Old school audis

[Nick_80]

Hey to every one this is my first post plz be kind

Well i wanted to know if i was one of the few that has a passion for these cars, i just wanted to know if neone else has a 70's audi 80 and if they did i think we should start a thread to gather a few images and a little more knowledge about the amount of these cars actually imported into australia, to my knowledge there isn't many around.... well heres a pic of my car

hope it works



bit of feed back on my car would be nice cheers.. more pics coming

[BL33SU]

welcome 2 VWW

your car looks like a old golf or passat

doesnt looks like a audi

[DaveMack]

Welcome, Nick. I remember these ... and yes, as an Audi. But I haven't seen any for ... well, decades really. Yours looks to be in good condition.

Cheers,

Dave

[Nick_80]

yer it's in excellent condition, interior is immaculate, 1.5 engine ran but is now off road for a few weeks getting a new 1.6 8V in it, twin Dcoe's hopefully, koni's etc but yer i saved it from been crushed, found it at the wrecker, i can go into more detail later about the progress if the interest is there!!

[Nick_80]

welcome 2 VWW

your car looks like a old golf or passat

doesnt looks like a audi

theres ingnorence for ya! have a nice B5 Passat but doesn't have a clue that there is a sequence to almost everything B1, B2, B3 etc etc.... now my Audi is an Audi 80/fox and it's a B1 and the passat is also a B1, the passat/dasher used the audi platform and created there own version of the car....... The Audi Fox is the history behind your car, It's wat put Audi on the map!


a true Audi enthuse!

[Lukev85]

Hey mate, welcome to the forum.

Nice ride, but that looks like a early Passat LS.

Post more pics of the rear of the car.

Cheers

[Nick_80]

there ya go... the back of the audi...... not Passat etc etc...

[Nick_80]

sorry bout the poor pics... havent had much time to take pics of it as it has had the following done

- 80's poptop sunroof that was leaking replaced
- roof repainted
- now getting engine redone
- and cutting the rusted from the front drains, where the sound deadening stuff is


this is definatley an Audi not a Passat looks much better i think

[DaveMack]

Nick is right ... it's an AUDI!!!!! Used to see quite a few of these in NZ many long years ago.

Dave

[Nick_80]

you would think a 'Volks enthusiast' or any one on this forum would know, i thought i was going to have to get it imported after about a 2-3 years of searching and then found it at a wrecker, i love it, so much history and such a quality built car for it's time, "i use to own a 1997 mitsubishi magna and i believe my 1976 audi is a smoother and exciting ride"

[Lukev85]

Sorry mate,

as you mentioned, the old audis and passats were identical from the front. I have a 75 Passat estate wagon and it has the same front grill as the front of your audi.

Do you have pics of the interior. Im curious as id like to see if they difffer in any other way.

Is she auto or manual?

BTW: Im all for the old audis. Like the LS Passat they are an extremely rare car.

Did you know that the LS Passat is considered the ugly duck of the audi fox lol

[Nick_80]

haha sorry i would have to agree, i had the opportunity to grab a passat wagon and/or sedan but didn't like the look, to rephrase didn't like the look as much as the Audi

yer i got pick of the interior, real early one still at the wreckers sorry... have to do sumthing about my picture collection.. bit of a laze when it comes to it!!! here ya go, love to know ur all in for these rarities, quote "there an unhidden tressure"

i forgot to mention they have TS seats and shes a short shift manual

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[Nick_80]

on the grill topic, my car is fully debadge sum little skaley wag must of thought the massive four rings across the grill would make a good momento in his bedroom, hint: try tracking a OEM badge haha laugh to myself, so i can see the confusion it brings

[Lukev85]

Those recaro seats look great.

The TS seats are rare as in that condition (Just the a TS Passat). Usually they are ripped and worn out.

Does it have the TS recaro steering wheel. The previous owner of my Passat had one put on.

The grill on My Passat comes from a TS Passat too

[Nick_80]

nope just a factory Audi steering wheel like on the ts passat but with the audi logo, i don't have it got taken out the wreck before i bought it, my brother has a TS wagon with a audi Fox grille on it! looks the part!

the point to this thread was to liven up all those vintage cars hidden away...

wat have you got under the bonnet?

yer i'm also surprised with the seat conditions, but the material seems to be viable for a few more years!