[V8] 4.2 5spd for sale

[quattro + 5 or 8 = fun]

I have seen the car, a mechanic in Reno did it...


Shayne


Bay Area, CA
Eastern WA State


PARTING:  1972 Mercedes Benz 280 SE 4.5
PARTING:  1986 Audi 4000 CS quattro

> From: "Shawn Head" <s4qtro at bellsouth.net>
> Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 21:29:38 -0500
> To: "'William Gutierrez'" <lundabo at msn.com>, <v8 at audifans.com>
> Subject: RE: [V8] 4.2 5spd for sale
> 
> There wasn't a 4.2 installed in the '91 cars...
> 
> 
> 
> Shawn Head
> 
> '91 V8 Pearl/Nautica
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: v8-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of
> William Gutierrez
> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 8:07 PM
> To: V8 at audifans.com
> Subject: [V8] 4.2 5spd for sale
> 
> For anyone interested, when I was at Steve Nechodom's place in Berkeley
> today, he told me that a customer who has a 1991 4.2 5spd is looking to sell
> 
> his car.  For those who don't know, Steve runs a VW/Audi repair shop in
> Berkeley and is quite knowledgeable about V8s.  He has a 4.2 5spd of his own
> 
> with a full port and polish job.
> 
> In any event, the car is pearlescent, with tinted windows, 17" 6-spoke
> Borbet rims, fairly new Yokohama dbs tires, non-sport seats and I'm told it
> has fairly low mileage (70-80k).  The body and paint looks pretty good,
> though there was some minor damage to the chrome plastic trim and metal
> panel above the bumper near the headlight on the driver's side.  According
> to Steve, the car was last registered in Nevada in year 2000.  The owner
> brought it to Steve to sort a hot start problem that was eventually traced
> back to the Intended Acceleration chip the prior owner had installed.  Steve
> 
> claims the problem was solved using the stock chip, but the owner never came
> 
> to collect the car, as he apparently has at least one other he drives.
> 
> I don't know the price, but it sounded like the owner had some unrealistic
> viewpoints on V8 values.  Given the rarity of the car, though, I guess it's
> tough to set a value on it.
> 
> Anyone interested, call Steve at Karmakanix (510) 558-0111.
> 
> I have no affiliation, yada yada yada... .  Just thought this is a pretty
> rare and desireable car that someone on this list may have an interest in
> before it is marketed generally.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Bill Gutierrez
> 1990 V8 5spd.
> 
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