[V8] Original '91 5-speed with 4.2 swap going to wrecking yard

Fri Aug 2 10:31:52 PDT 2013

to those who asked for pics, i am sorry, i must have deleted them.  i can't
find them anywhere.  i saw the car last october, 2012 for a friend who was
interested.  i really, really enjoyed meeting gerry.

in the end, the deal was between gerry and my friend.  the deal did not
happen as the price was not right.

i can give my thoughts on the car

it was a very clean but horribly stored car.  it has sat for about 6 years
under a bunch of trees just collecting debris.  the exterior is light blue
IIRC and the interior is travertine (it MAY have been gray, i just don't
recall).

the interior would have to come out completely to be cleaned.  it was
disgusting, wet, moldy but very salvageable.  the seats looked very nice.

IIRC, the motor has 120K on it and the body 160K.  maybe its the other way
around.  

either way, it would need all new fluids, belts and a general overall
cleaning.  

the headlights would have to be replaced too as i think they were
delaminating.  i guess u could have them vacuum metalized if you wanted.
they were NOT euros.

other than the overall condition of the car and the fact that it had a 4.2
in an original 5 speed car and it is in very straight, clean shape, but
needing a bunch of elbow grease i found the car to be something i would buy
and save if A) i did not already have 5+ projects and B) if i lived in the
USA and C) if the price was right.

i can say this car is way too nice to go to the scrap yard.

if i can find the pics, i will send them to those who have asked.

Shayne

PARTING:
1972 mercedes benz 280 se 4.5
1986 audi 4000 cs quattro
1990 audi coupe quattro
1995 audi S6

> From: too many quattros <thequattroking at yahoo.com>
> Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2013 08:02:35 +0200
> To: Luis CaifanSC <caifansc at gmail.com>, Scott Justusson <qshipq at aol.com>
> Cc: V8 Audi Fans <v8 at audifans.com>
> Subject: Re: [V8] Original '91 5-speed with 4.2 swap going to wrecking yard
> 
> i have seen the car and have pics of it somewhere if anyone is interested.
> i can try and dig up the pics if needed.  i looked at it for a friend who
> wanted to buy it but gerry was asking WAY too much.
> 
> 
> Shayne
> 
> PARTING:
> 1972 mercedes benz 280 se 4.5
> 1986 audi 4000 cs quattro
> 1990 audi coupe quattro
> 1995 audi S6
> 
> 
>> From: Luis CaifanSC <caifansc at gmail.com>
>> Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2013 01:02:43 -0400
>> To: Scott Justusson <qshipq at aol.com>
>> Cc: V8 Audi Fans <v8 at audifans.com>
>> Subject: Re: [V8] Original '91 5-speed with 4.2 swap going to wrecking yard
>> 
>> Does anyone have pictures of this car?
>> 
>> 
>> On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 11:32 AM, Scott Justusson <qshipq at aol.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Steve
>>> Might be time to let it go to the yard....  6 months ago when you posted
>>> the same email, I forwarded the news to a buddy in TX.  After several
>>> rounds of emails and delays, the deal didn't happen.  IIRC2 "looks rough"
>>> would be an understatement, as the car needed too much to seriously be a
>>> contender for much more than a track car, at best.
>>> 
>>> Parting out 5speeds can be profitable, but it requires commitment, time
>>> and a very tight market.  I'm not 'down' on v8's, just proposing that
>>> saving them all, is hardly realistic, especially non runners.  The math to
>>> make the tow dollars + the sell dollars + the time to strip - current parts
>>> value = A tough justification.
>>> 
>>> I'd wager by the time all is said and done, a couple quick parts removed
>>> by the 'seller' then call for the tax deduction or by weight recycler,
>>> might prove to be the best avenue.
>>> 
>>> Not to start a huge thread, but IMdirectE with parting Audis (with my own
>>> truck and trailer), that math is really tough to make work.  Worse when the
>>> only real money is in the Clutch/trans and rear diff.  That's 1000USD,
>>> anything left is available on any year v8.
>>> 
>>> Scott J
>>> 92 v8
>>> 91 v8
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Steve B <urq at pacbell.net>
>>> To: V8 at Audifans. Com <v8 at audifans.com>
>>> Sent: Wed, Jul 31, 2013 9:52 pm
>>> Subject: [V8] Original '91 5-speed with 4.2 swap going to wrecking yard
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I saw Gerry's car the other day ... sure it looks rough, but it is still a
>>> rare
>>> California car (IIRC).  He is talking about sending it to the wrecker
>>> soon.  It
>>> sure seems to me it would be a good candidate for someone to part out
>>> (wish I
>>> had room to do the party out myself), if not to restore.
>>> 
>>> Steve Buchholz
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> 
>>> 
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