[V8] Black interiors?

Ed Kellock ekellock at gmail.com
Thu Feb 5 11:59:15 PST 2009 

That's my point.  All the Avants were automatics.  There were some sedans
with sticks, but I thought we were talking about V8 Avants.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ron Wainwright [mailto:ron_01056 at yahoo.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 12:57 PM
> To: Ed Kellock
> Cc: rmwoodbury at roadrunner.com; v8 at audifans.com
> Subject: RE: [V8] Black interiors?
> 
> 
> No.. I thought I seen somewere that there are some manual A6 
> C4 cars??? A fellow V8 lister who is local to me usta have a, 
>  I think it was a 95 (OBD1).. or maybe it was a 96 (OBD2) 
> Sedan with a 5sp manual. Maybe the Avants were all Auto's?
> 
>  & I agree.... if one was to do this to a 95.5 //s6a I know 
> of @ least 50 odd listers who would round up the possi.
> 
>  Ron
> 
> 
> --- On Thu, 2/5/09, Ed Kellock <ekellock at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > From: Ed Kellock <ekellock at gmail.com>
> > Subject: RE: [V8] Black interiors?
> > To: ron_01056 at yahoo.com, rmwoodbury at roadrunner.com
> > Cc: v8 at audifans.com
> > Date: Thursday, February 5, 2009, 2:38 PM
> > The only problem with your proposition is that none of the
> > C4 A6 Avants had
> > manual transmissions.  So you'd be doing a double swap.
> >  You could start
> > with an S6 Avant, but now you're straying into bad car
> > karma area.
> > 
> > Hmmmm... maybe once my 5spd 4.2 swap is done, I'll cut
> > the top of my 91
> > Avant and graft it onto the V8.  Yikes!  Actually I
> > wouldn't have to use the
> > 91, any type 44 Avant would do.  But how many would curse
> > me for doing that
> > to one of only 70 or so 5spds in the country??
> > 
> > Ed
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: v8-bounces at audifans.com
> > > [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Ron
> > Wainwright
> > > Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 12:31 PM
> > > To: rmwoodbury at roadrunner.com
> > > Cc: v8 at audifans.com
> > > Subject: Re: [V8] Black interiors?
> > > 
> > > 
> > > As uisual I know of such vehicals ;-)
> > > 
> > > The one Keith T (90 Lago 200 with a 3.6 motor) did
> > that was
> > > FS recientley. The owner Curtis.... who sold it &
> > bought a
> > > Titan Grey 90 V8 AUTO... is a lister now, maybe
> > he'll chime
> > > in... Curtis?????
> > > 
> > >  & a Yellow 90 V8 (obviousley a repaint) that had
> > a 200tqa
> > > rear section grafted on is running around in Colorado
> > > somewere.. I think his name is Brian Bassett?.
> > > 
> > >  There is a 92 100Q with a 3.6 running around in
> > Minnesota.
> > > 
> > >  There has all so been a Champaine/Beige one running
> > round
> > > somewere for the longest time with a Ford Taurus rear
> > grafted on.
> > > 
> > >  If one started such a project the perfect car would
> > have to
> > > be a 96-98 A6 with a manual. Then you could turn the
> > car into
> > > a //S6+ (plus) I would all so add eather the front
> > ends from
> > > a 92-94 //s4 or the 95-97 US & Canadian
> > //s6's. That would
> > > be... as the kids say.... the SHIZ NIT ;-)
> > > 
> > >  Ron
> > > 
> > >  
> > > 
> > > 
> > > --- On Thu, 2/5/09, Roger Woodbury
> > <rmwoodbury at roadrunner.com> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > From: Roger Woodbury
> > <rmwoodbury at roadrunner.com>
> > > > Subject: Re: [V8] Black interiors?
> > > > To: "'NIck Miller'"
> > <chance9121 at gmail.com>
> > > > Cc: v8 at audifans.com
> > > > Date: Thursday, February 5, 2009, 2:14 PM
> > > > Actually, I was just funnin' with the comment
> > about a V8
> > > Avant.  T he
> > > > thread was beaten to death back around the dawn
> > of time, although
> > > > there are some V8
> > > > Avants running around.
> > > > 
> > > >  
> > > > 
> > > > At the end of the day, I doubt that there is a
> > better Audi overall
> > > > than the Type 44 20-Valve Avant.  It is very easy
> > to get really big
> > > > power out of that
> > > > engine, and it will run forever even with some
> > significant
> > > > tweaking.  If I
> > > > ever have enough spare change in one pocket at
> > the same
> > > > time I run across
> > > > another fairly decent one, I might try to sneak
> > it into the
> > > > back of the barn
> > > > when my wife isn't looking.  It still is a
> > very good
> > > > looking car IMHO, and
> > > > there is no reason why a brace or three of
> > V8's plus a
> > > > special 20Valve Avant
> > > > isn't the perfect stable.
> > > > 
> > > >  
> > > > 
> > > > But not using New England cars.  They really do
> > suffer mightily up
> > > > here, particularly in rural Maine, so I will need
> > to find a car
> > > > that has spent
> > > > most of its time in Oregon, perhaps, or maybe in
> > a sealed,
> > > > heated and
> > > > airconditioned barn someplace..
> > > > 
> > > >  
> > > > 
> > > > Roger
> > > > 
> > > >  
> > > > 
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: NIck Miller [mailto:chance9121 at gmail.com]
> > > > Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 2:01 PM
> > > > To: rmwoodbury at roadrunner.com
> > > > Subject: Re: [V8] Black interiors?
> > > > 
> > > >  
> > > > 
> > > >      I actually liked the Idea of the humidor.
> > You could call your
> > > > new V8 "brainstorming central"  as
> > apparently that's
> > > > how you get all your great
> > > > ideas?  People would wonder why you're always
> > in the
> > > > car, I'm sure, but you
> > > > can just tell them your thinking up the next
> > great car
> > > > concept.  Limo tint
> > > > too, right?
> > > > 
> > > >      So, What would it really take to get a V8
> > into a 200 20v/10v
> > > > Avant?  I understand a lot of 20v Avant's
> > become 20v swap fodder,
> > > > so I'm sure there is
> > > > a number of shells availiable in the New England
> > area?  And
> > > > we have people
> > > > with V8's in coupes, 4k's, and etc, and a
> > V8 into a
> > > > 200 lets you deal with a
> > > > similar platform.  Already have seen that the 200
> > subframe
> > > > and transmission
> > > > can go into a v8 without a ton of difficulty, so
> > maybe it
> > > > is fairly
> > > > feasible.  At least, physically.  No idea what
> > the wiring
> > > > would be like.
> > > > Unless you went megasquirt or 034Efi.
> > > > 
> > > > Me?  I'll stick to getting my V8 running,
> > thank you.
> > > > 
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