selling 2 Avants, a 1989 200TQ Avant and a 1990 20V TQ

[Cody Forbes]

But when you can't buy something as simple as a CV boot... And for the record axles are also NLA, even the shitty Empi ones. What happens when that V8 breaks an axle? I was able to find joints new, but without boots......

Headlight/turn signal/wiper switches are NLA IIRC. Shifter bushings are NLA, but 034 did start making them again at least. Not an issue for a 200, but 5000 door handles have dried up. Window regulators are NLA. Every rubber gasket and seal for the body is NLA. It's getting to the point where there are literally parts for the car that you can't do without but can't purchase. The engine is really the most robust part and has the biggest supply of parts. A better solution would be to take the 20v and put it in a chassis that you can buy parts for!

-Cody Forbes (mobile)

> On Jan 30, 2018, at 4:13 PM, Vincent Gelinas <vrgelinas at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Though, now that the OE parts are NLA, would a clean Avant shell be worth
> having fun with for an LS swap or something of that ilk?  Tuned ALH swap,
> perhaps?
> 
> VM
> 
>> On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 3:10 PM, Kent McLean <kentmclean at comcast.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Cody Forbes wrote:
>>> There was a time when I would have driven the 14 hours and been knocking
>> at your door last night.
>> 
>> I’m with Cody on this one.  I have owned a few 200 Avants, including one
>> with a transplanted V8. I’m a wagon kind of guy, and the Avant is the one
>> Audi that still tugs at my heart strings. But even though I have good
>> support locally (Force 5 and a choice of independent Audi mechanics), I
>> won’t own another Audi. Love the cars, hate the repairs, doubly so with the
>> dwindling supply of parts.  I hope yours finds a good home.
>> 
>> -
>> Kent McLean
>> lots of ex-Audis, now a ’06 Grand Cherokee, a V8 Quattro wagon that works
>> for me
>> 
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