[s-cars] Avantissimo light

Tue Feb 8 19:42:41 PST 2011

Bill-

If you didn't already know, it's a 95.5- the chrome e-brake release button
is a giveaway. Not that S6 Avants in general are falling out of trees, but
it being a 95.5 puts it at the damn rare end of the spectrum (and 160k is
relatively low mileage these days) so I wouldn't vote for a dedicated track
car conversion.

My take would be making it into a Darth Vader black urban assault vehicle-
black out all trim (including the roof rails) and build it as either RS2 or
stroker levels, maybe add the LLTek lower bumper extension to give it moar
badass. Find a set of Eibachs (or better do a coilover conversion- VAP is
doing some mad mod research on the QW UrS forum), put some stonking 9" wide
wheels on it over Big Blacks, and then go terrify some grannies.

I can just see it filling up the rear views of Volvo and Subaru rolling
chicanes all over greater Chicagoland. (cue evil laugh)

On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 10:20 PM, bill mahoney <airbil at gmail.com> wrote:

> V and T et. al.,
> These are all great and crazy ideas to collect.  I am hoping this new to me
> black pig could be here by Monday.
> So, no I haven't even seen it yet and will then make on going assessments
> of
> the situation.
> Oddly enough my wife was enquiring just after dinner tonight if I was ever
> going tracking again.  Sensing an opportunity, without hesitation I shot
> back, "Yes, but I should have a dedicated track car."  She then reminded me
> that I have two cars to sell before I add another.  uh oh.
> Not to worry though,.. I have five or six daze to find an opening to
> explain
> the logic of the new to me Q car.
> And I do remember the Danish? black avant with the cool fender flares of
> long ago, mentioned by Vincent.  Who owned that?  His name began with a "J"
> I think is all I remember.... but, the tone is set for Audi fender flares
> ala S1 /S2.  No rounded flares will make the cut.... if ya gotta go with
> flares.
> I also recall some MLP babble about ripping everything out of the car,
> adding a roll bar, lexan windows, etc.
> Some voice says to drop an S8 4.2 in there.  And I do know Gabor, the very
> nearby foremost D2vian Drivetrain Dood... not to mention "Torsenboy, " who
> is also nearby.
> These are all things to ponder, but I'll see whats left of this thing after
> shipping.
> Keep those cards and letters coming.
> Bill~red hoody, black hoody~M
> here's two pics.. not a lot to go on but looks ok
> http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5017/5429417129_497e8efb2b_o.jpg
> http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5172/5430025244_a8ca361008.jpg
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 8:01 PM, Theodore Chen <tedebearp at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > That isn't a bad idea.  How light could a UrS4 be if you stripped out
> > anything
> > that didn't look like a street-legal track car?
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Vincent <s.sikss at gmail.com>
> > To: bill mahoney <airbil at gmail.com>; s-car-list at audifans.com; Hap
> Maguire
> > <captmagu at gmail.com>
> > Sent: Tue, February 8, 2011 5:56:51 PM
> > Subject: Re: [s-cars] Avantissimo light
> >
> > Hi Bill,
> >
> > Since you called her by her name... it's Avantissimo _light_, right? So,
> > before adding, you should remove! What about ditching everything behind
> the
> > front seats to make it lighter - you have rear seats in the red one
> anyway,
> > even in the M3; who needs 3 rear benches - welding the rear doors and
> > making
> > her the first Sehrleichtjagtavant (AFAIK), ala Aston Marin
> > (
> >
> http://www.astonmartins.com/virage/v8_long_chassis_shooting_brake_roos.htm
> > )
> > . Of course, this would make BBK, deep rumble 3" exhaust and large hp
> > figure
> > mandatory to keep up with the lineage, and rolled rear fenders with big
> > meaty tires wouldn't hurt (memories of some black S-beast Avant of
> Northern
> > Europe I can't find a link to). The wood roof bars are optional
> > http://www.partaj.cz/clanky/aston-martin-dbs-shooting-brake-1970-48.html
> ),
> > not sure they would really fit on a Jagtavant. But, all black, with
> tinted
> > windows, I'm sure it would fit your requirements of an urban assault
> > marauder... in a exhilarating bad-ass way.
> >
> > Beside, you would save around about 630K$ compared to its ancestor
> > (
> >
> http://www.topspeed.com/cars/car-news/super-rare-650k-aston-martin-shooting
> > -brake-up-for-auction-ar94638/picture371139.html). Second, but not least,
> > it
> > would make a lot of room to sleep off a decent number of beers at S-Fest
> ;
> >
> > I would figure 5K for the Sehrleichtjagtavant conversion if the
> > Zukommensehrleichtjagtavant paint is good enough that welding the rear
> > doors
> > does not require a full respray and your skills include enough creativity
> > to
> > make a nice looking trunk booth from the front doors back without hiring
> a
> > interior designer. Considering how unique this all-black-bad-ass would
> be,
> > I
> > would even make without the RS2 conversion to fit in the budget. But it's
> > just me and my crazy ideas.
> >
> >
> >
> > Vincent - dreaming of what if I had as many 15K as projects - F
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
> > [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of bill mahoney
> > Sent: 7 February 2011 18:02
> > To: s-car-list at audifans.com; Hap Maguire
> > Subject: [s-cars] Avantissimo light
> >
> > Hap, et.al.,
> > Thanks for the great ideas and responses.
> > I have yet to set my eyes upon this potential rat rod S-car, a concept
> > pioneered by Vincent up north and Serge of Crooklyn fame.
> > That said, Serge's Maaco Blue avant met an untimely demise in a Crooklyn
> > intersection IIRC, and Vincent's Silver (some called it rusted) Bullet
> was
> > simply overcome when more systems were not working than were.
> > It will be interesting to see what rolls off the car carrier in a week or
> > two.  Hard to say.  The PO didn't even know it had seat heaters and was
> > using it as a, so called, Greenwich "Station Car."  Oh my!
> > Bill~jnr on too many level's~M
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