Re: Type 44 Front Bodywork Compatability [WAS: RE: Importing my Audi.

[ti@amb.org (Ti Kan)]

Buchholz, Steven writes:
> > puts it!!!) from Sweden. At home I left one of my dearest posessions, My 
> > S4 avant 1993. 
> > 
> I got a silly idea the other day and wanted to see if I could get some idea
> of how practical it would be.  It seems to me that the original S4 was based
> on the type 44 ... given that to be the case I'm wonering if it would be
> possible to transplant the front bodywork from such an S4 (front quarter
> panels, hood, bumper, lights) onto an older-style Avant.  While I wouldn't
> turn down a newer 100 Avant or S6A I actually prefer the sloping tailgate of
> the type 44 Avant.

There was no type-44 based S4.  The S4's predescessor was the 91 200TQ.
That is type-44 based.  The front and rear fenders are different (wheel
arch flares), but the hood, grille, bumpers, etc. are the same as
previous 5000T/200 from 86 and up.

-Ti
96 A4 2.8 quattro
84 5000S 2.1 turbo
80 4000 2.0
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