RE: European Car Project 4kq questions

[Henry Harper <hah@srv.net>]

>Can anyone tell me what size wheels and tires European Car Magazine put
>on their project car?
>I would also like to know what issues had articles on the project car so
>I can order back issues.  Would anyone be willing to make copies of the
>articles and send them to me? If so I would gladly pass them on to anyone
>else that is interested.

What the hey, looking through my _ec_ collection once more... I have the tail end of the series, parts 7, 10, 11, 12, 13. Here's the summary from part 13:
Dec '94: part 1, overview and project goals
Feb '95: part 2, glass installation
Apr '95: part 3, euro headlight conversion
May '95: part 4, wheel and tire upgrade (some kind of TSWs, stolen and replaced according to part 12)
July '95: part 5, suspension upgrade
Aug '95: part 6, wheel bearing replacement
Oct '95: part 7, brake repair and upgrade
Nov '95: part 8, window regulator upgrade
Mar '96: part 9, bushings and suspension
Apr '96: part 10, cambelt and water pump
June '96: part 11. air conditioning upgrade (R-12 to R-134a)
Oct '96: part 12, update and farewell, for now anyhow
Mar '97: part 13, stainless steel performance muffler (Scorpion from TAP)

Back-issue order number is 714-693-1866.

Henry Harper
1991 200 quattro, 80k, going in tomorrow for Bilstein swaperoo and airbag recall
1988 GTI 16v, 173k, drove it last night for the first time in a couple weeks - where's my torque? - mini-limited-slip works pretty good on snow, though