[urq] Chassis tag information (urq)?

[ccohen5]

Thanks for that as I do not have a tag on mine that provides this code.  So
I wonder if there is a difference between TC and YT other than the shape and
size of the back seat?

Colin

----- Original Message -----
From: "Per Lindgren" <lindgre at online.no>
To: "ccohen5" <ccohen5 at compuserve.com>
Cc: "Steve Marinello" <smarinello at telocity.com>; <urq at audifans.com>; "qlist"
<quattro at audifans.com>; <quattro at isham-research.com>; <KAMMLER1 at aol.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2001 1:57 PM
Subject: Re: [urq] Chassis tag information (urq)?


>
> 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
> > >
>