Classic Audi - Been on for a while? Any good?

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Ohhh a rear stop light in the window ;)

Cable clutch, that's a PITA for replacing now, cable is NLA, most other bits are common the early 80's VAG range, so NLA on some bits, trim etc, but, in the grand scheme of things, no horrors... Chassis wise, look out for A pillars, front stanchions (ahead of Airbox and Rad to front panel), Windscreen area, bottoms of doors, boot floor, under rear lights and centre section of roof (condensation rust from centre roof brace)...

Floorpan at jacking points... Then, any accident damage...

VBR
Ian

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Originally Posted by amanda (Post 101400)

Ohhh a rear stop light in the window ;)

Halfords from 1982... dump it...

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Originally Posted by Isimmo (Post 101403)

Halfords Shite from 1982... dump it...

hahahahahahahh no available from audi as an option ..................I have a new one here that I am contimplating fitting ;)

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Originally Posted by amanda (Post 101400)

Ohhh a rear stop light in the window ;)

:yikes: will be listed in the parts section soon!

just under 6mths difference between yours and mine ;)

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Originally Posted by latent (Post 101396)

saw the cord from left of picture, I suspect its an employee sale or part ex. pics are from 9 2009, and not on a forecourt

assume corrosion and respray would be easy to spot on met brown like this. What should be walked away from?

What about odd things like, wheels bearings, clutch bearings & slave cylinders, trim thats hard to find or gauges that fail, bushes that go and cant be sourced easily. That sort of thing :cool:

I spoke to the chap selling it a matter of days before I found mine, I was thinking of going to have a look at it, only about 50miles from where I live. He seemed very helpful and knew alot about the car and its history. I wasnt aware then of how long its been for sale and also how rare these are now. As for what to look out for Im pretty new to all this, Ive had a few electrical problems which were a nightmare to diagnose but pretty simple to fix once I found out what it was. Check all the electrics work !
Dizzy cap, rotor arm and plugs (all be it a pack of 4) can be bought from halfrauds and I got a set of leads off ebay. new coil from my local auto stores, they even had an ignition amp on the shelf.

Ive even got a spare clutch cable in the boot!

good luck, go get her!:tup: