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RE: Identification and nomenclature



So, could you take the trunk 4ring badge and put it on the trunk of an
86 5k?  or4 would the trunk lock get in the way?
Stephane Livolsi
180 Yorston St
Williams Lake, BC, V2G 3Z1
ph 250-392-2637
fax 250-392-2693

'86 5KTQ stock (if you don't know what it means, you aren't in the club)

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>From: 	David Head[SMTP:dave.head@worldnet.att.net]
>Sent: 	November 21, 1999 11:22 AM
>To: 	Doyt W. Echelberger; qlist
>Subject: 	Re: Identification and nomenclature
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>type 44 quattros never said turbo. Pre 89 said    Audi 5000CS
>quattro
>                                          89 up said                Audi 200
>0000      quattro
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>"Doyt W. Echelberger" wrote:
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>> This week in Cleveland, Ohio, a black 200 passed me on route 90 and I
>> noticed a "TURBO" badge made of raised letters just behind the short rub
>> strip after the front wheel well, where it usually sez "AUDI". The car had
>> "QUATTRO" on the grill, new style door handles, 4 small rings in the middle
>> of the trunk lid, and a trunk lock on the right lower tail light assembly.
>> So it was at least an '89 '90, right?
>>
>> I didn't look for rounded wheelwell arches or flared fenders, 'cause I
>> wasn't yet educated by this thread. But I wonder if others have seen Type
>> 44's with a "TURBO" badge on the rub strip? Was this an add-on, or did some
>> of them come like that? And if so, does it help tell the year of
>>manufacture?
>>
>> I looked at the 1991 200Q 20v's on Chris Millers website, and didn't see
>> the described rub strip badge, so I guess it wasn't a 91.
>>
>> Doyt Echelberger
>> 87 5kcstq
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