[urq] Possibly 1 less URQ

[Jim Haseltine]

I've seen much worse make it back onto the road. From the pics I can't see 
any sill (rocker cover) damage but the angle of the door suggests that the 
bottom of the A pillar has been pushed a little. As long as the underlying 
conition of the car is sound then pulling it back won't be a big job. Door 
can be sourced from any other type 85 coupe, a batch of front wings (fender) 
have just been produced by Audi, the only real problem is the roof - the 
kink is just where the inner brace runs across the car, so if another coupe 
donates a door it might be an idea to take the roof too just in case.

Regards

Jim Haseltine


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ingo Rautenberg" <irautenberg at comcast.net>
To: <DGraber460 at aol.com>; <urq at audifans.com>
Cc: <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2005 2:09 AM
Subject: Re: [urq] Possibly 1 less URQ


> Dennis,
>
> Are these the pics of your car?
>
> http://www.quattro123.com/UrQphotos.htm
>
> At a minimum (of course) would be fender and driver's door.  Insurance 
> would
> have to have checked anyway, but have it taken to the best frame alignment
> place around to see if it can be fixed.  I agree that buckle in the roof
> isn't pretty, but I've seen worse.
>
> Best of luck.
>
> Ingo
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <DGraber460 at aol.com>
> To: <urq at audifans.com>
> Cc: <quattro at audifans.com>
> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 7:00 PM
> Subject: [urq] Possibly 1 less URQ
>
>
>> I wanted to thank everyone on these lists!!!
>> The response was overwhelming. This is truly an extended "family". The
> warm
>> wishes etc. were _greatly_ appreciated and helpful. I would like to
> respond to
>>  everyone, but it's just not possible.
>> I was able to go get a look at the car today, and noticed what looked 
>> like
>> the death sentence for the URQ. Even though the impact was a hard side
> blow at
>> the left front wheel area, the roof has a large wrinkle over the driver
> side
>> door. The car appears to have taken a slight horseshoe bend. She took one
>> hell-of-a blow and saved me with just some stiff and sore muscles etc.
>> Insurance hasn't yet had a look at it.
>> I took a few digital pictures, so if someone has a site I could post them
>> on, I'll send them over.
>> Thanks again to everyone!
>>
>> Dennis
>> Denver
>
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