[urq] Possibly 1 less URQ
Brandon Rogers
brogers at terrix.com
Mon Mar 21 11:56:46 EST 2005
Amazing.....how many people have spare _roofs_ lying around....
Brandon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Pajak" <martin at quattro.ca>
To: "Jim Haseltine" <jim_haseltine at ntlworld.com>; <DGraber460 at aol.com>;
<urq at audifans.com>
Cc: <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2005 5:06 PM
Subject: RE: [urq] Possibly 1 less URQ
> The question is, is the car worth saving.. only the owner will know it, at
> least in their heart.
>
> I have a spare non-sunroof roof kicking around and I think it's black.. ;)
>
> HTH
> Martin Pajak
>
> http://www.quattro.ca
>
> 1983 Audi Ur-quattro (305,000 km) In storage
> 1985 Audi Ur-quattro (203,000 km) Euro spec. import mit 3B ;o)
> 1986 Audi 4000s quattro (270,000 km) winter car
> 1971 Porsche 911T (45,000 mi) all original
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: urq-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:urq-bounces at audifans.com]On
> Behalf Of Jim Haseltine
> Sent: March 20, 2005 06:17
> To: Ingo Rautenberg; DGraber460 at aol.com; urq at audifans.com
> Cc: quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [urq] Possibly 1 less URQ
>
>
> I've seen much worse make it back onto the road. From the pics I can't see
> any sill (rocker cover) damage but the angle of the door suggests that the
> bottom of the A pillar has been pushed a little. As long as the underlying
> conition of the car is sound then pulling it back won't be a big job. Door
> can be sourced from any other type 85 coupe, a batch of front wings
> (fender)
> have just been produced by Audi, the only real problem is the roof - the
> kink is just where the inner brace runs across the car, so if another
> coupe
> donates a door it might be an idea to take the roof too just in case.
>
> Regards
>
> Jim Haseltine
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ingo Rautenberg" <irautenberg at comcast.net>
> To: <DGraber460 at aol.com>; <urq at audifans.com>
> Cc: <quattro at audifans.com>
> Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2005 2:09 AM
> Subject: Re: [urq] Possibly 1 less URQ
>
>
>> Dennis,
>>
>> Are these the pics of your car?
>>
>> http://www.quattro123.com/UrQphotos.htm
>>
>> At a minimum (of course) would be fender and driver's door. Insurance
>> would
>> have to have checked anyway, but have it taken to the best frame
>> alignment
>> place around to see if it can be fixed. I agree that buckle in the roof
>> isn't pretty, but I've seen worse.
>>
>> Best of luck.
>>
>> Ingo
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: <DGraber460 at aol.com>
>> To: <urq at audifans.com>
>> Cc: <quattro at audifans.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 7:00 PM
>> Subject: [urq] Possibly 1 less URQ
>>
>>
>>> I wanted to thank everyone on these lists!!!
>>> The response was overwhelming. This is truly an extended "family". The
>> warm
>>> wishes etc. were _greatly_ appreciated and helpful. I would like to
>> respond to
>>> everyone, but it's just not possible.
>>> I was able to go get a look at the car today, and noticed what looked
>>> like
>>> the death sentence for the URQ. Even though the impact was a hard side
>> blow at
>>> the left front wheel area, the roof has a large wrinkle over the driver
>> side
>>> door. The car appears to have taken a slight horseshoe bend. She took
>>> one
>>> hell-of-a blow and saved me with just some stiff and sore muscles etc.
>>> Insurance hasn't yet had a look at it.
>>> I took a few digital pictures, so if someone has a site I could post
>>> them
>>> on, I'll send them over.
>>> Thanks again to everyone!
>>>
>>> Dennis
>>> Denver
>>
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