"Team Door handle"

[DeWitt Harrison]

On Wed, 14 Jun 2017 17:08:21 -0400, TWFAUST at aol.com wrote:

> Trying to recall a fix for a problem I had with my '82 GTC I  went back in
> the archives to when this was forum was "team door handle" and all  posts
> concerned CGT's and 5KTQ's. I found this:
>
> I  have, myself, full confidence that if all do their duty, if nothing is
> neglected, and if the best arrangements are made, as they are being made,
we
>  shall prove ourselves once again able to repair our Audis, to ride out
the
> storm, and to outlive the menace of outrageous costs, if necessary for
> years, if  necessary alone. At any rate,  that is what we are going to
try to
> do. That is our resolve, of every man of us.  That is the will of the
nation.
> The members of the "List", linked together in  their cause and in their
> need, will struggle unto death, aiding each other like  good comrades to
the
> utmost of their strength. Even though large tracts of  pavement and many
old
> and famous States have passed beneath us, we shall not  flag or fail. We
> shall go on to the end, we shall repair on the seas and the  oceans, we
shall
> repair with growing confidence and growing strength, we shall  defend our
goal
> of autarky, whatever the cost may be, we shall repair on the  beaches, we
> shall repair on the landing grounds, we shall repair in the fields  and in
> the streets, we shall repair in the hills; we shall never  surrender.
> With  special thanks to "The Last Lion"

Brave words, indeed. Many, most, have fallen away during the intervening
years, apparently having given the last measure of their devotion.

This has been brought home to me recently. Traffic on the qlist has nearly
ceased. Our go-to Audi recyclers have no market for parts for the old cars:
no demand and less supply. And when I displayed my 5ktq at a recent, large
charity concours event in Littleton, CO, my car was the only older Audi in
the show. The Audi Club judges couldn't find the battery. I'm beginning to
understand how the veterans of Pearl Harbor are feeling these days.

DeWitt