Re: Early Coupes...

[ejfluhr@austin.ibm.com (Fluhr)]

>I saw today in the local wrecking yard a familiar audi face, a 1982 Coupe GT.
>It had no wheels, poor thing, but looks otherwise sound (except when the
>moved it they bashed the side in below the drivers door...hackers, all of
>them..)  Anyway, my first question is, does this car have the close ratio 5
>speed that the 84 quattro 4000 had?  I'm guessing not.  Next, the car only
>says AUDI on the back left, fuelinjection on the right (nice effects, huh)
>and coupe in the reflector.  BUT no GT!!!!!!  I even looked closly at the
>paint where it would be, and there was no mark.  It is the original paint (a
>rosy metallic red) or a damn good paint job, so where the pre 85 cars just
>coupes, no GTs?  Thanks, btw, check out stuff I have for sale including a
>coupe GT....

The 1982 Coupe does not have the close-ratio 5-speed.  The 5th gear in that
car is wonderful for highway cruising, though (something like 70mph around
2500rpm, where mine pushes 3200rpm @ 70mph).

I believe Audi switched to the "Coupe GT" designation for the U.S. 1984
model year.  All earlier cars were just labelled "Coupe", all subsequent
cars called "Coupe GT".  AFAIK, the regular "Coupe" used the snowflake-type
rims and body-mounted foam spoiler, while the "Coupe GT" used the multispoke
Ronals and raised rubber/vinyl-coated spoiler.

It is a trip to walk around Austin Veedub, a local wrecking yard.  They
have something like 15 Coupes, I think one of every model year.  Definitely
a boon for my family...   :)

Later,
Eric
'85 Coupe GT, mine, 5-speed close-ratio mit Ronals
'82 Coupe, father's, 5-speed wide-ratio mit snowflake alloys
'87 Coupe GT, brother's, 5-speed close-ratio mit Ronals
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Eric J. Fluhr                                Email:  ejfluhr@austin.ibm.com
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