[urq] Chassis tag information (urq)?

[ccohen5]

Yes Steve, it is your old car.  Dean and I have been noodling as to how
those seats got installed.  The rails and fittings for the SQ are not the
same as the Urq so it was a special.  But curious to me is that the rear set
matches and the interior code conforms with the name of the SQ interior
color.  I have been told by a UK leather recolor company (Surflex I believe)
that the Quartz color is not one they can determine from the Audi charts of
that era.  So it might seem that if you ordered that color you got those
seats?

The original federalize process was done how, where, was there certification
paperwork with the car?

And BTW my assertions about the original owner's honesty were not aimed at
you, but the original source of the info as to how those seats got into that
car.  I think I misspoke as I had forgotten that Quattro Gmbh does and has
customized cars in Europe for many years.

Colin

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Marinello" <smarinello at telocity.com>
To: "ccohen5" <ccohen5 at compuserve.com>
Cc: <urq at audifans.com>; "qlist" <quattro at audifans.com>;
<quattro at isham-research.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2001 1:16 PM
Subject: Re: [urq] Chassis tag information (urq)?


>
> Colin:
>
> It would appear that you have been looking at my old car, sold to Dean
> Kammler earlier this year.  The car was a special order, one of a kind car
> ordered at Ingolstadt by an old friend that introduced me to quattros and,
> in fact, found me the '83 that I still retain.  The car was ordered with
the
> Recaro seats from the Sport quattro and had the sunroof and cruise control
> deleted.  It was shipped to England first, then shipped to California and
> legalized.  I bought it from my friend, as I had first dibs on it, and
only
> sold it to Dean to appease my wife...too many cars and no space...and she
> now despises the guy I bought it from, but that's another story.  If there
> are specifics you'd like to know, I can try to answer them.  The original
> owner did not lie; the car was a special order.  Except for the ECU mods
> done in Europe before being shipped here and the required
> federalization/CARB requirements, nothing was added or taken from the car
> except for the Moda wheels that were added...and, unfortunately, the
> original white Ronals were stolen while they were supposed to be being
> refinished.  The car spent its life in California before I brought it to
> Louisiana for a few years and then on to Dean, who picked it up down here.
>
> BTW, you will note that the rear seat is NOT leather.  And Phil is correct
> that you have a "7" where another "Z" should be in the VIN.
>
> Steve
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "ccohen5" <ccohen5 at compuserve.com>
> To: "Phil Payne" <quattro at isham-research.com>; "qlist"
> <quattro at audifans.com>; <urq at audifans.com>
> Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2001 11:29 AM
> Subject: Re: [urq] Chassis tag information (urq)?
>
>
> > Hmm, so the original owner lied!  I presume you can decipher this from
the
> > option codes? If the seats were procured in the after market that would
be
> a
> > first as neither the upholstery colour nor the spec. is recognized by
> Recaro
> > as ever having been sold.  I have been trying to buy some replacement
> > bolster adjustment plastic wheels, and cannot get Recaro to acknowledge
> that
> > they even used them in 1984.  This despite Phil Ackley's Ruf 930 having
> > Recaro Sport Seats with the very same adjustment wheels/knobs.
> >
> > BTW - the EKTA describes the leather colour as Quartz.  Anyone ever seen
> > this on another car?  Moreover, this 85 Urq with the codes below has
this
> > colour leather front and rear.  So unless it was a special factory fit,
it
> > must have been a standard colour at that time, or the owner got both
front
> > and back seats from a stripped SQ??  Any other possibilities?
> >
> >
> > Colin
>