Date:         Wed, 7 Jul 2010 12:13:37 -0700
Reply-To:     BenT Syncro <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         BenT Syncro <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Back Hatch Emblems
Comments: To: Daryl Christensen <daryl@AATRANSAXLE.COM>
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VAG might be accused of 'badge engineering' but they haven't bodged  
the badges to cross company product lines yet that I am aware of.

In other words, Ebay Seller either intentionally or accidentally  
called a VW badge Audi. He is wrong, wrong wrong.

Buyer got lucky that other VW guys who also needed the badge did not  
notice. I once bought a NOS lower cargo door for my Doka for £25.  

Seller mislabeled as a 'T2' treasurechest door vs. a 'Type 2 T3' door  

as he intended. Said door retails for about $500 in the US. €250 in  
Europe. This is more common than you'd think.


BenT

Sent from my Caravelle badge

On Jul 7, 2010, at 11:51 AM, Daryl Christensen <daryl@AATRANSAXLE.COM>  

wrote:

> I own and 86 VW Quantum Syncro Wagon...It basically has early Audi  
> 4000
> Quattro running gear..5 Cyl- 5 speed, Center and rear lockers and is  

> the
> best winter/ski rig ever, but low ground clearance.
> Never was an Audi Syncro badge'd rig I know of..
> Daryl of AA Transaxle
> 425-788-4070
> "On the cutting edge of Old technology"
> 86 Syncro Westy with a Zetec in the trunk
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On  
> Behalf Of
> Shawn MacDonald
> Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 9:00 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Back Hatch Emblems
>
> Went back to ad... 1987 Audi Quantum Syncro Wagon...
>
> Googled it.
> Rarer than Vanagon Syncros!  LOL
> I should have paid twice what a Vanagon Syncro emblem was worth.
>
> I have compared it to real Syncro badge... Identical
>
>
>> That explains how you got such a good price. There is technically no
>> such thing as an Audi Syncro. They call their AWD system Quattro.
>
>> I say 'technically' because some Syncros actually carry Audi VIN's
>> such as some in South Africa.
>
>
>> Regards,
>
>> BenT