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I am compiling with Nick Driscoll a list of replacement parts for the Borgward Isabella If you know of or have found any parts please email me the details and I will put them on this page.
Sparking Plugs
• N G K B6HS spark plug for 60 and N G K B7HS spark plug for 75
Radiator Cooling Fan
• Non viscous plastic multi blade radiator fan from 1970's Volvo or BMW. It is advisable to change the fan as the steel can fatigue, break up and damage the radiator bonnet etc.
Interior lights
• VOLVO interior light lens 666539-2 is a direct replacement for the Coupé interior light lens.
• VOLVO interior light lens and switch; AG1111G (662109-8)[ORD. 175290]
Thermostat
• HALFORDS Thermostat; HTS606 works reasonably well.
Water Hoses
• QUINTON HAZEL corrugated hose QH EH886; is better than the original bottom radiator hose.
• QUINTON HAZEL QH742 with an inch removed replaces the top radiator hose.
Hose Connector
• MGB (early cars) use a curved cast steel pipe connecting two large diameter hoses to a heater hose very similar to that used in Isabella's, although the angle is slightly different causing the heater 'T' pipe has to sit at a steeper angle. It is cast as opposed to pressed and is therefore considerably better quality than the original.
Track Rod Ends
• QUINTON HAZEL QR900LHT QR900RHT replaces Borgward track rod ends Also used by Mercedes and VW
Clutch Hydraulics Flexible Hoses
• VOLKSWAGEN POLO (1977) front break hose replaces the short hydraulic clutch hose, [a fraction longer] or Brake Engineering Part no BH770565 applications BMW 3 & 5 Series rear hose '78 onwards and Audi 100
carburetor
• Weber 28 36 DCD carburettor replaces the T S. Solex. You will need a new adaptor.
Graham Mander has these adaptors for sale for £20 plus postage plese email graham@wbury.orangehome.co.uk
Exhaust
• VOLKSWAGEN GOLF GTI (early type) silencer and resonator works well.
Bright Trim
• TRIUMPH HERALD bonnet spear can be cut to length and the rear rounded off by any halfway decent panel beater. This replaces the anodized aluminum one with stainless steel. It is fractionally wider but the difference is practically unnoticeable.
• VOLVO 240 1978ish stainless steel strip is very close to the strip bolted to the number plate lamp used from 1957 onwards. A panel beater will have to bend them.
Petrol Pump
• AC fuel pump filter and valve
housings actually bolt on to the existing base of the original pump. All the
holes line up and even the banjo bolts
screw in perfectly, although they sit at 10 o'clock and 4 o'clock rather than
9 o'clock and 3 o'clock. You do get a much bigger filter bowl which is glass
(so you can see inside it) which is easily removed and cleaned without tools.
They are also in plentiful supply at auto jumbles fitting cars such as the
Triumph Vitesse.
Drain Cock
• MGB (early cars) brass block taps fit although they need Teflon/PTFE tape to seal as they do not have a tapered thread and the on and off position is the reverse of that used in Borgwards.
Battery 6 volt
Hard rubber battery Type 404 Measures: 220mm Long x 170mm Wide x190mm Tall
Brake Hoses
• Full sets of Brake hoses are available from Argentina via eBay for about £25 plus postage.
Bumpers
Stainless Steel are available from Group Harrington
http://www.groupharrington.com/en
Borgward used Bosch and Hella electrics with ATE brakes so many European cars such as Mercedes Volvo and Volkswagen have the same parts.
Käferland
make and supply many parts for early Volkswagens http://www.kaeferland-shop.de
These include headlight reflectors, wiper motors, shafts and arms , bulbs
etc.
Classic Autoglass manufacture replacement windscreens for the Isabella in clear or green tint from about 280 euros http://www.classic-autoglas.com
To be continued.