Pick your Year, Make, and Model to see only the parts that bolt up to your car — we’ll remember it as you browse.
Not seeing your vehicle? We cover 1946–1979 air-cooled VW and 1950–1989 air-cooled Porsche. Give us a call.
The Wheel Book
Every wheel we sell for VW Bugs, Buses, Ghias and vintage Porsches on one page: EMPI 911-Style, BRM, Sprintstar, Cosmo, Mobelwagen Interceptor and more, in 4x130, 5x205, 5x130 and 5x112. Choose your car and the finder shows the wheels that fit and the lug hardware each one needs. Sets of 4 ship free in the US.
Made in Orange, California
Some parts you can buy anywhere, others you just have to build yourself. Washburn Original Parts is our in-house line of components designed, engineered, and manufactured by people who actually work on these cars every day. If it carries the Washburn name, it's been tested, refined, and proven on real vehicles before it ever reaches your build.
Made in-house
Made in-house
Made in-house
Made in-house
Made in-house
Made in-house
Made in-house
Made in-house
From the bench
Air-cooled VW & Porsche install guides, decoder tools, videos, and fitment lookup written and filmed on our own bench in Orange, CA, using the parts we sell.
Best carburetor access panels on the market. Precision laser-cut for a perfect factory-style fit, our carburetor access panel gives you the largest opening available for real, unobstructed access to your engine bay with no more skinned knuckles or blind adjustments for a simple carb tune.
Chassis to paint-ready — sheet metal, restoration, and full builds on air-cooled VW and Porsche. We don't just sell the parts. We put them on.
In-house work, not outsourced — cut, formed, and welded in Orange, CA. Not sure what you need? Bring it in for a free walk-around.
In-house sheet metal work for air-cooled VW and Porsche — floor pans, rocker repair, fender beading, custom one-offs. Cut, formed, and welded to factory geometry in Orange, CA.
Full chassis builds and section repair on Type 1, Type 2, Type 3, Karmann Ghia, Thing, 356, 911, 912, and 914. Pre-'67 narrowed pans, rust-out cures, OEM-correct geometry.
Dune buggy frames, shortened pans, race-prepped 911 cages, and one-of-one fabrication. From your drawings, your donor car, or our shelf of Washburn's Originals.
"This is a quality shop and they do top notch metal work. They are friendly and professional, and the owner is a good guy, and knows VWs. After dealing with other shops that are overpriced and deliver lack-luster work in the past, I was VERY happy to find a shop that does work correctly, even to my ocd standards, and affordably."
F.B. — VW Beetle restoration
"The level of professionalism this shop maintains is renowned and have always been more than willing and helpful with any need I have had. I will, and always will recommend this shop to anyone who is looking for honest and quality work."
N.M. — VW chassis build
"Excellent work and was efficient and communicative. I feel lucky he was willing to take on my major project. The results speak for themselves."
C.C. — Major restoration project
If your application is borderline — modified floor pan, custom rear-suspension (IRS) swap, or a body on a non-stock chassis — call before you order. We'd rather talk you out of the wrong part than process the return.
