Re: Weird 87 5000 Quattro, ID help?

[Brendan <bman@swva.net>]

At 12:05 AM 7/23/97 -0400, Kwattro@aol.com wrote:
>OK , my friend who dabbles in selling cars (mostly cheap, used such as old
>Jettas and little hondas..) Well, he bought his first Audi (to sell) and
>proudly introduced it to me.  I promptly told him it must have been in an
>accident.  Why?  It had regular 5000 headlights.  But it gets weirder.  It's
>not a turbo, which isn't that weird, but it is a S quattro.  1987.  I thought
>that all post 86 quattros (to 88) were CS quattros.  At least, I had never
>heard of one.  It is a late 87 car, but has the older badges (not new chrome
>ones) and everything matches up (he has the window sticker...)  It has the
>stock 5000Q 7 spoke alloys.  And it's white (another thing I though weird,
>never seen a white 5000Q) not pearl.  So what's the deal?  Oh yeah, he needs
>center grill chrome stripes (anyone get them?  one on top and one on the
>bottom) The car is for sale, if anyone cares....
>Carter J
>Kwattro@aol.com

I wouldn't be surprised if the number of '87 5000 S Quattros wasn't that
great, but they certainly do exist.  I'm driving an '87 5000 S Quattro
myself, and I know absolutely that it is original, seeing as my stepfather
bought it new from the dealer. :)  I'm not sure what you mean by "regular
5000 lights."  You mean the old quad headlamps, or the US version of the
aero lights?  Mine has the latter (I'm sure someone else on the list knows
the proper name for them).  I've seen two white '87s, one was a 4000 and
the other a wagon.