Heh, you didn't read to the end of the thread -- BFY is gone. I guess that could be a "troubling pattern". "Gone" for a company with such a long history sucks.
Gerald On Tue, 5 Jan 2010 08:14:59 -0600 "Bert Knupp" <[email protected]> wrote: > Volks, > > Okay, I think I'll keep seeking elsewhere. It looks like there is a > really troubling pattern appearing for the BFY operation. > > By the way -- does anybody know where to find Hella foglight brackets > for 1968-72 bumpers? > > Bert Knupp > > > > Volks, > > In the past, I'd occasionally sought stuff from BFY Obsolete Parts, > and was thinking of searching again. But from various online > discussions, it looks like they've fallen on hard times, leaving some > really angry customers. Does anybody have any recent experience with > them? I'm now leery. > > For years, the VW factory offered its European customers optional > foglights on the beetles. They came with a custom VW bracket > manufactured for VWAG by Hella and bearing the VW logo. My usual > European sources are clueless where a pair for 68-72 beetles might > still be found. Does anybody have any ideas? I could even do with > Hella. (I have some Hella NOS foglight brackets for earlier bumpers > through '67 -- be willing to swap.) > > Bert Knupp in Music City USA > > |__n__ > (_____)º > (Ô\_|_/Ô) > ü ° ° ü > > Polizeikäfer '70 > > > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus > signature database 4745 (20100105) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > vintagvw site list > [email protected] > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
