an extra part nr for it for now.
This is a proud addition to our Silver Weld Through program.
0890-705 Splash pan – Bus 03/55-07/59 SWT
0890-706 Splash pan – Bus 08/59-07/67 SWT
Out of deep in the world of VW engine builders we a had the request to add the Maxi 26 Full Flow Oil Pumps.
Maxi 26 In & Out Full Flow Oil Pumps provide a way to operate your engine “Full Flow” without the inconvenience and cost of drilling and tapping your engine case.
Maxi 26 In & Out Full Flow Oil Pumps are manufactured with large 3/8″ inlet and outlets for unrestricted, high volume oil flow.
The aluminum alloy used in manufacturing the housing matches the temperature characteristics of the engine case to help reduce leaks and oil loss.
Keyed 9 tooth 26mm drive gear and blueprinted specs help provide an oil system that will greatly reduce oil temperature and increase engine life.
The Maxi 26 In & Out 6061 T-6 billet cover is anodized in black, CNC engraved, and will accept 3/8″ NPT fittings HERE
Our other Maxi Flow oilpumps you find found HERE
1808-101 Oil pump Full Flow Maxi 26 – Type1 -> ’70 (black)
Back in stock after too long time.
Our new production gas caps for early Bay and 181/Thing are available now.
We opted for a less gloss but improved the lock (a lot).
We advise to grease the lock before use for trouble free and long-term operation.
Order yours now.
0491-475 Fuel cap with lock – Bus 08/67-07/71, Typ181 BBT
0491-476 Fuel cap seal – Bus 08/67-07/71, Type 181 BBT
The BBT News team wish you a wonderful weekend.
Drive that VW making smiles for miles.