[urq] 84 rear deck (trunk) lid....

[Bruce Bell]

Adding to the confusion is the North American '84 urq is out of synch
with the European models. For instance, no US urq had black leather
until the '85 model year. The Europeans got it as an option with #550 in
'84. Euro cars with the rear wiper got the quattro inscription on the
glass in all of '84 NA didn't get q script window until '85.  OH Yes,
The dash, we all know the '84 dash is different from the '85 and very
different from the '83 yet the FA only recognizes two dash part numbers,
up to '84 and '84 & up, with the only differentiation on the latter
being the color code Brown/Black. For the switches, only the black '85
style is shown for the '84. Aren't the '84 switches unique to the '84 in
style as well as color?  Did the Euro '84 cars get the same dash as
those for the NA market? I presume the change had something to do with
the digital dash coming out in '84. The history on the unique dash would
be interesting since it looks like a prototype for the '85.

Just musing in Colorado

Bruce
Michele won PPIHC 20 years ago.


-----Original Message-----
From: Martin Pajak [mailto:martin at quattro.ca] 
Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 2:50 PM
To: John Karasaki; MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM; urq at audifans.com
Subject: RE: [urq] 84 rear deck (trunk) lid....

Could not agree more John...

I know of one '83 with "quattro" script rear window... it has many
different
features which are very un '83...
Most likely none of them original.

Also, at the first UPG event someone had a car with a removable rad
(grill)
support like the '87 and up MB and RR...
If you want to replace the rad (or grill) support, this is what you get
from
the dealer.. a superseded part..
So if the car has ever had that part professionally replaced (for
whatever
reason) it would be replaced a superseded part..

It's harder and harder to find out what is and what is not correct for
our
cars...
Especially since most of us are not the original owners and don't
usually
know car's complete history.

Usually our perception of originality has to do with the condition of
the
car... a mint example is more likely to be assumed to be original.
Just be careful of that.

Cheers
Martin Pajak

http://www.quattro.ca

1983 Audi Ur-quattro (305,000 km) In storage
1985 Audi Ur-quattro (203,000 km) Euro spec. import mit 3B ;o)
1986 Audi 4000s quattro (270,000 km) winter car
1971 Porsche 911T (45,000 mi) all original



-----Original Message-----
From: urq-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:urq-bounces at audifans.com]On
Behalf Of John Karasaki
Sent: January 24, 2005 16:27
To: MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM; urq at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [urq] 84 rear deck (trunk) lid....


The key here is IF the rear window is original.  The rear window on our
former urq (a 1982) shattered.  We had it replaced with the quattro
script
one.  Took a couple of weeks to get it from Germany, but since the
insurance company was paying for it, I wanted the updated part!

John

_______________________________________________
Audifans urq mailing list
Send posts to: mailto:urq at audifans.com
Manage your list connection:
http://www.audifans.com/mailman/listinfo/urq
Have an urq question?  Check the Audifans Knowledgebase!
http://www.audi-quattro.org/cgi-bin/twiki/view/Audi/UrQuattro
Have an urq answer? ... Please help others by adding to the KB ... all
contributions welcome!