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[Phil Payne]

> Well, despite my dubious parentage;) it's not an avant, it's a saloon. I
> don't know what that does to the rarity, and looks like the missing bus
> could be up on autotrader anyway!

About 70 MC saloons in 1989, I think.

> Good news about the check engine light then, I was wondering. And if it
> makes you feel better about the leather seats, despite an indicated 77k
> miles (hmm) the drivers bolster is torn.

No, leather seats don't worry me either way.  I like the ones in the ur-quattro, and the cloth ones in the bus.  I had to sit in the
bus for nine hours at a stretch last week and didn't feel any problems at all.

> Both engine mounts seem ok too, I can get my hand between sump and
> sub-frame. The nicest thing about it are all the cowl's are still in
> place (even a plastic cover over the metering head), and the oil cooler
> lines look nearly new.

There's a cooling duct for the engine mount on the Type 44 - seems to avoid all the problems the ur-quattros see.

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