Re: Weird 87 5000 Quattro, ID help?

[Orin Eman <orin@WOLFENET.com>]

> 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....

There are a few 5000S quattros around... I looked at one about 18 months
ago.  It will look pretty much like a regular 5k, but with the quattro
drivetrain (regular NA engine).

BTW: my 86 5k CSQ is Alpine White, so the color isn't a surprise to me.

Orin.