[urq] 1985 Rear bumper : no holes ???

[Martin Pajak]

Bruce,

Bumper skin is replacable and has a part number.  If there was a gouge or
a deep scratch, it might have been replaced.  Anyhoo.. looks like you
might be the only one. :(  Might be a good thing afterall.. :)

Cheers
Martin


> Bruce Bell
> Well not zero.
>
> For a while I thought I wasn't alone then I saw everyone recant. Sigh, My
> confidence was so shattered I went out to the garage for another look.
> .....
> I'm still a plugger!
>
> Martin, you and conventional wisdom appear to be more right than wrong.
> Behind the rear bumper on my car there is no discernable damage or repair.
> I'm now wondering under what scenario the bumper might have been replaced.
> How can you bugger a bumper so bad it needs replacement without collateral
> damage? If it was replaced, it must have been early in the cars life as I
> would expect stocks of the early bumper to have disappeared in the early
> years.  Keep in mind I bought the car with 33,000 miles so it doesn't have
> a
> lot of history.
>
> Another interesting tidbit, though my car is a 3/84 build (number
> EA900784)
> it has an Audi sticker on the drivers side rear window that essentially
> says
> the car meets 1983 emissions standards in California.
>
> Bruce
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: j.koenig [mailto:j.koenig at adelphia.net]
> Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 5:31 PM
> To: Martin Pajak
> Cc: urq at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [urq] 1985 Rear bumper : no holes ???
>
> Uh ... well ... maybe not so interesting after all.  I can't claim to have
> misunderstood, I was just wrong.  It took a trip out to the garage to
> prove
> it!  So, let's see, that's a grand total of zero '84s and '85s with rear
> bumper plugs?  (I could have sworn I was worrying about how I was going to
> find some.)
> John
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Martin Pajak" <martin at quattro.ca>
>
>
> Again,  rear plugs?  And are you sure they are 100% original?
>
> This is very interesting..  :)
>
> Martin Pajak
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Martin Pajak

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1982 Audi Ur-quattro (50,000 mi) new project
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