[urq] urq Digest, Vol 100, Issue 10 - CF Hood

Thu Feb 16 13:34:33 PST 2012

Hello All in ur q Land:

Back to the discussion topic on carbon fiber (CF) ur q hoods, a mostly Porsche tuner named GMG (Global Motorsports Group) located in a light indistrial park in the City of Santa Ana (SoCal) has a very nice CF ur q hood for sale.  The link is here: http://www.gmgracing.com/audi_aero.shtml  Scroll to the bottom of the website.  

One of the Owners there, a fellah named Fabryce, is an ur q enthusiast like all of here on the boards.  He had a nice '84 he restored then later sold and his race shop also did what Dialynx does over in Great Britain, take ordinary Type 85 chassis, chops a foot or so out of the center and makes a Sport q out of it.  The car his shop fabricated used a V6 A6 turbo motor.  Lastly, the fellahs here on the board shouldn't worry about GMG's fab skills, they prepared Randy Pobst's winning 997 Porsche Cup car I think it was a few years ago.  Alright fellahs, drive safe and be careful out there...

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Today's Topics:

  1. Re: Facebook post PPHC (Scott Justusson)
  2. Carbon Fiber hoods? (Eric J. Fluhr)
  3. Re: Carbon Fiber hoods? (Mike Sylvester)
  4. Re: Carbon Fiber hoods? (craigcook at rogers.com)
  5. Re: Carbon Fiber hoods? (djdawson2 at aol.com)
  6. Re: Carbon Fiber hoods? (Phil Payne)

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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:32:55 -0500 (EST)
From: Scott Justusson <qshipq at aol.com>
To: dgraber460 at aol.com, quattro at audifans.com, urq at audifans.com,
    dlawson at ball.com, brogers at terrix.com, garyb at meadowcreektire.com,
    hackl911 at comcast.net, bhowell at rmi.net, audionly at gmail.com,
    DonG at cpa-hs.com, seiche at shadetreesoftware.com, tyreguru at comcast.net
Subject: Re: [urq] Facebook post PPHC
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FB chatted with Maskus a few minutes ago..  No real details yet, but ACNA called him to give him the news directly, presented to him as a collaboration between ACNA and Audi AG.  Sounds like he will just be present for the meet and greet type stuff, no exhibition ride up the hill or kicking Hackl out of his A2...  Might be a good draw for autographs and more urq's actually showing up in support of David's ride up the hill.  Given Audis history with PPIHC, I don't see any real chance of a bigger splash for Audi...

Justi

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To: quattro <quattro at audifans.com>; urq <urq at audifans.com>; dlawson <dlawson at ball.com>; brogers <brogers at terrix.com>; garyb <garyb at meadowcreektire.com>; hackl911 <hackl911 at comcast.net>; bhowell <bhowell at rmi.net>; audionly <audionly at gmail.com>; DonG <DonG at cpa-hs.com>; seiche <seiche at shadetreesoftware.com>; tyreguru <tyreguru at comcast.net>
Sent: Wed, Feb 15, 2012 1:24 pm
Subject: [urq] Facebook post PPHC

ATTENTION AUDI FANS: Audi has just confirmed Walter Rohrl will be attending this 
years Pikes Peak Hill Climb. It is the 25th Aniversary of his record winning run 
up the Hill. This is great news . We are very excited to be part of this years 
PPIHC ! More Information http:\\www.ppihc.com

UnlikeLike ?  ? Share ? 41 minutes ago ? 

Tim Maskus posted this on his facebook page and said there will be VIP package 
meets and greet available only to ACNA members.

Dennis 
Denver
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:22:34 -0600
From: "Eric J. Fluhr" <ejfluhr at austin.rr.com>
To: <urq at audifans.com>
Subject: [urq] Carbon Fiber hoods?
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Gang,

I know that some years back there was a carbon fiber hood group buy gone 
bad.  I don't know
much about it or what the landscape today looks like.  Does anyone have 
recommended options,
if any, for carbon fiber Urq hoods these days?    I'm interested in 
references to either the a factory
fit piece, or those sport replica shortened to suit the Urq front.

Thanks,
Eric
'82 urq 

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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 08:36:09 -0700
From: "Mike Sylvester" <mike at urq20v.com>
To: "Eric J. Fluhr" <ejfluhr at austin.rr.com>, urq at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [urq] Carbon Fiber hoods?
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Don't go there.
Unless you are buying from a reputable company or can trade money for a
hood in person.
There have been 2 hood deals that went bad.

That GB with Automechanica in Chicago went very bad.  Of course not for
the people that actually got their hoods and not quite as bad for those
that just made the $500 down payment.  Unfortunately for me, I was next
in line to get a hood and made a full payment of $1500 when it all fell
apart.

Mike

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [urq] Carbon Fiber hoods?
> From: "Eric J. Fluhr" <ejfluhr at austin.rr.com>
> Date: Thu, February 16, 2012 12:22 am
> To: <urq at audifans.com>
> 
> 
> Gang,
> 
> I know that some years back there was a carbon fiber hood group buy gone 
> bad.  I don't know
> much about it or what the landscape today looks like.  Does anyone have 
> recommended options,
> if any, for carbon fiber Urq hoods these days?    I'm interested in 
> references to either the a factory
> fit piece, or those sport replica shortened to suit the Urq front.
> 
> Thanks,
> Eric
> '82 urq 
> 
> 
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 07:59:51 -0800 (PST)
From: craigcook at rogers.com
To: "Eric J. Fluhr" <ejfluhr at austin.rr.com>, urq at audifans.com,    Mike
    Sylvester <mike at urq20v.com>
Subject: Re: [urq] Carbon Fiber hoods?
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Well said Mike

This is also a sore point with Mike Hopton.

This is the main reason that the molds are being made
?at a huge cost to Mike and Martin for the sport quattro kit without
asking for a single penny as a? down payment in advance.

We want to restore confidence in future? "group buy" situations.

Cheers,

Craig Cook.

--- On Thu, 2/16/12, Mike Sylvester <mike at urq20v.com> wrote:

From: Mike Sylvester <mike at urq20v.com>
Subject: Re: [urq] Carbon Fiber hoods?
To: "Eric J. Fluhr" <ejfluhr at austin.rr.com>, urq at audifans.com
Date: Thursday, February 16, 2012, 7:36 AM

Don't go there.
Unless you are buying from a reputable company or can trade money for a
hood in person.
There have been 2 hood deals that went bad.

That GB with Automechanica in Chicago went very bad.? Of course not for
the people that actually got their hoods and not quite as bad for those
that just made the $500 down payment.? Unfortunately for me, I was next
in line to get a hood and made a full payment of $1500 when it all fell
apart.

Mike

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [urq] Carbon Fiber hoods?
> From: "Eric J. Fluhr" <ejfluhr at austin.rr.com>
> Date: Thu, February 16, 2012 12:22 am
> To: <urq at audifans.com>
> 
> 
> Gang,
> 
> I know that some years back there was a carbon fiber hood group buy gone 
> bad.? I don't know
> much about it or what the landscape today looks like.???Does anyone have 
> recommended options,
> if any, for carbon fiber Urq hoods these days?? ? I'm interested in 
> references to either the a factory
> fit piece, or those sport replica shortened to suit the Urq front.
> 
> Thanks,
> Eric
> '82 urq 
> 
> 
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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 11:51:27 -0500 (EST)
From: djdawson2 at aol.com
To: mike at urq20v.com, ejfluhr at austin.rr.com, urq at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [urq] Carbon Fiber hoods?
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Yeah... and I'm not even sure how the "line" was formed.  I was one of the very early guys in... put in $1500... about 10% of the total amount effectively stolen from us by Ed Kowbel (if spelled correctly).

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Sylvester <mike at urq20v.com>
To: Eric J. Fluhr <ejfluhr at austin.rr.com>; urq <urq at audifans.com>
Sent: Thu, Feb 16, 2012 8:36 am
Subject: Re: [urq] Carbon Fiber hoods?

Don't go there.
Unless you are buying from a reputable company or can trade money for a
hood in person.
There have been 2 hood deals that went bad.

That GB with Automechanica in Chicago went very bad.  Of course not for
the people that actually got their hoods and not quite as bad for those
that just made the $500 down payment.  Unfortunately for me, I was next
in line to get a hood and made a full payment of $1500 when it all fell
apart.

Mike

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [urq] Carbon Fiber hoods?
> From: "Eric J. Fluhr" <ejfluhr at austin.rr.com>
> Date: Thu, February 16, 2012 12:22 am
> To: <urq at audifans.com>
> 
> 
> Gang,
> 
> I know that some years back there was a carbon fiber hood group buy gone 
> bad.  I don't know
> much about it or what the landscape today looks like.  Does anyone have 
> recommended options,
> if any, for carbon fiber Urq hoods these days?    I'm interested in 
> references to either the a factory
> fit piece, or those sport replica shortened to suit the Urq front.
> 
> Thanks,
> Eric
> '82 urq 
> 
> 
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Message: 6
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:06:03 -0000
From: "Phil Payne" <phil at isham-research.co.uk>
To: "'Mike Sylvester'" <mike at urq20v.com>,    "'Eric J. Fluhr'"
    <ejfluhr at austin.rr.com>, <urq at audifans.com>
Subject: Re: [urq] Carbon Fiber hoods?
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I know of two sources in Europe, both of which have proven reputable.

Dialynx in Swindon and Michele Bonvin in Switzerland. 

-----Original Message-----
From: urq-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:urq-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf
Of Mike Sylvester
Sent: 16 February 2012 15:36
To: Eric J. Fluhr; urq at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [urq] Carbon Fiber hoods?

Don't go there.
Unless you are buying from a reputable company or can trade money for a hood
in person.
There have been 2 hood deals that went bad.

That GB with Automechanica in Chicago went very bad.  Of course not for the
people that actually got their hoods and not quite as bad for those that
just made the $500 down payment.  Unfortunately for me, I was next in line
to get a hood and made a full payment of $1500 when it all fell apart.

Mike

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [urq] Carbon Fiber hoods?
> From: "Eric J. Fluhr" <ejfluhr at austin.rr.com>
> Date: Thu, February 16, 2012 12:22 am
> To: <urq at audifans.com>
> 
> 
> Gang,
> 
> I know that some years back there was a carbon fiber hood group buy 
> gone bad.  I don't know
> much about it or what the landscape today looks like.  Does anyone have 
> recommended options,
> if any, for carbon fiber Urq hoods these days?    I'm interested in 
> references to either the a factory
> fit piece, or those sport replica shortened to suit the Urq front.
> 
> Thanks,
> Eric
> '82 urq
> 
> 
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