[urq] [s-cars] [20v] oh snap.

[Bob]

I remember that thing, it was cool. It seemed pretty well used too...

bob

Mark J. Besso wrote:
> *This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate(r) Pro*
> You think the Treser Roadster looks like an El Camino?  Check out what I 
> found when I snuck around the back of the Neckarsulm facility.
>
> Picture: http://5000tq.com/audifanspics/Neckarsulm/DSCN2557
>
> ~Mark
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, 10 Jan 2009 21:47:49 -0800
>   "Nick Bean" <20v at 2bean.com> wrote:
>
>   Then flip through a few more pics from Mark's link and you hit
>   http://5000tq.com/audifanspics/Ingolstadt/DSCN2995.
>   
>   The ur-camino.
>   
>   
>   nb
>   ~~~
>   20v at 2bean.com
>   
>   
>   
>   
>   ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark J. Besso" <mbspeed at maxboostracing.com>
>   To: <racingiron at comcast.net>
>   Cc: <audi at humanspeakers.com>; <20v at lists.20v.org>; "Audifans"
> <quattro at audifans.com>;
>   <urq at audifans.com>; <s-car-list at audifans.com>
>   Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 9:34 AM
>   Subject: Re: [20v] [urq] oh snap.
>   
>   
>   Thanks Eric.  I was trying to dig up my copy of the book to scan a few
>   images.
>   
>   Perhaps using the word "ugly" isn't appropriate.  It was attractive to me
>   when it was new.  It's aged much better than I expected too.  I think the
>   lines of the Coupe S are far nicer than the sedan.  In its day it was a 
> very
>   elegant car and the ride was fantastic.  Handling was.....well, average at
>   best.  FWD was still pretty uncommon in mainstream sedans and the 100 LS 
> had
>   some quirks.
>   
>   I saw this one in Ingolstadt:
>   http://5000tq.com/audifanspics/Ingolstadt/DSCN2988 a few years ago at the
>   Quattro 25 cellebration.  Even at an event where rare Audis were all 
> around,
>   this one attracted a lot of attention.
>   
>   ~Mark
>   
>   
>   
>   On Sat, 10 Jan 2009 17:22:40 +0000 (UTC)
>    racingiron at comcast.net wrote:
>    Pics of said testbed can be found not too far down the page here:
>    http://20v.org/pictures.htm
>    ...just below pics of one in Greece with urq ronals. I've seen
>   several 100S coupes in person, and they are gorgeous, even if the
>   styling isn't all that original. Didn't someone (John on the 20V
>   list?) claim that one of those 928 testbeds is still running around So
>   Cal?
>   
>    Eric R.
>    '86 urq
>    '92 urS
>    '93 urS
>   
>    ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark J. Besso" <mbspeed at maxboostracing.com>
>    To: audi at humanspeakers.com, "W. Bean" <theringmeister at triad.rr.com>
>    Cc: urq at audifans.com, 20v at lists.20v.org, s-car-list at audifans.com,
>   "Audifans" <quattro at audifans.com>
>    Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 10:14:58 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
>    Subject: Re: [urq] oh snap.
>   
>    +1
>   
>    It's so ugly that I want it.
>   
>    The first time I saw one of these was in the pages of Project 928:
>    http://www.amazon.com/Project-928-Development-History-Production/dp/B0007AP8BO
>    where Porsche used the body of one to disguise the 928 drivetrain so they
>    could test on open roads secretly.
>   
>    ~Mark
>    '91 CQ
>    '01 TTQ
>   
>   
>   
>    On Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:08:03 -0500
>    Huw Powell <audi at humanspeakers.com> wrote:
>   
>    That is the ugliest, most beautiful, coupe ever made.
>   
>    W. Bean wrote:
>   
>> the holy grail of non-quattro coupes...
>>
>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Cars-Trucks___VERY-RARE-73-AUDI-100-COUPE-S_W0QQitemZ130280110797QQddnZCarsQ20Q26Q20TrucksQQddiZ2282QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_Cars_Trucks?hash=item130280110797&_trksid=p4506.c0.m245&_trkparms=65%3A-1|39%3A1|240%3A1318
>> -- 
>> Wylie Bean
>> TheRingmeister at triad.rr.com
>> 90 cq
>> 91 90q20v sport
>> 92 UrS4
>> 08 Q7 3.6
>>
>>
>>
>>     
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