Quattro Coupe Questions

[Phil Payne <quk@sievers.com>]

In message <1996Oct10.123853.1251.493981@spoke.ball.com> dlawson@ball.com (Dave Lawson) writes:

>>1. Rust on a seam where the side skirts join on both sides.
>>   Do you know how this happens and is this a hidden problem or a
>>   surface problem
> 
> Depends if it is surface rust or deeper. I assume you mean the seam
> near the front edge on the doors. This is a real body seam, not
> one from a cut-n-paste. I would do more probing.

No no no no no.

This is a body seam _point_ on all quattros.  But, for that very reason, it's 
also the point preferred by cut-and-shut operators.

Every ur-quattro has a seam here.  Very, very few Audi seams rust.  Cut-and-
shut seams _very_often_ rust.

--
 Phil Payne
 phil@sievers.com
 Committee Member, UK Audi [ur-]quattro Owners Club