[urq] urq Digest, Vol 100, Issue 13

[R Wong]

Hello All:
 
About buying an ur q carbon fiber good, a company here in SoCal (Santa Ana to be precise) called GMG, Global Motorsport Group, which is more known for their Porsche racing activity, sells a CF hood for the ur q.  One of the owners there, a fellah named Fabryce is a fan of the ur q.  He personally had one restored in his shop and then sold it.  Their fab shop even did what Dialynx in Great Britain did, which is chop about a foot out of a Type 85 chassis ur q and made it into s Sport quattro for a client, except using the 30 valve V6 motor from turbo A6.  In any case, here is the link to their web site: 
 
http://www.gmgracing.com/audi_aero.shtml
 
Hope these links work for pictures; if so, here they are: 
 
http://www.gmgracing.com/images/URQ1lg.jpg
 
http://www.gmgracing.com/images/URQ2lg.jpg
 
http://www.gmgracing.com/images/URQ3lg.jpg
 
The hood from the pictures looks like a nice piece.  Due to the complex contours on corners and such, it is difficult to avoid uneven patterns in the CF weave.  Still though, it is very nice through and through.  Hope this help the community out.  Alright fellahs, take it easy.
 
R Wong


Today's Topics:

  1. Re: Carbon fiber hoods? (audiqtrocp)


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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2012 21:15:57 -0800
From: audiqtrocp <audiqtrocp at aol.com>
To: Steve Buchholz <urq at pacbell.net>
Cc: Tony Lum <tlum at flash.net>, "urq at audifans.com" <urq at audifans.com>
Subject: Re: [urq] Carbon fiber hoods?
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Same here...  As soon as I heard Ed Kobel was involved in the second gb I ran far and fast.  

Sent from my iPhone for, the one with the bigger Gee Bee's

On Feb 17, 2012, at 6:57, "Steve Buchholz" <urq at pacbell.net> wrote:

> Then there was the project with a guy named Bergeron from Northwest Composites ... I'm only out $300 from that learning experience ... which kept me from even considering the latter GB.
> 
> Steve Buchholz (mobile)
> 
> ----- Reply message -----
> From: "Tony Lum" <tlum at flash.net>
> Date: Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:07 pm
> Subject: [urq] Carbon fiber hoods?
> To: "djdawson2 at aol.com" <djdawson2 at aol.com>
> Cc: "urq at audifans.com" <urq at audifans.com>
> 
> 
> That's terrible.  Kind of like Bernie Madoff's ponzi scheme on a much smaller level.  At least Madoff's doing 150 yrars.
> 
> T.
> 

> ________________________________
> From: "djdawson2 at aol.com" <djdawson2 at aol.com>
> To: tlum at flash.net; urq at audifans.com
> Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 7:47 PM
> Subject: Re: [urq] Carbon fiber hoods?
> 
> Across state lines too... could be considered a federal issue.
> 
> Bottom line... no one took the time to file a complaint.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tony Lum <tlum at flash.net>
> To: urq <urq at audifans.com>
> Sent: Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:35 pm
> Subject: Re: [urq] Carbon fiber hoods?
> 
> 
> About $15,000 lost to Ed, by my numbers... verified with Fiber Images.
> 
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> 
> So what became of this scumbag?  $15 grand sounds like felony theft to me.
> 
> Tony
> '83 urquattro #302