Quattro Squad

83 Quattro Rally Build Stripped Naked

White Audi race car with open hood and door, showing engine and interior, inside a garage with tools and shelves

This past Wednesday we reached a big milestone with this project: we finished stripping the shell! The biggest chunk that came off was the rear sub-frame and diff then the steering rack and drive shaft. We also introduced video to our arsenal so you have been warned.

We also visited a local rally prepped quattro that’s up for sale to get some ideas and, in the process acquired a windshield for our car.

White Audi race car with open hood and door, showing engine and interior, inside a garage with tools and shelves
Spare tire secured with straps inside a white vehicle trunk alongside a toolbox and coiled metal tubes
Front bumper of a white Audi car with an amber side marker light and a detached rally computer unit on the floor next to it
Transparent car window glass panel resting on a checkered floor with a racing car and office chair reflected in it

We also took delivery of our tires. Bridgestone Potenza RE11 in 245/45-16. A little ahead of ourselves here but they are hard to find and we already had two. We now need to finish the car before they age out.

Stack of four black car tires bound together with a white strap in a dimly lit garage

Next task is to get it off the hoist and back onto the table then onto the trailer so we can haul it up to our cage builder Thompson Racing Fabrication . That won’t happen till the first full week in December as we are off to Barcelona to see how BRAID wheels are made and then to Stuttgart to visit the Porsche museum.

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