[urq] Chassis tag information (urq)?

[Per Lindgren]

The Sport quattro's Quartz interior is coded YT, fwiw.

PerL

ccohen5 wrote:

> 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
> >