Hi all, thought I'd share with you my 80q, which I've had for 2 1/2 years now as a project. I've already got an up to date thread over on CA but thought I'd copy & paste it here too!
Well, it's about time I kicked off a thread about my 80 quattro. Many of you will know the car and some have even worked on it with me or will have driven it in a previous life!
This thread will be retrospective, so let's start from the beginning. It all started back in August 2012, at Audi's in the park. I was down at the uk-mkivs.net mega meet at Grendon Lakes for the weekend and thought it'd be rude not to pop over to AITP to show my B5 S4 for a bit on the AudiSRS club stand. Neil Birkitt was doing the rounds as you often see at these events and so I asked if his 80 was still available for sale. I'd seen it advertised on classic audi but the thread had gone quiet. Anyway, from then a few emails were exchanged and by late september I was on my way down to Bracknell to buy it!
That day, was a long day. Knowing that the car had no rear suspension fitted, I knew there would be some work required. Neil had already started building some rear struts to get the car rolling. After a four and a half hour drive down in a noisy transit flatbed at 55mph, we got there. It took roughly 6 hours of work to get the car assembled, rolling and all the parts loaded up. It was getting dull by this time and we were knackered! We strapped the car down and set off on our way back. I was a little concerned as the car had no brake system (not even discs on the rear!) and the rear wheels were a bit wobbly!
We stopped somewhere on the M5 for food and caffiene, and eventually got the car back to my place around half midnight. Tired and miserable, we swiftly offloaded the car and parts and got a caffiene top up. We then had to drive 80miles back to Cheshire, as I was planning on dropping the transporter off at 7am and stopping at a friends place. I'd never wanted to sleep so much in my life!
Anyway, the car was now home and ready to be revived! After a good hot scrub, I had this;
Hoyle
Well, it's about time I kicked off a thread about my 80 quattro. Many of you will know the car and some have even worked on it with me or will have driven it in a previous life!
This thread will be retrospective, so let's start from the beginning. It all started back in August 2012, at Audi's in the park. I was down at the uk-mkivs.net mega meet at Grendon Lakes for the weekend and thought it'd be rude not to pop over to AITP to show my B5 S4 for a bit on the AudiSRS club stand. Neil Birkitt was doing the rounds as you often see at these events and so I asked if his 80 was still available for sale. I'd seen it advertised on classic audi but the thread had gone quiet. Anyway, from then a few emails were exchanged and by late september I was on my way down to Bracknell to buy it!
That day, was a long day. Knowing that the car had no rear suspension fitted, I knew there would be some work required. Neil had already started building some rear struts to get the car rolling. After a four and a half hour drive down in a noisy transit flatbed at 55mph, we got there. It took roughly 6 hours of work to get the car assembled, rolling and all the parts loaded up. It was getting dull by this time and we were knackered! We strapped the car down and set off on our way back. I was a little concerned as the car had no brake system (not even discs on the rear!) and the rear wheels were a bit wobbly!
We stopped somewhere on the M5 for food and caffiene, and eventually got the car back to my place around half midnight. Tired and miserable, we swiftly offloaded the car and parts and got a caffiene top up. We then had to drive 80miles back to Cheshire, as I was planning on dropping the transporter off at 7am and stopping at a friends place. I'd never wanted to sleep so much in my life!
Anyway, the car was now home and ready to be revived! After a good hot scrub, I had this;
Hoyle
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