Off course headline news this week is the war between Russia and Ukraine.
President Poetin said he will double gas and oil prices.

This can be very positive as it will speed up development of hydrogen fusion.
Hydrogen fusion should take over most forms of fossil fuels as we know today in less as 20 years if we can believe the scientists.

The treatment of President Poetin will put only more pressure to reach this goal sooner!
The remaining oil will be more as enough to keep our Classic cars driving for pleasure and passion.

The future looks good, welcome to our weekly News…

We enlarged our range of stainless steel molding kits.
Stainless steel molding is very strong, and super shiny.

BBT # 0402-100 comes with 930 mm front hood molding,
BBT # 0402-110 comes with 1005 mm front hood molding

Stainless steel molding is simply the best molding money can buy for your Beetle.

More of our molding kits you can find HERE

0402-100 Molding kit chrome SS (7 pcs) – Beetle 10/52-07/62
0402-110 Molding kit chrome SS (7 pcs) – Beetle 08/62-07/66
0402-120 Molding kit chrome SS (7 pcs) – Beetle 08/66-07/67

This bulb holder was the missing link to complete our bullet indicator.
Buller indicators been used on Buses after they banned the semaphores what happened for US export models from 1955, the rest of the world had to wait till 1960.

For the 1964 Bus model year the bullet indicators been replaced by the “fried egg” style indicator.
For US export model Beetles the bullet indicator was also used from 1955 till 1957.

While the bullet indicator housing differs between Bus and Beetle the bulb holder, seal and lens fits both applications.

The bullet indicator housing and their base you can find HERE
The bullet indicator lens you can find HERE
The bullet indicator seal you can find HERE.

The srews that hold the bullet indicator together You can find HERE

0616-494 Bulb holder front bullet indicator – Beetle US model 08/55-07/57, Bus 05/60-07/63 (USA 03/55 ch # 20-117903 -07/63)

Let’s move to some mechanical parts now.
We had the inner bushings made that find themselves behind the rear wheel bearing.

High precision machined to OE specs by an OE supplier.
Fits all of your small nut Bus rear axles up to 1963 and all of your Beetles, Karmann Ghia’s, Type 181 and Type 3’s.

The outer bushing for the same application you can find HERE
The outer Bushing for the big nut Bus rear axle (64-67) you can find HERE

1410-520 Bushing behind rear axle bearing – Beetle/KG, Bus -07/63, Type3, Type181

Smooth shifting starts with a good slide ring between your shifter and shifter housing.
We have this slide rings made to OE specs to get that smooth feeling in your shifter as well.

Originally this sliding ring was used in following applications;
Beetle and Karmann Ghia up to 1972

Type 411/412 & 181, Trekker, Thing all years
Type 3 1968 till end of production.

More shifter hardware and shifter kits can be found HERE
Shifter Knobs and extensions You can find  HERE

0510-050 Slide ring shifter – Beetle/KG -07/72, Type3 08/68-, Type181, Type411/12

Massive amount of Glass arrived this week check HERE

8998-000 Windshield Super Beetle 74- clear

0491-01 Gas cap “screw model” with lock OEM – Beetle 01/72-, KG 09/71-

1764 Push rod tube with spring – Type1 (1pc)

0890-681 D-pillar gusset left – Bus -07/63 SWT

May we remind you BBT’s top-notch engineering, premium quality coolant rubber hoses made in a country with very rich rubber history.
From a factory who supply most of the big players in the automotive scene, including several car manufacturers and assembly lines.

As with most of rubber hoses and seals they wear out after years of use and start cracking or become spongy.
As such its import check them regularly and thoroughly.

Below in the picture is the hose that connects to your expansion tank but we stock a complete range of coolant hoses for the type 25/T3.
Nine different exploded views to choose from HERE click ENGINE and hoover to your exact engine model.

4250-003 – Coolant hose to expansion tank – T25 1900cc/2100cc 85-

Next up we like to high light our high quality crotch coolers.
A really fantastic product that comes with springs, grill, handles & seals.

A complete plug and play set, that fits perfectly and is a pretty neat solution for many split window beetle owners…

0880-600 – Crotch coolers – Beetle 04/51-09/52

Last one for this week is this perfect copy of the westy tent bracket on the front bumper.
This is the one used on the LHS of the bus thus for a RHD (or double door) and if your bus has Left side loading doors like you’ll find on the early Swedish buses.

Sold each and comes with 2 bolts and nuts ready to fit.

6526 – Westy tent bumper bracket, RHD, Double Door or LHS Loading doors – Split bus

If you can’t find what you’re looking for or need a particular part you can call us on +32 (0)3 633 22 22 or email info@BBT4VW.com

The BBT News Team wish you a wonderfull weekend…

The perfect storm continues…
The perfect storm from an overheated market where supply can’t meet demand with big shipping issues and shortage of raw materials (only to name a few reasons) continues.

Especially from our USA suppliers we get lots of price increases for almost all products.
As written before we try to avoid a general price increase and still manage to study product by product searching for alternatives where possible.

We have put extra manpower in this department in function to keep the increase as low as possible.
But all that doesn’t hold us to bring you another load of new products this week.

Welcome to the BBT news.

This clutch shaft bushing is made to guide your 16mm diameter clutch fork shaft in the right side in the bell housing of your transmission.
Many times replaced by a copper, bronze or plain steel bushing but original this was a purpose made bushing in plain bearing material.

We searched and found the OE supplier who made this bushing for the assembly lines back in the day and we succeeded.
The company still had the tooling and was willing to produce a new run for us.

Even minimum order quantity was quite a volume because of material needed we jumped and had those made for us.
Now you can guide that clutch shaft as smooth as when your beloved Volkswagen was still a baby, freshly born in the VW factory.

This type a bushings makes the difference between a “repair” to keep a car going, or a “restoration” to preserve your car for many generations to come.

All  our clutch shafts en kits for clutch shafts you can find HERE

1526-150 Bushing, Cross shaft 16mm, (Right in clutch housing) BBT

For our next new arrival we go to the other side of the clutch fork to present you the spring collar for the clutch shaft handle return spring.
Mandatory under every spring on all aircooled Volkswagen transmissions to avoid extra ordinary wear.

Made from stainless steel for friction and corrosion resistance.
Two models to choose from for 16mm or 20mm clutch shafts.

1531-200 Collar for Return spring on clutch shaft (16mm) Beetle, Karmann Ghia, Type181,Type3 -07/71, Bus -07/79 (002 transmissions)
1531-210 Collar for Return spring on clutch shaft (20mm) Beetle, Karmann Ghia, Type181, Type3 08/71-, Bus 08/75-07/83 (091 transmission)

Next product we have to go inside the transmission for this double tapered roller bearing that’s situated on the differential shaft.
This bearing fits the early (4 bolt style) transmission.

Made by SKF Germany in a private production for our supplier.
This guarantees perfect fit and quality.

1493-105 Double tapered roller bearing, differential shaft, Early (4-Bolt Style), Fits 1961-72 Type 1 Transmissions

Behind your wheel bearing on the rear axle sits this little 6.5mm wide spacer with its typical conical inside.
The wider bushings on the otherside of the bearing holding the oil seal you can find HERE

This is another proud BBT production.
Sold each.

1410-520 Bushing behind rear axle bearing – Beetle/KG, Type3, Type181 (all), Bus -07/63

Most beetles up to 1959 came with only one sunvisor for the driver.
Volkswagen made very soon this easy to mount accessory, so you can get a passenger sunvisor in a bolt on application.

This triangle mounts straight behind your interior mirror base and the body behind it.
This way you can mount our perfect reproduction right side sunvisor.

Smoked plexi sunvisors left and/or right you can find  HERE
52-59 interior mirror you can find HERE

0558-100 Rod, for sunvisor right – Beetle 46-06/57

 Let the music play… but that’s easy said without a speaker!
Hence we now supply a loudspeaker with its installation kit for your beloved Splittie bus!
Get that favorite song rolling down the road!

0525-720 Loudspeaker & installation kit – Bus 03/55-07/67

Finally back in stock…..

1601 Crankshaft 1300/1600cc

1245 Brake pads – Bus 08/72-07/85 (thick)

1819-0 Oil pressure screw in case (M18)

0691-6264 Wiring harness Beetle 1962-64

0595 Carpet kit Type3 61-72 black

1631-500 Lifters Type1 Engle 28mm (100gr) 8 pieces

Most core problems  for the Engle camshafts seem to be solved.
The grinders are now running overtime  to get all orders out.
We received a first nice badge and plenty more on the water!

1626 Engle W-110 Camshaft

7851 Front hood seal – Type3 08/69-07/74

The BBT News team wishes you all a perfect weekend.
Forecast for our part of the world is very stormy weather for the whole weekend…

Good excuse to dive in the garage and work that Volkswagen!

Welcome to our weekly Newsletter, and what a week it was!
We never ever received more goods as this week, not even close.

It was like all manufacturers, ports, vessels and customs cooperated and delivered all shipments together in just one week.
We decided to bring you this week a couple of important product updates, existing products from our range but with an important update.

For next week we like to ask you to buckle up and keep seated as there will be coming a fountain of new products towards you.

Release that clutch!
What a car would be without a clutch?

Better use a good clutch from a well-known brand in our opinion.
After three years of negotiations, we’ve been able to move the management of Sachs Brazil to make a private production for BBT.

Some tooling was worn out, some had to be remade…
We worked closely together with engeneering and production departments and succeeded.

We’re proud to present today two most popular clutch discs and both model 200mm Clutch mechanisms/ pressure plates received on our shelves.
We keep on working with the factory on more models.

Sachs is a big factory with many levels, but we managed to find the level that helped us very well and are graceful for that.
For this project we like to thank especially Marcello and Gustavo to make this happen, for us and for all Volkswagen enthusiast with us.

Please check on our prices and remember the quality.

BBT # 1500 Clutch disc 180mm 1200/1300cc (no springs)BBT # 1501 Clutch disc 200mm 1600cc

BBT # 1510 Clutch mechanism/ pressure plate without collar 200mm

BBT # 1511 Clutch mechanism/ pressure plate with collar 200mm

We had also a delivery of our oil pumps for 6mm studs.
Until 1967 Volkswagen used 6mm studs to mount the oil pump in your engines.

Later models shifted to 8mm studs.
The bolt circle differs for oil pumps with 6 or 8mm stud holes.

The bolt circle can be most easily described as the distance from the center of the pump housing to the stud holes.
For 6mm stud pumps is the bolt circle slightly smaller as for later models.

Most aftermarket pumps do not carry the correct bolt circle on 6mm stud pumps.
These pumps are BBT private production, another BBT exclusive!

BBT # 1805-07 Oil pump standard 25/30hp (36SAE)

BBT # 1805-08 Oil pump standard 1200cc 60-07/67 (34DIN/40SAE)

A draglink is the tie rod that connects the steering box to the central pitman arm on your front axle.
We have two models one for split we talk about here and one for bay window that can be found under BBT # 1338-1

As our old supplier always struggled to fulfill our orders we traced another manufacturer who not only promised us to keep up production, but also had a remarkable better price.Our first trial order came in and was to our total satisfaction.

We do have a large stock order in production as well already what will ship in a couple of weeks…
Check out new quantity pricing.

BBT # 1338-01 Center draglink – Bus 03/55-07/67 & Kombi Brazil -75

Late model Bay window bus use a very specific brake fluid line between the brake fluid reservoir and the master cylinder.
This brake fluid hose is special designed and extruded in one piece.

After our regular supply dried out we traced the OE manufacturer and managed to make a special production run for us.
OE quality from a new production on our ever low prices.

Comes complete with mounting plugs.

BBT # 1208-150 Brake line reservoir to master cylinder 0.5m – Bus 08/71-07/79 BBT

TRW/Varga finally delivered a first load from their new production front wheel brake cylinder.

BBT # 1210 Front wheel brakecylinder – Beetle/KG 10/57- / TRW

Let us highlight arrivals from some products longer time not available….

0616-100 Front complete turn signal – Beetle 10/63-07/74 orange – TQ

0725-600 Heater control lever – Bus 05/79-07/92

1696 Fuel filterinjection USA (8/12mm)

2461-10 Washerbottle with electric pump complete kit – Super Beetle (12V kit)

1364-500 Greasecap spindle left – Beetle, KG, Type3 08/65-, Type181, Type4 – BBT

This stud is screwed on the bottom of your crankcase and together with the dome nut BBT # 1857 secures the oil sump plate on the Type 1 engine.
Often the thread at the end of these studs is damaged by over-tightening of the nuts and the best solution is to replace them with new ones.

We recommend using a thread locker to keep the stud in place.
For 25-30 DIN HP (That’s 36 SAE), 6 studs are needed, for the later type 1 engines 5 + 1 longer one BBT # 8721-06-035 to secure the oil pickup tube in the crankcase.

This last stud is also used on the single port cylinder heads to secure the intake manifold
Features an Allen key head for easy install/removal.

These studs are sold each.

8721-06-020 – Sump plate stud, M6 x 20 DIN 913 – Type 1 engine 

8721-06-035- Intake manifold stud, Oil pick up tube stud M6 x 35 Din 913 – Type 1 engine

The next seals are used to keep the grease in the front axle after installing the suspension arms on a Beetle, Karmann Ghia 08/65- and Type181.
They prevent dirt and moisture from getting into the front beam.

The latter has rather destructive consequences on the front axle needle bearings, bushings and suspension arm running surfaces.
Cracked or hardened seals should always be replaced immediately.

The 2 larger ones at the bottom (VW 131 405 129) replace the lower ones for the Type3 08/64-.
BBT decided to start its own production because we couldn’t find any reproduction that had a good soft lip fits around the suspension arm.

All the reproductions we tested before had a rubber lip that was too hard and would cause premature wear.
So BBT tooled up to ensure a better quality seal just like the original.

All our suspension arm seals been sold as a set of 4.
Suspension arm seals for early model beetle, and buses can be found HERE

1372 – Suspension arms seals – Beetle/Karmann Ghia 08/65-, Type 181, Type 3 08/64- lower

To close this news we like to highlight another quality reproduction part made by BBT.
These exhaust tip for your late model split window bus are often rusted as they sit just under the bumper.

Literally they take all road dirt and rain spray your bus throw up.
With a dual radius very short behind each other it’s simply impossible to make those modern tube benders.

We make these exhaust tips the good old fashioned way by hand, with a lot of loving labor involved by real craftsmen!
A perfect replacement for those in love with the unique original sound of original Split window bus engine music.

1066-020 – exhaust tip – Type 2 07/59-07/67

As usual if you can’t find what you’re looking for or need a particular part you can call us on +32 (0)3 633 22 22 or email info@BBT4VW.com

BBT News Team wish you a relaxing and refreshing weekend, wrench or drive, keep the faith!