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!

So if you think on Brazil as your typical third world country you’re wrong… Sao Paolo is a very vibrant industrial capital with nice buildings and well maintained freeway sides… the skyline is impossible to capture as it’s extremely spread out, and the nice area’s are growing, the favelas shrink….

Outside You see kombi’s… everywhere, feels so cozy, so real…:)

Fruits are very fresh here as never been deep frozen, so different, if we don’t eat fruit at home or about, here… everyday, plenty!  Especially when we can buy them out of a Kombi!

Habitants of Sao Paolo been called “Paulistas” and they’re extremely inventive when they buy a car that’s larger as their garage…:)

ok we never say no to a good churasceria, or Brazilian BBQ! The Brazilian meat is fabulous!  Let the picanha come!

Yes! Networking in Brazil means having beers on the street!! Thanks Ricardo you’ve been a good host!

Yes we ‘re having a good time, and yes in between our too many visits we enjoy this beautiful country with its beautiful people… its different for sure, but its different everywhere isn’t it?

Today we fly south, to  city called Curitiba, for more factories and suppliers! Stay tuned!

Did You ever hit the right truck?

This guy did for sure!