The Quattro gets it's long overdue restoration.

[Sepp]

hahaha, yeah man. Like those!

My S4 has a serious problem on the front end, so it scrubbed the crap out of the tires...
P zero Nero's are known to be soft anyways.

[Entwerfer des Audis]

Looking through your Photobucket, can I get these in high-res?

Sorry there are kinda a lot... there are some great photos in there and the car looks great!

[Quattro Krant]

I really like the photo with the snow on the Quattro

[Sepp]

Wow, some of those shots are a bit old...
The 74 100ls valve cover, was a shot from the hip, and I really ended up liking it a lot.. Too bad there's debris on the cover....

The shot of the Quatty with the hood up, is pretty old as well. I had just finished an exhaust manifold refurb. The car was actually running in the pic, but not seen with the naked eye is all of the break-free burning off causing a bit of smoke...
That's pre-bumper mod Mk2/pre-pinstripe!

And ahh, the last shots of my car when it was one color....

I'll find the originals, some are not that great in res....

Can you email me again please?

[Sepp]

Since the colder weather is on it's way, and so is more moisture in the air, I cold galvinised the bare metal on the trouble fender.

Good news at least with the really bad fender, I was able to separate the wheel well arch from the fender.
Now I can go in, clean out all of the crap stuck inside the lip (including some bubbling rust, that would have eventually eaten it's way to the exterior of the fender) I might actually be able to save this fender!
I plan on cutting out the well, and then I can get in there, to caress out the larger dent, that had a 1/2 inch of filler in it. On top of that, we can get a welder lead in there, to make some good solid repairs.
If I wasn't able to gain access to the inside of the lip, I would have had to cut out the complete lip, as rust would spread along it, over time long after the car was done..

[Sepp]

Wow, where did the month of November go???

No updates, other than the front end is on its way to Norway.
I'm swapping out the complete set with a gent that has a front end off an '88 car.

[WAUOla]

Quote, originally posted by Sepp »

No updates, other than the front end is on its way to Norway.

To who? PerL?

[Sepp]

No, to a gent named Svein, not on here I believe.

[PerL]

Quote, originally posted by WAUOla »

To who? PerL?

No, not me. I wouldn't want those lights on my Coupe

[WAUOla]

well I don't know!
Just say your new place and the notice of you still working on the coupe

[Sepp]

So, no deal on the lights.

I'll just buy some...it's easier.

[Quattro Krant]

So, other then a failed deal, anything else to report on the progress?

[Sepp]

Sadly, no. I had removed my headlights, and shipped them out.
Since I had no headlights, my plans of getting the car to the welding shop were delayed...
So I have to wait a bit to get the lights back on.

I STILL have to get some new sheet metal...but there's nothing around here that sells sheets....so it's a major hurdle.
Once I get past this problem, I can really got down and dirty on the car.
It's a bit frustrating. But aren't all restos???

A relative in Germany might be able to get me a set of lights at a decent cost, but the shipping is the worst part.
I already blew too much money on shipping my lights 2 ways...
With the amount of money I spent on getting my lights back, is nearly the cost of a decent set of euros.....

[Quattro Krant]

Thats a bit hard to swallow, paying the cost of Euro lights to get back your US Spec stuff

[Sepp]

Quote, originally posted by Quattro Krant »

Thats a bit hard to swallow, paying the cost of Euro lights to get back your US Spec stuff

Yeah, it really sucks.

Anyways,
I took advantage of a warm spell today.
I threw the battery in the car, and drove it up, and down the road a few times.
The last few times up the slight hill, I got it up to max boost.
Damn do I miss driving this car!

I've been driving an automatic Subaru for months now......b o r i n g

Here's some pics because we all like pics. And someday it will be actually cool to look back at when the car looked like this....
stupid headlights are on their way back.

[WAUOla]

So Sepp, I don't know anything with your deal - but have you contacted the
buyer after they were returned?

Our norwegian postal services are THE CRAP! I've experienced it several
times myself, parcels going M.I.A. or being returned with the reason of
reciever didn't pick them up - which is a complete BS as the postal services
never make direct contact with the reciever, the fault being ENTIRELY on
the services itself. It is BAD, I've lost values over this myself. If you get a
hold of buyer and everything seems OK, you should do a claim to "Posten
Norge AS".

Good luck on further restoring the beauty!

[Sepp]

Yes, thanks. They are due here Friday!

[Quattro Krant]

Car looks cool in a very post-apocalypse way. I can only imagine how boring it must be to have to drive an automatic Subaru, dear god, that must suck. It could be worse, you could be driving some type of FWD car

[Sepp]

My car looks like it belongs in a "barn find" post...

Something like

".....multiple parts are strewn around the garage...no way to tell if it's a complete car....starts right up though....."

[Sepp]

not much going on, too busy getting a reliable fleet for me, and the wife.

Now that's all set, back into the project....

[DrPassat]

I stumbled onto this thread while surfing the Vortex. Very, very impressive. Sepp, you are the renaissance man!!

Keep up the great work!

[Sepp]

Thanks for the kind words!

Sometimes that's what motivates me to head up to the 20 degree garage, and work on the car....
I gotta buy a heater, or two...

[Quattro Krant]

Yes, a propane heater is definitely the way to go, it's what I have in the garage and it works great. Fire it up about an hour to 45 minutes before heading in to McGuyver my 4kq or other car and it makes it so toasty and warm.

[Sepp]

Thanks for the recommendation.

I have now a decent amount of funds set aside for the car.
Things should start to pick up around here.

[VW Acolyte]

wow, im glad i found this thread. i will follow it religiously
i hope to one day buy myself a Ur aswell. i dont care if i have to stay living with mom till im 38 (im 28 now btw).

[skota]

Quote, originally posted by Sepp »

I have now a decent amount of funds set aside for the car. Things should start to pick up around here.

awesome man, cant wait to see the progress.

[Sepp]

Wow...I'm coming up on a year since this has started!!!!

So, with the holidays over, and getting really sick 2 times in a row, it being really cold, and sometimes I'm a lazy bastard.
The car is locked up tight, out of site...winter feels like it's never going to end. And with other car issues to attend to, I've been more busy that sometimes I would like to be. So the car hasn't had much done to it in months.

Today is the turning point. I still need to get a heater, this will make a huge difference!

But for now, I ran the car today. It fired right up, it had a sticky lifter, but that cleared in a few seconds.
I kept a close eye on it, but it ran great.
The garage door is frozen, so it ran in for a while without much ventilation which should kill any mice in the garage, or at least give them one hell of a headache!
I usually run the car, until the fan kicks on, and then back off.

Since the weather is awful, and it's nice in the house, I've been bringing down all of the parts I removed from the car, and have been working on them in the basement...so at least something has been going on..although not that glamorous.

[vdub"parts"]

wow looking good always loved these cars prob one of my fav for sure

[teach2]

Sepp:

If you are talking about getting an UNvented heater, you may want to go with kerosene. My understanding is that propane heaters give off quite a bit more moisture (than kerosene) as a result of the combustion.

I have heard of several people running propane heaters, stripping the car for paint, and going in after a few days and finding their car covered with a thin coat of rust.


Modified by teach2 at 5:54 AM 4-5-2009

[Sepp]

Wow!
Thanks for the heads up!!!

I beleive I'm getting sick again....Viral infection...
So the car sits untouched for another week...

[Quattro Krant]

Quote, originally posted by teach2 »

Sepp: If you are talking about getting an UNvented heater, you may want to go with kerosene. My understanding is that propane heaters give off quite a bit more moisture (then kerosene) as a result of the combustion. I have heard of several people running propane heaters, stripping the car for paint, and going in after a few days and finding their car covered with a thin coat of rust.

That might just be due to the fact that there is moisture in the air and it is not due to the propane heater. Kerosene heaters aren't as "clean" as propane, not sure if one or the other gives off more moisture.

Sepp, keep up the good work, I forgot about this thread, and site for that matter.

[teach2]

I can't find anything beyond anecdotal information relating to this- nothing science-based with hard #s supporting the assertion that propane creates more moisture...but it does seem to be "common knowledge" on many of the garage/DIY boards.

[Sepp]

Been busy!!!

No pics, but I've been doing a little stuff every day...

The front, and rear bumper surrounds are being a challenge to get all the red off...so that is going slow. I cant use really coarse paper, as I don't want to mar the plastic.

I'm going to get the car together again this week, at least enough to get it down to the body shop, so I can get at least the rear end welded up.

I'm getting some research done on some self contained hvlp setups..

I'm getting the radiator support stripped down a little at a time...

I have a lead on some european lamps/brackets...

I have a facelift grille, with trim on the way...

I have a possible trade on some metric gauges...

I'm getting prices on a euro front bumper....

And I'm going to get a quote on getting the front seats, and door panels re-done.....

[Entwerfer des Audis]

Any updates, Sepp?

[Sepp]

Ugg...too slow...some of it's my fault, some not.

The only thing that's changed is that I have a grille, and trim pieces.

The car is ready to go to a shop, I just need to see if they are still open due to our bad economy.

Every contact I have hasn't gotten back to me regarding various parts/swaps...etc...