Take *THIS* guy out and shoot him . . .

[Mike Arman <armanmik@n-jcenter.com>]

Got a phone call this morning from my local furrin car parts guy: "You
*gotta* come look at this!!"


1989 Audi 90, leather, ABS, automatic, 86,000 miles. Red, grey interior.


The owner took a sawzall and cut the roof off to make a beach convertible!
He cut the roof behind the windscreen, cut the door frames at the belt
line, cut the rear half of the roof below the rear window. Welded on some
sort of crude, bent pipe as a roll bar, added ten pounds of bondo to fill
the worst gaps, and then half a dozen cans of red spray paint (the empties
are still in the back seat). Painted the front calipers day-glo green
(spray can again), put four cheap and very corroded five spoke aftermarket
mags on it. The wiring under the dash is a total rat's nest, and none of
the vacuum hoses under the hood have ever been changed - which is why it
didn't run very well.

The car arrived with the fuel feed unions to the metering head loose and
squirting gasoline everywhere - owner said that's the only way it would run
(remember that the exhaust manifold is almost under the metering head . . .)

Anyway, moron of the month doesn't have the $125 it will take to pay the
bill and bail out his car, so the parts guy (who fixes Audis as sort of a
hobby) may wind up owning this gem. (Lucky him.) Once he gets it, it will
probably be for sale, so if you need some parts off a totally bastardized
Audi 90, stay tuned - I'll let you know the outcome. 


Best Regards,

Mike Arman