RE: PH Blog: that original Quattro
Discussion
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!)Quite probably the biggest egotistical prick I've ever had the displeasure to meet.
As a know little all, I understood that particular fuel injection system could be a germanic nightmare.
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! Edited by Coxy914 on Monday 27th February 20:25
Edited by Coxy914 on Monday 27th February 20:33
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...
http://www.lancerregister.com/showthread.php?t=333...
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 http://www.lancerregister.com/showthread.php?t=333...
im off to kill myself ..
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.http://www.lancerregister.com/showthread.php?t=333...
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.
Coxy914 said:
JonRB said:
The lack of Ray-bans ruined it for me! 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)
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)
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...
Classic performance car that is eminently tuneable (RS2 motor anyone) and you can fit the kids in the back? Try that with a 993...
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.
''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
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 ..
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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 ..
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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
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
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