Quattro Squad

Audi UR Quattro Rally Build Begins

Partially disassembled red car body in a garage with missing wheels and interior components
Red car in a workshop before restoration and white and blue race car after restoration on a dirt track

As our 85 UR Quattro  is getting to the point of being on the road again I’d like to introduce our latest project which we plan to start almost immediately. A 1983 UR Quattro, currently in such a sorry state that it’s only viable future is as a RALLY CAR!

Partially disassembled red car body in a garage with missing wheels and interior components
Interior of a stripped-down vehicle with exposed wiring and no seats
Interior of a stripped-down vehicle showing exposed metal framework and wiring
Exposed and partially dismantled red vehicle floor with visible wiring and metal components
Open engine compartment of an older red car showing engine components and wiring

The shell is pretty solid and the car “ran when parked”. We will be rebuilding the engine and transmission and it does have this hole in the rocker panel.

Close-up of a red metal surface with a large rusted hole and corrosion around the edges

We picked up the car about a year ago quite locally as it happens. The previous owner had driven it for about five years then decided to put a cage in it and use it as a more dedicated track toy. He stripped a lot of the interior out, bought some go fast bits, put a rudimentary cage in it and then got distracted for about twelve years. That’s when we cam along and “saved” it.

It came to us in the stripped out condition you see but with some interesting bits; some attached, some not.

Koni based custom coil overs:

Blue coilover suspension spring attached to a black metal car part on a garage floor

Rally rear spolier.

Red car spoiler placed on a concrete floor with other car parts and cardboard boxes nearby

Fiberglass front fenders

Two dirty white car bumpers placed inside a wooden compartment

NOS kit!

Blue nitrous oxide bottle secured inside the trunk of a red car

Audio

Black Alpine SDA-1175 power amplifier and two Alpine crossover units mounted on a wooden board on a concrete floor

Refurbished brake calipers with new discs

Close-up of a silver brake disc with five lug bolts in a vehicle wheel assembly

Fiberglass S1 (short wheel base) hood

Black textured board with two symmetrical straps attached in a vertical pattern

and all the parts that came off it in a trailer!

Red car door resting vertically inside a storage space with stacked boxes nearby

So the plan is to strip the shell, fix the rust, install a cage, install a Group B body kit, and rebuild it as a Rothmans tribute to match our Porsche 911 Carrera RX  and Mercedes RALIVAN. Stay tuned.

A classic Audi rally car with a Rothmans livery, featuring multiple fog lights, parked at a car event with a crowd of people in the background.
Mercedes-Benz van towing a rally car on a trailer in snowy parking lot outside a building

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