[urq] New (to me) UrQ owner and couple questions

[Michael Hopton]

Peter,

Congratulations on purchasing your ur-q. I will certainly help
listing NLA parts. Regarding an old copy of Etka, I can't help as
I only have a newish Euro version. I do have a paper copy of the
parts fiche that Audidudi printed many years back. Let me know
if you want a copy. I could probably scan and .pdf it. Since 
Audi will be deleting the ur-q from Etka soon, I think it is
unlikely they will come after me for copyright infringement.

If you have space I would buy a Coupe parts car for a lot of the
NLA parts. Such as window seals, door trim etc. Coupe GTs are 
becoming harder to find. If you have a car with old suspension
and early fuse box - it will be much harder to "restore" than
an '83.5+

I started restoring my '83 before my youngest daughter was 
born and she is seven now.... 'tho I might be ahead of Steve
Eiche.

Cheers, Mike


-----Original Message-----
From: urq-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:urq-bounces at audifans.com] On
Behalf Of Peter Sinkevich
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 8:07 AM
To: urq at audifans.com
Subject: [urq] New (to me) UrQ owner and couple questions

Hello listers,

 

  I recently sealed the deal for a Helios Blue UrQ and will be bringing
it home in the coming weeks to put up and begin restoration.  I bought
this car full well knowing the growing concerns of the owners in regards
to NLA parts and the general rarity of parts in general.  I am no
stranger to rare parts for Audi's currently owning several, one of which
is a Ginster Coupe Quattro.  Some of you might know me from Audiworld,
Motorgeek over the years or more recently when starting my own shop, S
Werks Racing Development and a free and open forum, TDIF.

 

  I see a real need to start tracking and listing NLA parts for general
community reference as well as substitute parts/solutions for the guys
who don't fall in the purists category and wish to resolve their woes in
regards to parts unavailability so they may continue using their cars as
they wish.
In this spirit, I will be going through my '03 (maybe '04) Euro ETKA to
start to get a handle on the NLA parts list.  What I started to find
discouraging initially at first glance is the removal of the part
numbers when parts go NLA!  So my question to you all is 2 prong. Does
anyone have an older version of ETKA floating about that does not have
any NLA UrQ parts in it, and secondly, what parts in the last few years
have gone NLA that will not show up in my version?

 

  Being as I am a new owner and have no general restoration schedule for
this car (basically it is as long as it takes to do it right) this NLA
list will be a side project I compile in my spare time.  Anyone who
wishes to participate is more than welcome and will also receive credit.
I will be making a special list/database lookup on TDIF.com where this
list will be kept up-to-date on a monthly basis and will also show newly
NLA parts with dates, descriptions and part numbers. including known
solutions/workarounds.

 

Great to be here and I hope I can make some positive contributions to
the community as I have in the past for other Audi communities.

 

Thanks,

 

Peter Sinkevich

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