The red sport q

[Emre Washburn]

Actually the door would have been interchangeable with a Coupe GT or
UrQ as it is the only metal body work on the car. At least the red car
had not been damaged as bad as this poor Sport in the UK...
<http://www.pifiu.com/vortex/uploads/052004/poorSportQ.bmp>
Makes my eyes teer up . .


-- 
Emre
92 //S4
90 Cq
40 valves to many!

On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 12:44:57 -0400, Wylie Bean
<theringmeister at triad.rr.com> wrote:
> The red car sold at the Monterey auction is the one that was at the Imperial
> Palace, and had been listed for sale for quite some time on both their site
> and on collectorcartraderonline.com  Curiously, about 3 or 4 weeks ago, the
> price was raised from 75K to 85K, probably coinciding with when it was added
> to the list of offerings at Monterey. There are still plenty of pics of the
> car on both sites if I'm not mistaken
> 
> Regarding the 'rollover.'  It's not 'quite' a rumor, as one of Frank's red
> ones was involved in a accident.  VA City Hillclimb back in like '93 or '94?
> Driver (who was a reporter, although also a somewhat accomplished driver in
> his own right) slid off and hit a telephone pole, but he was actually doing
> a timed run if memory serves, not just taking the car for a spin.  Damage
> was to the driver's door and roof only.  I believe the article said that
> since that part is interchangeable with the 4000 (the only body part that
> is) it was a relatively minor fix compared with what it could have cost had
> he hit anywhere else.  There was a writeup about it in both the quattro
> quarterly from that time period, and I believe in a mainstream publication.
> ( European Car ?) It has been repaired and restored faithfully, and having
> seen all of his cars at MH99, I can vouch at least for it's condition at
> that point.  Surely someone here has seen these cars at club events since.
> 
> Either way, the buyer got what looks to be a fine automobile, surely the
> envy of the quattro fanatic community.  There is a green one in the DC area
> that is I believe the only Malachite car in the US, and it's by far my
> favorite color that I've seen in person.  The burgundy metallic car for sale
> in Geneva Switzerland for  80K Euros is my favorite color seen overall.
> 
> Wylie
> 
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