April 2013

Preface

Spring is here! Flowers, bees and on 1 May each bird has its nest and eggs…. Volkswagen buses and beetles are going on picnic, old timers and convertibles are ‘everywhere’.  Spring is such a lovely season!

And right away in this season we’re celebrating our 25^th anniversary! Everything started 25 years ago in a small garden house built for my motorbike hobby… and yet 25 years later we’re in the spring of our life! Flowers, bees, BBT is feeling young… and is ready to go hard at it! Better stocks, more product lines, just name it, inside BBT we’re working hard, spring makes that the BBT foal is frolicking in the field.  A foal on its way to maturity, each year a bit more…
Will it become soon spring for our economy too ?

“Rolling Thunder” that’s how you can call it, the recession, almost completely provoked by reckless bankers, who saw their useless efforts, remunerated with extremely high and exorbitant bonuses (after their frequent and abundant ‘downloads’) melting away into a system such as an economic air bubble.  It is called now the greatest economic depression since World War 2… Strange, that just these bankers, which are people we SHOULD trust, have done such a thing.
After all and that’s even worse, those who are guilty, have not been prosecuted, neither punished, and must still be respected… White-collar crime…. “the big wheels keep on running” sang Ike and Tina Turner. In fact it’s not different, the callous recession keeps on running, leaving everything flattened behind… Just when I’m writing this preface we’ve got another hot problem with Cyprus…

Chin up! Our hobby remains pleasant. There have never been more lovers of beetles and with the buses and Karmann Ghia’s we’re growing a lot…and that’s a good thing!
The meeting season is coming along. The Winterfestijn, Ninove and Volksworld Show are already done and we’re counting down to Hessisch Oldendorf with the BBT Open House and the week after there will be  the next edition of European Bug In.

Come and celebrate with us 25 years BBT! You should come, because it will be a fantastic event with special attractions and animation..  a hearty welcome to you all…Take a look at our program on convoy.bbt4vw.com

See you then

Bob

BBT Convoy event

Inside BBT

Inside BBT… Is there another Bob with BBT? Yes it looks like my name is no longer unique here.. for the sake of convenience and to prevent mistakes we shall call our second Bob: Robert.

Robert will assist Pascal in our sales team.  Polyglot, car minded with roots in the more serious competition sport, it will be quite a challenge for Robert to work for BBT. Working with car parts throughout the  world seems his thing to do… He’s there to help you, don’t hesitate to ask him your next question, he’s ready to find  a solution for many of your problems…  Robert@bbt4vw.com

After 4 years of leading our dispatch dept.  Frank has decided that it is about time to mount back behind a steering wheel of a BBT delivery van… the job will be passed on to nobody less than Kukie, moving up to ”upper deck offices” from the BBT warehouse floors…

We really want to thank Frank for his outstanding apply, enthusiasm, loyalty, willingness, motivation and responsibility to do his very best to manage “his” dispatch dept. in the best way. We will surely miss him in the office. On the other hand he looks forward meeting  our customers again and making deliveries as smooth as possible with his best knowledge and experience. For sure Frank will face his new challenge with his best motivation for what we know him so well for.

Kukie works more than 5 years in the BBT warehouse and was called senior warehouse manager with a lot of pride…. He managed once during  electrical breakdown to pick still certain parts without computers or PDA device, just out of his head and in the dark! Not an easy task in a 6500+ references parts warehouse! So Kukie will take over dispatch in the coming weeks. He will have to learn a lot, what we will try to do with  as less as possible inconvenience for our customers. Dispatch is a very important dept. regarding our service and handles all picking, packing and transport at BBT’s sales side. We wish Kukie a good take off and lots of joy in his new challenge what will for sure change his way of life….

Feedback and reactions are always more than welcome on the well-known BBT e-mail addresses.

No longer available

• # 0208 Running board stainless steel, smooth (pair)
• # 0236 Empi bus steps T2 -67 / EMPI
• # 0491-3 Gas cap 62-67 outside
• # 1609-050-18 Main bearing 0.50/0.50 case (release bearing -4mm)
• # 1614-050-21 Main bearings .50/2.5 case
• # 1715-075 Piston and cylinderkit 1200 CC - 83 mm / 90mm case (4pcs) - AA performance
• # 1715-110 Piston and cylinderkit 88,00 mm - (4pcs) - AA performance
• # 2518 Centercap '+ wheel' black
• # 2752 Steering wheel 12' 3spoke polished, black leather
• # 2755 Steering wheel 15' 3spoke polished, black leather
• # 2770 Steering wheel 13' 3spoke polished, wood
• # 4620 Dipstick BILLET
• # 7437-100 Side window fastener left T2 55-67 (Brazil) use # 7437
• # 7438-100 Side window fastener right T2 55-67 (Brazil) use # 7438
• # 9431 Book: VW Transporter

Price modifications are indicated on the pricelist itself!

Available to Special Order Only (SOO)

Following items are still available @ BBT but due to low demand they are now available as special order what might be subject to longer delivery terms.

# 0499-361 Sign F 1961

# 0499-370 Sign F 1970

# 0499-371 Sign F 1971

# 0499-374 Sign F 1974

# 1022 Bobcat exhaust 'Off Road' 1" 1/2 chrome

# 1602-18 Cro.Mo.5.600 Type 1 Rod

# 1629-77 Camshaft T4 507 lift/310°

# 2101-050 Balance tube between intake manifolds Okrasa (set)

# 2618-01 Autometer sport 3-3/8' 190kph

# 2649-01 Autometer shift lite lenskit blue

# 8931 Window set 1303 green

# 9105-10  Hood T1 58-62 black canvas

# 9105-83 Hood KG 69-74 beige canvas

# 9200-10 Headlining Type1 59-63 cloth

# 9200-83 Headlining Karmann Ghia 69-74 white plain vinyl