[s-cars] Avantissimo light

Wed Feb 9 05:37:08 PST 2011

Bill:

Robert Caro regularly tracks his silver UrS at Northeastern US ACNA track events.
He'd be a good source of info on what mods are necessary.

As to the Danish Avant - I believe you mean Joern Amundsen's Avant which was a special MTM project.
Miss having Joern and Fred from France posting....

-Peter

On Feb 8, 2011, at 10:20 PM, bill mahoney 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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