RE: PH Blog: that original Quattro

RE: PH Blog: that original Quattro

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urquattro

755 posts

185 months

Monday 27th February 2012
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stuartmmcfc said:
Coxy914 said:
Really?!

Quite probably the biggest egotistical prick I've ever had the displeasure to meet.
+1 (Don't sit on the fence Coxy 914!)
We are all permitted to express our opinions, Mr Coxy914 probably has very sound reasons for his opinions and probably has some knowledge of the subject.
As a know little all, I understood that particular fuel injection system could be a germanic nightmare.

JonRB

74,404 posts

271 months

Monday 27th February 2012
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It's a pity that, when they went to the effort of recreating the photo, right down to posing exactly the same, that the photographer didn't get the angle right. The original photo was clearly taken on a step-ladder and the recreation is at a much lower angle. Kind of ruins it for me.


Coxy914

691 posts

205 months

Monday 27th February 2012
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JonRB said:
It's a pity that, when they went to the effort of recreating the photo, right down to posing exactly the same, that the photographer didn't get the angle right. The original photo was clearly taken on a step-ladder and the recreation is at a much lower angle. Kind of ruins it for me.

The lack of Ray-bans ruined it for me! wink

Edited by Coxy914 on Monday 27th February 20:25


Edited by Coxy914 on Monday 27th February 20:33

eskidavies

5,346 posts

158 months

Monday 27th February 2012
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been following this build on mlr well impressed with attention to detail ,best build thread ive read for a long time,

http://www.lancerregister.com/showthread.php?t=333...

Dave Hedgehog

14,541 posts

203 months

Monday 27th February 2012
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eskidavies said:
been following this build on mlr well impressed with attention to detail ,best build thread ive read for a long time,

http://www.lancerregister.com/showthread.php?t=333...
wtf is up with this poxy forum tormenting me with loveliness

im off to kill myself ..

Coxy914

691 posts

205 months

Monday 27th February 2012
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eskidavies said:
been following this build on mlr well impressed with attention to detail ,best build thread ive read for a long time,

http://www.lancerregister.com/showthread.php?t=333...
Hamish's SWB should be at Ultimate Dubs in Telford next month.
One of the best build threads I've seen in ages and been following it's/his progress for the past few years.
Attention to detail is stunning.

JonRB

74,404 posts

271 months

Monday 27th February 2012
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Coxy914 said:
JonRB said:
It's a pity that, when they went to the effort of recreating the photo, right down to posing exactly the same, that the photographer didn't get the angle right. The original photo was clearly taken on a step-ladder and the recreation is at a much lower angle. Kind of ruins it for me.

The lack of Ray-bans ruined it for me! wink
Well if we're being picky, they could have dismounted the driving lights too. smile

fatboy69

9,371 posts

186 months

Monday 27th February 2012
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The back ground is different as well & the fron of the car in the picture on the right has a slightly 'nose up' stance!!

Apart from that it's a great photo.


JonRB

74,404 posts

271 months

Tuesday 28th February 2012
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The background I can forgive. But the fact that the car is pointing down from upper left to lower right in the left pic, and lower left to upper right in the right pic is just a damn shame.

Not dissing anyone or anything, please understand. Just saying it is a shame and a missed opportunity. I'd have been pretty OCD about getting it spot on, but that's just me.

(Especially as they clearly went to a lot of effort to get the poses of the two chaps exactly right, including feet position and where they are looking)

dave stew

1,502 posts

166 months

Tuesday 28th February 2012
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I've been toying with the idea with buying a ur for a few years, but the sensible gene in me says that it would be very difficult trying to run a car with so many parts 'NLA' and the risk of theft/damage. Then the 17 year old rally fan from 30 years ago pops up and says "buy one!"

Classic performance car that is eminently tuneable (RS2 motor anyone) and you can fit the kids in the back? Try that with a 993...

Johnboy Mac

2,666 posts

177 months

Tuesday 28th February 2012
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Coxy914 said:
PILCH 23 said:
A proper enthusiast that comes across as a nice chap.
Really?!

Quite probably the biggest egotistical prick I've ever had the displeasure to meet.
That's really a shame if correct. And it seems a shame also when I read this from the artical:

''Our contact at Audi is understandably cautious about the 'first rally Quattro' status and measured in his description of it. "Some of the parts on the car would have been there when it ran in 1980, parts of it have been replicated," is the official line, the reasonable point being made that unless you take a car from the finishing line and straight into a museum you can never be 100 per cent sure. And this car was constantly developed over its life, this being the very start of the rally Quattro lineage''

Is his ego taking over about the actual provenance of this particular Quattro? If not, I would have expected such a significant rally car to be sold at a high profile auction. I'm also a suprised Audi themselfs didn't buy.

Edited by Johnboy Mac on Tuesday 28th February 10:10

tommy vercetti

11,486 posts

162 months

Tuesday 28th February 2012
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Not really a fan of Audis but have always liked the Quattro, the daddy of all Audis (?)

RetroWheels

3,384 posts

270 months

Wednesday 7th March 2012
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I know John (and his cars) he lives and breathes quattro - specifically the Works cars - and his knowledge and dedication to this one specific strata of the Audi marque is TBH,obsessional.
Im lucky enough to have the oppurtunity to visit his workshops and scrutinize his cars,up close and personal,whenever he has a new project on the go.
If you could bank on anyone having the tenacity to find this historic A1 and unearth it's true history then it's Hanlon.
We need nutters like him to ressurect significant cars like the Algarve, which could so easily have ended it's days as just another old quattro rally car , the amount of time , effort and money that has gone into this A1 would make even the most powerfully built goatee'd PH MD's eyes water cry..

biggrin.

Bernie-5imb5

2 posts

86 months

Wednesday 21st June 2017
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I purchased this car from David Sutton who restored for me in 1986 paid him £21000 for it and then a further £1500 to fit electric clutch car was stunning when I sold it on

It now back with Audi Where it belongs

Unbelievable I came from a mining village and use to take you lads a run round the local forest in it lol