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Reaching the parts…
A large stash of new old stock VW spare parts discovered in Paraguay is heading back to Volkswagen’s classic parts centre in Germany.
The parts have been unearthed in a warehouse near Asuncion, Paraguay’s capital city. Diesa SA, the local VW importers, were founded in 1953. Due to nine-month shipping times from Germany and predicted VW sales figures they decided to stock pile spare parts for all the Volkswagens sold in Paraguay. As Volkswagens proved to be very reliable cars there wasn’t as much demand for spares as had been initially envisaged so the 3500 square-foot warehouse has remained full ever since!
The parts haul includes some rare early Beetle spares including gearboxes, crankshaft bearings, steering parts and front axles. Some of the parts have already been returned to Germany where they are recorded, tested and made available for sale through vw-classic parts.
Photos by Stefan Warter
BBT
BBT Limited, managed by Arlette van Dijck and Bob van Heyst, has a team of more than 20 enthusiasts – each with their own speciality. With a range of products dedicated to rear wheel drive air cooled Volkswagens and Transporters, BBT is one of the biggest companies in the world in the Vintage VW parts business.
With more than 300 suppliers and many more customers from Tokyo to Los Angeles, BBT delivers with their expanded network throughout the world. By visiting customers and suppliers and by attending meetings around the world, the company’s philosophy and passion stays true: to help the Volkswagen fans and/or users to find the desired parts in the quickest way and at the best price.
Cover Story
It’s always nice to see your photographs published in some way so when my good friend Barclay Stainton of Status VW Parts asked me to design new covers for his parts catalogues, I jumped at the chance.
So far there are two featuring my photos from The Vintage Volkswagen show in Hessisch Oldendorf and there’s a third one coming soon for performance parts.
Wolfsbürg West
Wolfsbürg West is probably the ultimate source for Volkswagen Beetle and Bus restoration parts. Their comprehensive inventory exceeds 5000 parts, making them the largest “stock” Volkswagen parts dealer in the world.
Wolfsbürg West only carry parts for the Beetle and Bus. They are a direct importer of original parts from all over the world. Germany, Brazil and Mexico are all countries that they import from extensively. They are not only an importer, they’re also a producer and manufacturer of their own line of quality reproduction parts for the VW. Their focus is strictly on originality and therefore, they do not carry high performance parts or accessories that were not available for the period.
I am not a number
One of the most frequently asked questions on UK vintage VW forums is “Which style of number plate is correct for my Volkswagen and, where can I get some from?”
Well, I can highly recommend the two companies below as I’ve had dealings with both. They are both very helpfull, reasonably priced and offer a great service.
Framptons
Framptons, established in 1975, are the UK’s leading supplier of classic and vintage number plates.
They can supply virtually all types of road legal UK plates and also fun plates for export. They can supply hand painted number plates, cast aluminium number plates, pressed aluminium number plates, raised riveted white or silver digit number plates, cast polished aluminium Ace digit number plates, pressed reflective aluminium number plates, raised riveted black digit reflective aluminium number plates etc. etc…
Tippers Vintage Plates
Established in 1932, Tippers has unrivalled experience in the manufacture of all types of Licence Plates. They are an actual manufacturer, supplying both the Trade and their private customers throughout the world.
Their website shows exapmles of their range, but if you cannot find what you are looking for, please contact them to discuss your requirements, as they can cater for special sizes and have a large collection of templates.
Kaefer Nostalgie
Kaefer Nostalgie specialise in new and original parts for early Beetles with special focus on pre-1955 models.
Their goal is to be able to offer their customers the widest range of parts for vintage VWs, a goal they have been following since they opened their doors in 2002. Since then, they have been adding several parts to their catalogue every month to become today the number one reference company when it comes to high quality parts for Split and Oval Window Beetles.
Their inventory consists not only of carefully selected original parts but also of high quality reproductions which are only offered and manufactured by Kaefer Nostalgie.
Slough Swap Meet 2011
An early start for the hour-ish drive down the M40 got me to the Montem Sports Centre in Slough just after the 9am opening time.
There was still a huge queue winding it’s way around the building so I parked up, met up with Jay from Wales, emptied my boot of wing and wheel which he’d bought from me and took a wander around the car park, camera at at the ready.
It was a bright, sunny day which must have tempted many to bring out their VWs for the swap meet. Plenty of lowered vehicles as usual and the normal hand full of stock VWs. I think I found them all but sorry if I missed anyone! I was fortunate to be able to talk to Avtar, the owner of a loverly unrestored ’56 Horizon Blue Swedish Oval, more to follow on that one…
I then ventured inside for a couple of laps of the stalls. It never seems to be a busy as it used to be. Perhaps it’s the recession or, maybe it’s due to everyone trading parts on the internet? Still, I always look forward to heading to Slough to catch up with everyone and search out any bargains, few and far between this year. I guess I should have joined the queue instead of taking photos in the car park!
ZAR Werks
ZAR Werks is an internet resource for restorers of early Volkswagen Beetles. It is the brainchild of a couple vintage VW enthusiasts who possess various skills and materials and endeavor to fill voids in the hobby, making parts and services available that are not already available elsewhere. Accuracy and quality are everything.
The products and services provided are worthy of the very best restoration. ZAR Werks is not a storefront, nor a commercial business. It is merely a hobby business that is run collectively by a couple of enthusiasts. Each one of these people represent a subset of the products and services listed on their website, and each one is wholly responsible for the sale, delivery and quality of that product. For that reason, the “purchase’ and “inquire” links under each product or service will open an e-mail window directed to the person who provides that part or service.
Wolf Parts
Wolf Parts and Metal Restoration was founded in 2003. We are a company that have specialized in old Volkswagens and high quality panels/parts that are so important for accomplishing a serious restoration.
Our main task is to reproduce hard to find panels/parts and to improve the quality of already available panels/parts. Most of our repair panels/parts are handmade, but we also have developed a few press-tools for quantity reproduction as well. Of course to the same high quality standard!
We do all our measurements on NOS VW parts. New parts will continuously be introduced at our website and you are most welcome to contact us. We also do full metal restorations as well as trading restored and unrestored VW cars.
Our location is in beautiful Northern Sweden and we ship parts worldwide!
Status VW Parts
STATUS VW PARTS have been around since 1998 and have become established as one of the leading names in the air-cooled VW scene.
They’ve now become part of the VEWIB group – Their reputation for supplying the very best quality VW beetle parts is second to none with a range of standard original VW parts which covers VW Beetle models and all the other air-cooled models too.
Their new premises, located on the outskirts of Rubgy in Warwickshire, features a showroom and mini museum located inside.
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