[urq] goofy fenders?

[Bill Bennett]

hope it goes to a good home...,, but, what is it?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brandon Rogers" <brogers at terrix.com>
To: "Bill Bennett" <ur.quattro at verizon.net>; "Thatcher Hubbard"
<thatcher.hubbard at gmail.com>; <louis-alain_richard at computerhorizons.com>
Cc: <urq at audifans.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 8:38 AM
Subject: Re: [urq] goofy fenders?


>   It doesn't look all that cool right now, IMO, but I've seen worse for
> sure.  Put some 9" Sport Q Ronals on this thing, lower it, and some of us
> may change our tone.  Let's not bad mouth it too much lest it's new owner,
> hopefully, becomes a Lister.  I, for one, hope it goes to a good home...
>
> Brandon
> '84 not so "ur" q myself...
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Bennett" <ur.quattro at verizon.net>
> To: "Thatcher Hubbard" <thatcher.hubbard at gmail.com>;
> <louis-alain_richard at computerhorizons.com>
> Cc: <urq at audifans.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 12:03 AM
> Subject: Re: [urq] goofy fenders?
>
>
> > while we are laughing about this POS, should not all of us let ebay know
> > this car is not an URQ, protect an unknowing buyer, the "car" might be a
> > Quattro. it is still a POS.  My Son's '86 4000 CSQ has an '84 URQ
Interior
> > and a MC engine with 4 doors, and the distinctive seats from an URQ and
it
> > is worth more than this POS, at least to us.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Thatcher Hubbard" <thatcher.hubbard at gmail.com>
> > To: <louis-alain_richard at computerhorizons.com>
> > Cc: <urq at audifans.com>
> > Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 1:09 PM
> > Subject: Re: [urq] goofy fenders?
> >
> >
> > > After looking at it again, it looks like the real thing.  You can see
> > > the anti-roll bar on the rear and it does not appear to have a beam
> > > axle.  The bumpers/valences are correct, and the interior looks right,
> > > down to the driver seat with the "eject" function and the knobs being
> > > on the left side of both seats.  Also, if someone was trying to fake a
> > > quattro, finding the correct rear side window glass and installing it
> > > would be a long way to go to try to fool someone.
> > >
> > > The fender work though, is terrible.  I guess the interior dash mods
> > > are hard to get too down about though: you can't find a new 83 dash
> > > anyway.
> > >
> > > On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 15:47:12 -0500,
> > > louis-alain_richard at computerhorizons.com
> > > <louis-alain_richard at computerhorizons.com> wrote:
> > > > Last year, a strange looking Nogaro-blue Quattro followed me; after
> > > > chatting with the driver, it appeared that the car was a CGT with a
> > > > fiberglass body kit copying the Quattro fenders and bumpers. It was
> > nicely
> > > > finished, nice paint and cool BBS RX 17", but proportions were
> obviously
> > > > wrong. Rear track was too narrow, fenders were too wide, the radius
of
> > the
> > > > "flares" was too soft. etc.
> > > >
> > > > WRT this NV car: look at the width of the OEM urQ fender flares (the
> > > > horizontal part of the flare)... Aren't they a little thin ? It
might
> be
> > a
> > > > genuine urQ, rusted or damaged, with some fiberglass repro fenders
> that
> > > > needed that extension to clear the wheels.
> > > >
> > > > Also: why would a guy replace the boost gauge with a temp gauge
AFTER
> > > > drilling 4 big holes in his dashboard, where the first one is
ALREADY
> a
> > > > temp gauge? I guess this way a fool won't notice the absence of
turbo
> > > > boost...because there is no turbo under the hood maybe?
> > > >
> > > > Anybody in RENo can check in out ?
> > > >
> > > > Louis-Alain
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > It looks like the fenders began life as normal urq fenders but then
> > > > someone added the standard CGT fender treatment on top of them.
Very
> > > > unusual.  And not all that evenly executed, at least from what can
be
> > > > seen in the pictures.  I'm not sure I'd have a problem with it if
the
> > > > rest of the car was solid.
> > > >
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