4000 wagon or pickup?

[Veetesse]

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Hello all...

I remember seeing a while back someone that had turned a Quantum (syncro?) =
wagon into a pickup by essentially following the pattern that VW used when =
they did the Rabbit pickup (chop behind the driver's seats).  I don't remem=
ber the site, but the truck was completely custom down to the specially mad=
e rear window and bed. Tons of work, but it looked unique and I believe the=
 owner was planning on using it to pull a VW race car of some sort.

I've always been fond of the station wagon (like the VW type 3 and Golf to =
some extent) but to my knowledge, Audi never made a 4000 wagon (avant?) or =
a pickup on the 4k chassis...I was just wondering whether anyone had ever a=
ttempted a conversion along these lines with a 4000q.

Would it work to adapt a syncro wagon body/mechanicals to accept some 4kq b=
ody parts, interior, bumpers and lights?

What about a 4kq truck project? I know the quantum/4k bodies are slightly d=
ifferent to begin with.  Maybe it would be more simple (although not as coo=
l)  to make a FWD 4k wagon...

To take it one step further, maybe some 5k wagon parts could be adapted for=
 use on the project...luggage rack, trim peices, 5k TURBO motor, etc.  Slee=
per central...kind of like MGough's syncro wagon...

Any thoughts, info or "bench-engineering"?

Elliott Bavely

86 4000CS Quattro
83 GTI FSP Racey car
83 GTI 16V
90 Cabriolet