[OT] What's it worth? '83 Audi Urq

[lord_verminaard at yahoo.com (Brendan Doyle)]

LOL!  I'd roll down there with a trailor and $1000 cash, and say "take it
or leave it".  I bet he'd bite considering all of the other "junk" he has
laying around, I agree he probably has no idea what he's got.  If you get
it, bring it to OUR Cincy, screw those Audi guys!  :D  I wonder if we
could allow an exception so you didnt have to park it on the Kia side....

Brendan


--- Nate Mellom <doubt@inwave.com> wrote:

> Made a big mistake and took the back way home, and there it sat, all 
> nasty and red, an '83 Audi quattro coupe turbo. Talked to the guy that 
> didn't own it, he called the guy who does own it.  It's been sitting in 
> a barn for 8 years, clutch went bad (dunno if it's a bad clutch, or 
> maybe bad clutch hydraulics), mice have chewed through the vacuum lines,
> 
> and the motor has stuck rings, so it won't turn over, he's been soaking 
> them with WD-40 (I assume via the plug holes).  No plug wires, all the 
> plugs are snapped off above the hex, so should be removable.  Severe 
> (possibly teminal) rust under the sills and jacking points, ala Mk1. 
> Rust pooking out of the body kit behind the front tires, otherwise the 
> body is in fairly good shape.   Leather, in good shape, needs to be 
> cleaned and treated.  Stock 15" Ronal R8s with crappy tires.  quattro 
> system looks to be in good shape, but could have issues.
> 
> He told me it was for sale, but didn't have any clue how much he wants 
> for it.  On one hand, it's an ultra-rare piece of history (this car 
> introduced the world to quattro, and there were precious few imported to
> 
> the states), and the tend to sell for $15-20,000 in prime shape.  On the
> 
> other hand, it's rusty, it needs an engine, and who knows what else it 
> would take to get it going.  The seller is also selling a mid '80's 
> Mustang convertible, a Chrylser minivan, and a Monte Carlo SS project 
> with no motor, racing stripes and a big hole cut in the hood for a 
> blower.  He was mostly uninformative on the phone, basically, it's an 
> '83, it's for sale, and everything he has is for sale, for the right 
> money.  I'm banking on the fact that he doesn't know what he has, and 
> maybe I could get it cheap.  If it were any other car, it'd be a $500 
> sale, tops, but how far does the heritage go?
> 
> Of course I don't need it, or have room for it, so something would have 
> to go.  So, options:
> 
> '87 VW Quantum Syncro:  It's an Audi 4000 wagon, with quattro.  Rare, 
> one of only 3000 or so sold in the US.  In good shape, my wife likes it,
> 
> and it's great (er...GREAT) in the winter.
> 
> '81 Roc:  Rusty as all hell, fenders are mostly gone, jack goes through 
> both jacking points, and the rear swingarm attaching points are almost 
> toast.  Currently has a seized caliper and a few electic glitches, but 
> it runs like a top, but by all rights should be junk-yard bound.
> 
> '88 16v:  My newest aquisition, and I'm not planning on selling it, it's
> 
> my DD, and currently the only road-worthy car I own.
> 
> AAAARRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!
> Why the hell did I go the back way?
> 
> Help!
> Nate
> 
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