[urq] how does this happen?

[Martin Pajak]

There is a difference between
1) restoration for profit (making it worth $$ your while) and
2) restoration because you want to have piece of history regardless of cost.

Most quattro owners do not fall into either of the above category because
1) the parts are NLA for the firs case and resale values are low and
2) because most (99%) of the quattro enthusiasts do not have unlimited
bank accounts.

Hence low low prices and no interest in remaking parts.

Cheers
-- 
Martin Pajak

http://www.quattro.ca

1982 Audi Ur-quattro, SQ project
1983 Audi 80 quattro, Euro 2-Tür
1984 Audi Ur-quattro, The new project 20vt
1987 Audi 4000s quattro, wintervagen mit 7A und 5 bolt :)



> Peter Coulter
> Sorry David, I have to disagree with you in your comparison to Porsches.
> That is the only marque I know of that is holding it's value at the
> auctions. Audi doesn't fall into that category. And where are you going to
> get the parts to restore it? We can't even get windshields for them. While
> I think every one of us would like to have each one saved; I believe that
> it doesn't make sense financially to restore many of them. /Peter
> ps I know of a mars red 83 in Denver that just came up for sale cheap ;?)
>
> FACEBOOK: USURQ30 Vail, Colorado 9/10/11. Be there!!
>
> On Dec 1, 2010, at 8:51, lawson.d at comcast.net wrote:
>
>> I'm with Ed on this one, sure it's rough around the edges, but is very
>> rebuildable/restoreable. And I think it deserves to be saved.
>>
>> The general opinion on the car is interesting to me with many people say
>> pass. Right now if you wanted buy an 84 urq in the US, to my knowledge
>> this is the only car available. And in the past year there has only been
>> 2 other 84s for sale. I'm puzzled by the attitude that these cars are
>> readily available and another one will surface and can be bought next
>> week.
>>
>> I think it is only a matter of time until there is a mind shift and
>> people realize how rare these cars are. I know it is not quite a valid
>> comparison, but compare what is going on in the 911/914 world and what
>> people are doing to rebuild these cars. Check out pelican, early 911
>> registry, rennlist, ddk for examples. Yea I know the 911 values are
>> quite higher than the urqs at this point, but some of the sunk costs on
>> these 911s seem to be higher than the current value. It's great to see
>> what we would consider rust buckets being rebuilt to better than new. It
>> might take a few more years, but our thinking will change, or at least I
>> hope it will.
>>
>> In the mean time, my recommendation on this example is buy, before the
>> market catches up.
>> -
>> Dave
>> 84
>> 83x2
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