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1- Parts that are no longer available but that we need to keep the cars
running:

- early cars sway bar bushings
- dashboards and center console, early style
- diff lock panels
- early ball joints
- headlight surrounds
- radio antenna
- WOT/idle switches
- Bowden cable
- twin rear brake cables, early style
- rear view mirror, interior
- expansion tank, early style
- exhaust manifold, single part
- window and mirror switches

2- Parts that are WAY too expensive :

- front fenders
- differential lock actuators
- rear tie rods
- front tie-rods
- early ball joints (when available)
- door and trunk stickers
- seat heater elements
- filters for the hydraulic system, both style
- hydraulic booster
- radiator shrouds
- door sill rocker panels
- exhaust system, especially the rear muffler
- rear differential output shaft seal, the big one
- exhaust manifold, twin part
- window regulators, both style
- AC condenser
- 

3- Lack of support from the dealers, or from the manufacturer, to help
us find rare parts. I am sure there is still some New Old Stock in
Azerbaidjan or Ghana, they just don't know it.

So, if you have other suggestions, please add them to my list, I will
include them in my price/availability search when we'll be ready to ask
them "What can you do to help us keep these cars on the road ?"


Louis-Alain
1983 Quattro with lots of non-Audi parts...