5k Diesel FS

[Steve Sears]

Ugly color...what?  I love my Mexico Beige 1980 Audi 5k.  My grandparents 
ordered that colour as they lived down a long gravel road and any other 
colour would look like it had a mud bath by the time they got to the house. 
The colour seems to survive sun exposure well.....much better than a Tornado 
"pink".  Silver also held it's colour well.
The Type 43s were available as a diesel (as well as turbo gas and 
normally-aspirated gas) in 1980-82 and a turbo diesel in 1983.  The change 
over to Type 44 was a total body revamp - there would be virtually no 
cross-over body parts, although you may find some cross-overs in the engine 
and drivetrain.  I have heard of some people taking the turbo diesel drive 
out of a Type 43 and installing it in a Type 44 - one guy near Ottawa did 
that with a 1983 5ktd and a Type 44 5ktq avant (I got the parts that 
remained).  The Type 43 5k is beautiful to drive, it really glides down the 
road.  Mine in it's current perch:
http://gallery.quattroworld.com/d/8074-1/max_steel_hoist.jpg
Cheers!
Steve Sears
2001 Audi allroad MT6
1987 Audi 5kTQ (sold)
1980 Audi 5k
1962 and '64 Auto Union DKW Junior deLuxes
193-something DKW F? Projekt

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> From: NIck Miller <chance9121 at gmail.com>
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> So are these older pre T44 (t43?) Audi 5ks awd and 5cyl with turbo?  Or 
> was
> the diesel NA?  That looks like a cool ride to play around with, 
> especially
> if the other is not an ugly color haha.  What sort of stuff carries back 
> and
> fourth between the two chassis, anything?  Or pretty well different cars?
> On Aug 16, 2011 8:50 PM, "NIck Miller" <chance9121 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Do want
>> On Aug 16, 2011 8:18 PM, "Huw Powell" <audi at humanspeakers.com> wrote:
>>> probably does 0-60 in a few minutes, downhill with a tail wind, but
>>> might get great fuel economy.
>>>
>>> it's very shiny, it would be cool to do a veggie kit on it.
>>>
>>> On 8/16/2011 3:14 PM, Dan DiBiase wrote:
>>>> http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/2545614212.html
>>>>
>>>> Lovely color too....
>>>>
>>>> NFI.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Dan D
>>>> '04 A4 1.8Tq MT-6
>>>> Central NJ USA