Re: rear deck of TQC

["David R. Derting" <davidder@teleport.com>]

I have an '83 TQC that came with black paint on rear deck lid (the rest is 
red).

David Derting
'83 TQC
'85 Jetta GLI w/ 2.0 16V 
'87 Scirocco 16V

On Sun, 9 Jul 1995, Kevin Bent wrote:

>                                              
> On Fri, 7 Jul 1995, Bob D'Amato wrote:
>  
> > I have a question on the originality of the way the rear trunklid was 
> > painted.  Currently it has a black top, from the hinge to the first bend, 
> > and the bottom lip under the license plate is black. Is this original? I 
> > would like to get it as close to original as possible.  (ok, no remarks 
> > about the audi sport stripes then! :)
> 
> 
> As far as I know the paint on my '83 TQC is original apart from some 
> touchups.  As you mentioned the rear deck is black from the hinges to the 
> first crease.  The indented area for the license plate is also black, but 
> not the bottom edge of the trunk lid.
> 
> Re: audi sport stripes?
> One thing I have been wondering about is the pinstriping on my coupe that 
> runs along the lower crease of the doors and onto the front and rear 
> bumpers.  I find it hard to believe that the German elves who built this 
> would have pinstriped it at the factory.  Was this a dealer addition?
> 
> Kevin Bent
> 83 TQC
> ex-Volvo 1800E (but always looking)
> 

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