RE: British Audi Specialists

["Duff, Ian" <iduff@charter.com>]

Speaking of scrapyards, are there any in the Netherlands that would
consider shipping overseas? "VW Audi Car" has ads for scrapyards that
have parts already out and cleaned, whereas most scrapyards in the US
are do it yourself places. Hopefully they are set up for stripping and
shipping...

I'm thinking of things like S2 shock tower braces (fairly easy) or
lights (not sure of all necessary parts, could be interesting). Any
ideas? Contacts (fax seems to be best for me, given my lack of any
spoken language other than English)?

Ian Duff, New Bedford, MA, USA
1990 Coupe Quattro 20v

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>From: 	tnas@dtpdirect.nl[SMTP:tnas@dtpdirect.nl]
>Sent: 	Sunday, June 09, 1996 5:25 AM
>To: 	quattro@coimbra.ans.net
>Subject: 	British Audi Specialists
>
>Hi y'all,
>
>Well, that was that, my extremely short vacation in Britain is over.
>The
>weather was great and I've seen some beautiful bits of countryside. No
>Audi
>scrapyards though, one week was too sort for that and I didn't want to
>bother my traveling companion too much with my car obsession. I noticed
>quite a lot more quattros on the road as compared to Holland. I
>couldn't
>think of any place where they would be more fun to drive, with all
>those
>hills and small country roads. Driving in the UK really is fun!
>Unfortunately the trunk of my Audi 80 is too small to take all the
>stuff
>needed, so we went in my brother's N*ss*n Primera, converted to run on
>LPG.
>
>
>Of course I didn't completely ignore any Audi stuff while I was there.
>I
>bought VW Audi Car magazine there, which is a great mag. Wish I could
>get
>it in Holland! Beside some great stories about the Golf GTI (21 years
>old
>this year) there was a nice item about buying an '80s Audi coupe GT
>used
>and a lot about parts specialists. Apparently the UK has quite a number
>of
>non-franchised VW/Audi specialists. If anyone's interested, I'll mail
>the
>list. I could do a sum-up of the most important stuff from the coupe
>article as well, if anyone's interested. Perhaps it would make
>interesting
>stuff for the archives, a sort of 'buying advice' for anyone looking
>for a
>used Audi.
>
>Meanwhile, reading all this stuff about mid-seventies Golf GTIs made me
>remember how great they were. If I had a garage to put it in, I'd buy
>one.
>They're really cheap here now but I think that's going to change within
>a
>year. At the moment it's still possible to find a nice example that
>hasn't
>been mucked about with for a decent amount of money, but they're
>starting
>to appreciate already. There's quite an active GTI club in Holland, and
>I'd
>love to be part of that.
>
>Still looking for OE (Ronal?) 6Jx14 alloy wheels for my 1988 80. Oh
>well,
>I'd better start calling scrapyards to see if they've got anything...
>
>Tom.
>
>1988 FWD 80 1.8S carb
>
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