RE: British Audi Specialists

[tnas@dtpdirect.nl (Tom Nas, DTP Direct bv)]

>Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1996 11:31:54 +0200
>To:"Duff, Ian" <iduff@charter.com>
>From:tnas@dtpdirect.nl (Tom Nas, DTP Direct bv)
>Subject:RE: British Audi Specialists
>
>Hi Ian,
>
>>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)?
>>
>
>I think that would be very hard to do, because most scrapyards are 'pick
>your own' here as well, and the CQ 20V is a *very* rare car here. I've
>tried before to get Audi parts from scrapyards, and anything beyond the
>mundane (a steel wheel for an 80, for instance) would be extremely hard to
>get. Also, the lack of technical English among scrapyard personnel would
>be a problem. Of course, I could act as an intermediate, but I wouldn't
>even try ordering S2 parts here myself. Germany would be easier I think,
>because it's a larger country, and the car tax there is lower than here,
>resulting in more upmarket models sold.
>As for lights: I think your car looks like the euro 80, so you could try
>getting lights for the 80. The rear of your car is a little different, in
>that the US cars have larger rear lights because of the side marker
>lights. Euro rear lights wouldn't fit your car. I got clear front turn
>signals for my car, instead of the orange ones that were fitted
>originally. They're Hella parts, and I couldn't get them secondhand so I
>had to buy new.
>
>If you need any more info on parts compatibility I would be happy to get
>it for you. Mail me if there's anything you want.
>
>Bye,
>
>Tom.

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