[V8] Of Honeydews and unwanted hitchikers
Lanier Pratt
lanierpratt at mac.com
Thu Apr 19 11:47:30 EDT 2007
That's the guy. It was such a beautiful car. What is the date on
the Grattan event?
I went to that each year when I lived there after purchasing my first
Audi(Graphite
4000CSQ), but stopped after I got the V8 and then moved. Actually,
it was at the
Quattro club events at Grattan that I first saw the V8 and fell in
love. I think at that
time I had my Red '95 90CSQ (which I sold to my brother who proceeded
to snap
a timing belt and then sold it). I may make the trip back if I can,
get me the dates
and I'll see if it's in the cards.
Lanier
On Apr 19, 2007, at 10:21 AM, Ingo Rautenberg wrote:
> Hmm. Yes. That's Mike Fischer, one of the original founders of
> the Quattro Club (now ACNA) and past President and Chairman of
> ACNA. Beautiful car. Not sure if it's still in Kalifohnia or back
> in Michigan. I may see him at the Grattan, MI ACNA track event at
> the end of the month. Beautiful and well-cared for example.
>
> Ingo
>
> On Apr 19, 2007, at 11:11 AM, Lanier Pratt wrote:
>
>> I wish!! The '91 is not a 5 speed. I bought about a month ago as
>> a parts
>> car for my '92. I may put it up for sale this summer. The only
>> thing it needs
>> (per the previous owner) is a heater hose that goes into the
>> heater core, a
>> battery and a good cleaning.
>>
>> I spent many a day in Suttons Bay, Traverse City, Leland, etc...
>> I've been
>> going up there since I was about 2. I'm 35 now so you can imagine
>> that I
>> have a fairly good memory of the area.
>>
>> Maybe you can help me out. There was a guy in Leland(or
>> surrounding areas)
>> that had a black V8 stick. Used to race it a bit as far as I knew
>> and had a
>> nice after market exhaust on it. I even think that the license
>> plate said quattro.
>> I was talking to him about buying it some years ago and lost his
>> contact info.
>> You wouldn't happen to know the guy and or what happened to the car?
>>
>> Lanier
>>
>> On Apr 19, 2007, at 9:22 AM, Ingo Rautenberg wrote:
>>
>>> Ah, small world. I used to vacation in Leleand every summer.
>>> Kneale's in TC and has at least one v8, and there's a few other
>>> audifans there, though not on this list -- Elijiah Wood by
>>> Suttons Bay (S-Car lister).
>>>
>>> Small world. Is that '91 a 5 speed? I'm sure Ron want's to
>>> know ;-)
>>>
>>> Ingo
>>>
>>> On Apr 19, 2007, at 10:12 AM, Lanier Pratt wrote:
>>>
>>>> I was just reading your thread and noticed that you mentioned
>>>> driving back
>>>> from Traverse City, MI. I currently live in Minnesota, but
>>>> moved here from
>>>> Lansing, MI. about 5 years ago. My family still has a house in
>>>> Omena, MI.
>>>> I've only seen one other V8 while I've been back over there
>>>> visiting. Sorry
>>>> to hear about your little visitor. Hard lesson to learn.
>>>>
>>>> Lanier
>>>>
>>>> '92 V8 Q Pearl
>>>> '91 V8 Q Pearl
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Apr 19, 2007, at 8:26 AM, Ingo Rautenberg wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> oh, the Honey-Do's -- I'm familiar with those. Don't need to be
>>>>> married for those. A serious girlfriend has a great command of
>>>>> those
>>>>> as well ;-)
>>>>>
>>>>> I must have had my mind somewhere else as I'd picked up an
>>>>> unwanted
>>>>> hitchhiker (at least that's when I discovered the little
>>>>> critter) on
>>>>> my way back from Traverse City, MI last night (sorry we
>>>>> couldn't get
>>>>> together, Kneale) when I stopped for gas and went to check the
>>>>> oil:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.pbase.com/ingor/image/77392165/large.jpg
>>>>>
>>>>> Drove all the way back with me, and I was hoping my wires weren't
>>>>> going to be chewed through and I was thinking how I'd get rid
>>>>> of the
>>>>> little bugger, but then he got nervous when I had slowed down
>>>>> in the
>>>>> city three and a half hours later and rang up some 7k rpm shifts.
>>>>> I'm sitting at a light two miles from my house and it's not
>>>>> well-lit
>>>>> outside, so all I can really see is my headlights on the road in
>>>>> front of me suddenly there's this moving silhouette running
>>>>> along my
>>>>> windshield wipers! So I turned the wipers on high and he's
>>>>> hanging
>>>>> on to the driver's side one, and I pop the clutch at 2.5 grand and
>>>>> make a sharp turn, flooring it and tick, tick, tick, woooeee!!!
>>>>> There he goes! Flying lesson anyone? Lol.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ingo
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Apr 18, 2007, at 11:38 PM, Carol, Dave, and Zach Weiss wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Oh, honey, will you please <insert typical home maintenance
>>>>>> project
>>>>>> here>.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: Ingo Rautenberg [mailto:ingo.rautenberg at gmail.com]
>>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 10:26 PM
>>>>>> To: Carol, Dave, and Zach Weiss
>>>>>> Cc: v8 at audifans.com
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [V8] who's got a factory 90 or 91 3.6 5spd..tally
>>>>>> time
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Honeydews?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Apr 18, 2007, at 10:57 PM, Carol, Dave, and Zach Weiss wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> '91, black/graphite. Soon to be 4.2, though. Getting some
>>>>>>> honeydews taken
>>>>>>> care of before the engine comes out..
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Dave
>>>>>>>
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