'80's audi door handle question

[Ken Keith]

Huw Powell <audi at mediaone.net> wrote:
> 
> > > While pounding the ice off my already broken door handle I'm
> > > wondering if the newer style VW/Audi
> > > door handles can be retrofitted to the older style like those on my 4kq?
> > 
> > anything is possible with a big enough hammer :-)
> > 
> > Seriously though, I'm going to swap the 100/200 stle door handles (the ones
> > you pull UP on to open the door) onto my 4kq as yet another winter project.
> > Basically, the internal mechanism is the same inbetween these cars but the
> > handle is molded into a different pattern of metal on the 200/100 doors.
> 
> you will have to kludge the actuator rods, they are different.  but the
> ranges and types of motion are the same so its no biggie.

Yeah, and someone in the world offers fiberglass pieces that are 
used to do exactly that, put the newer Audi style handles in other 
cars.  The pieces would allow you to do it with the 100/200 door 
sheet metal.  

You can see them listed in a D&W catalog.  I saw a tricked out A1 
Golf or rabbit or something with them.

I don't know how strong they are, being fiberglass that hold 
something you are supposed to pull on, but they are available.

Ken