[urq] Another eBay special

Ed Kellock ekellock at gmail.com
Wed Jun 29 19:19:17 EDT 2005


If you follow the link supplied to a separate showing of pix, there is
a very clear pic of the rear suspension leaving little doubt.  The
auction asserts that it is a Quattro, then seems to state differently,
then reasserts that it is Quattro.  Not.

Ed

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Karasaki" <johkar at teleport.com>
To: "Mike Fitton" <rfitton at vt.edu>; "j.koenig" <j.koenig at adelphia.net>
Cc: "Urq List" <urq at audifans.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 3:38 PM
Subject: Re: [urq] Another eBay special


> Mike,
>
> Which picture shows the torsion beam?  Maybe my dial-up connection
didn't
> process that pic?
>
> I suspect many of these were only appearance packages.  The only
Tresser 5k
> I've seen in person was a FWD car with only body and wheel
modifications.
>
> I don't like that the e-bay seller says (I suspect guessing) that
the
> engine was blueprinted and balanced.  How in the world would he know
> that?  How could anyone prove it one way or the other?
>
> John
>
> At 01:34 PM 6/29/2005 -0400, Mike Fitton wrote:
> >I thought these were more than just an appearance package.  Anyone
notice
> >the acute lack of diff-locks?  Not to mention the acute presence of
a big
> >fat torsion beam between the rear wheels.  So disappointing...
> >
> >-Cheers!
> >Mike
> >
> >j.koenig wrote:
> >
> >>Not my thing, but everyone should see this Tresser 5000 Tq:
> >>
>
>>http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=60
55&item=4558208111&rd=1
> >>
> >>-- john
> >>
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