Fuchs wheel fuch-up?

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> I don't know all that much about Ur-Q's, but I do have a set of 15x7 5
>  spoke fuchs, and they are ET45, not 38.  I have never heard of an ET 38 
Fuch.

Last night, after posting my original response, I began to wonder about the 
accuracy of my off-the-cuff response and I dug out my Ur-Q parts fiches to 
have a look.  The UK parts fiche lists the Fuchs wheels as having a 38mm 
offset (but with a different part number than the U.S. parts fiche) and the 
US parts fiche doesn't list any offset ... hmm.  I dug out my Ur-Q notebook 
next, where I keep track of the various odds-n-ends I come across and sure 
enough, my notes are clear: The one and only pair of Fuchs wheels I ever saw 
up close were at the Prescott ProRally several years ago and clearly had 
"ET38" stamped into the rim.  I'll have to dig through my photo archives to 
know for sure but it's possible I even have a photo of the wheel (this was 
long before I owned an Ur-Q myself and but well after I'd become obsessed!).

Now, I'm not claiming that my note is correct -- needless to say, I've 
developed being wrong into an art form! -- but if it is, then I'm puzzled as 
to how I could have made the mistake.  A couple of questions come to mind: 
Did the 5ktq and Ur-Q use the same wheel?  Is the difference in part numbers 
between the US and UK parts fiches relevant?  Is there a chance some 38mm 
versions were made (for the factory, perhaps?) and later found their way into 
privateer's hands?  I have first-hand experience of this myself with regard 
to a set of ultra-light (relatively speaking) Ronal R8s that came on my old 
'85 4k ... they had a unique part number suffix and according to everbody I 
ever checked with, they didn't exist.  Except, of course, they *did* exist 
and I had them in hand as proof.

I ask this not to weasel out of admitting that I'm wrong but to determine if 
I've accidently stumbled upon another piece of Ur-Q trivia.  BTW, along those 
lines, I was digging through some old magazines last night, sorting out which 
I want to keep and which I'm willing to pitch, and found a buyer's guide 
article about the Ur-Q in the February, 1991 issue of Performance Car.  In 
it, they examined a late '84 version that they claim came with a 
factory-installed sliding sunroof.  If so, then this is the only such Ur-Q -- 
or even Coupe, for that matter -- that I've ever heard of being so equipped 
... is this something the factory experimented with and dropped or was it a 
one-off?.  Can anybody shed any light on this?

JG