Fwd: Re: 5k Diesel FS

[NIck Miller]

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From: "NIck Miller" <chance9121 at gmail.com>
Date: Aug 18, 2011 12:09 AM
Subject: Re: 5k Diesel FS
To: "Steve Sears" <steve.sears at soil-mat.on.ca>

There's a toy soldier under there.... lol.

Nice looker for a 31yr old car!
Gotta wonder on 200k how much gliding is left.  Who knows though not a bad
deal, two silly diesels for 1500... hmm.
On Aug 17, 2011 11:29 PM, "Steve Sears" <steve.sears at soil-mat.on.ca> wrote:
> 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
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: NIck Miller <chance9121 at gmail.com>
>> To: audi at humanspeakers.com, "quattro at audifans.com"
>> <quattro at audifans.com>
>> Subject: Re: 5k Diesel FS
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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
>
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