Is it the end?

[larsaskogstad]

Don't give up Take your time and fix it little by little. Worth it in the end

[M2ki]

No worries. If you can't find new, they are common to the avant as well as long as it's a Quattro (according to AT).

Nope. Only on B3 quattro chassis. Maybe B2 also.

[K Simmonds]

Nope. Only on B3 quattro chassis. Maybe B2 also.

Yeah, I don't recall seeing mounting points like that on any B4 cars, though the ones on the back of B2's are very similar.

David, have you had a chance to attack the underside with knot wheel or even a wire brush and a lot of elbow grease to see if there's any other horror's beneath the underseal?

If it's only that one then I certainly wouldn't be writing off the shell, though who know what else is hiding, until you expose the metal you won't know, as rule if there's corrosion like that there'll normally be more, but not all the time.

[Bowie69]

People repair far worse:

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[Colesy]

That's not pretty. Repairable though I'd say. Strip it down yourself and find a good welder who can make up some new subframe mountings and it shouldn't cost the world.

[s2driveruk]

Yeah, I don't recall seeing mounting points like that on any B4 cars, though the ones on the back of B2's are very similar.

David, have you had a chance to attack the underside with knot wheel or even a wire brush and a lot of elbow grease to see if there's any other horror's beneath the underseal?

If it's only that one then I certainly wouldn't be writing off the shell, though who know what else is hiding, until you expose the metal you won't know, as rule if there's corrosion like that there'll normally be more, but not all the time.

Going to get started tomorrow and see what lurks! Thanks all for the comments and suggestions so far. Pictures to follow of what we find, or don’t.

[simons2]

Stick with it , it will be worth it in the end

[newsh]

“It’ll be ok in the end, and if it’s not ok, it’s not the end!”