1977 MK1 Audi 80 Estate - Now lives in a German Museum.

Well, cleaned up a large part of the common with my pressure cleaner today, but it also allowed me to get my car on the ramps, and get the wheels off, and pressure clean the whole underside, as well as the engine bay and every chrome strip/rubbing strip and window edges, as well as geting all the moss off all the window rubbers etc.

The car is remarkably intact, and I did remove a load of old mud and crud from everywhere.

Tomorrow off to look for a wicker picnic basket for the rear load area at any bootsales I can find.
Madmart PM'd that he may have 14inch Passat steelies for me...... ;D
I am pretty pleased with the outcomes, and at least now know where the holes are in the bodywork.

Pics as description.

(note, there is an AUDI 80 at the end of my rainbow)

Fantastic, I never knew they existed!

I do love summer...... Getting dark later every day, oh, and hot or warm.

Just came inside after taking Audi's load bay mat out, scrubbing twice and rinsing once with warm soapy detergent.


Also cleaned all vinyl, and other synthetic surfaces, Dyson vaccumed every aspect, and took something called "CLEAN GREEN" by Wynns which I have yet to see in the UK, it is also Bio degradeable, and cleans pretty much any surface without damage.
Then also CIF and again followed by two wash downs with fresh water, now the grubbyness seems to be a lot better.

Final session was to take some Simoniz Dash and surface cleaner and pretty much rub down every surface in the car.

LOOKS GOOOOOOOD !!!

Even I am pleased.

Not sure th ebefore and after pics really show the difference before the dash spray.

BEFORE.


AFTER.


Loadbay area.

Either going 15's off a G60 in steel, or if I were to find stupidly priced, or similar in banded 13's, I would consider lower, but one thing I have no intention of with this specific car, is to cut anything, so unless it is bolt off, bolt on, even the suspension, it stays like that.

Thanks for the Subaru link today as well AUX.

Superb work fella!

Well tonight I only spent a little time with the car, and also unpacked the "Pandora's Box" that came with the car.
Found some interesting bits, but also found that I need a much better owners manual, or such for the Audi 80 , it seems it will be a universal one...... so, who has one to sell, or knows where I can lay my hands on a cheap intact copy ?
The one I have cleary was soaked in water at some point, as all the pages are a unit, and has been partly torn open before I got it.

Car was said to have a stainless system, so the paperwork sort of confirms that, system seems intact as well.

Anyhow, as you can see, I took a piccie for those like me who like the bits and pieces.

I also found the fuse box, cleverly hidden behind a brown panel bodged in with some small self tappers.
Reason for that is that the wipers do not work, but the winscreen wash does.
The indicators were fast marching on both sides before, so I undid the relay, and refitted it, which got the drivers side working, but passenger rear still dead, redid the relay 2x 's but no cure, all the fuses are intact, have not moved and cleaned the fuse setup yet.
Checked rear indicator bulb..... intact.
The other bits that do not work are dim/bright, but one can flash bright continually, at one point the dims worked on the switch, then stopped, that only the flash lever got any light.
Hooter works, rear lights work, reverse lights non functioning, but only had ignition on, not engine running, so maybe it needs to be running for reverse lights to work.

PS: So what I would love to find, is the green "Instruction manual"

Anyhow..... the adventure continues.

Pandora's Box.

That instruction manual is the only one I have seen aswell but I managed to get hold of a Haynes - in fact, I think I have a spare copy - do you want it? I'll go and check if its there.

when you take it for a spin for the first time be prepared for the big bang which happens around 140km/h (dunno what miles that would be)

at that point the pressure difference on the roof is so big it clunks into a diferent position..

scares the hell out of you when your not prepared...

btw maybe the audi version has a strengthened roof, but don't think so..

PS: Audi used to make similar mini-hubcaps loke these in chrome, on the Golf below.

If someones grandfather, or relative has a full set of Audi caps, please let me know.