'85 ur-q on auction [was: 200q20v Salvage Car for Auction in TX]

[auditude at cox.net]

I found this one incredibly interesting:

http://www2.iaai-bid.com/veh_detail.asp?auctionid=1629222&itemid=1707893

It looks to be a water-damaged '85 ur-q, listed as a V8 quattro.

What the?

It goes on auction tomorrow morning at 9am!

Ken

Steve Jensen sjensen at mindspring.com wrote:
>
>
> Found the following car on an insurance salvage site:
>
> http://www2.iaai-bid.com/veh_detail.asp?auclist=1&itemid=1716240&auctionid=1
> 636224
>
> Shows it as freshwater flood total in Corpus Christi, TX, and they do take
> online bids.
>
> Posting this for the 200q20v folks who may need a parts car, even though the
> wiring harness and ECU are prolly trashed I know the cylinder heads are next
> to impossible to find.  Was interested myself (visions of a 3B powered
> 4kq)until I found out overbore pistons for the 3B are $800 plus, and I'm too
> lazy to go the custom piston route.
>
> -Steve Jensen
> 87 5kcstq