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GH Meet at Audi of Mississauga - Oct 8th 7:00pm
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From: Oakville
Re: GH Meet at Audi of Mississauga - Oct 8th 7:00pm
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Re: GH Meet at Audi of Mississauga - Oct 8th 7:00pm
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Re: GH Meet at Audi of Mississauga - Oct 8th 7:00pm
The Golden Horseshoe Audi Club has arranged to have one of our meets at Audi of Mississauga dealership on Friday October 8th 7:00pm.
Some of you might know that Alex who is a very active member here on the forum works for Audi of Mississauga. Through the years of his membership he has provided some valuable objective opinions to members on purchases as well as features of various models. Alex has agreed to host our next meet at his facility.
Alex and one of their techs will be travelling to Germany and particular the Audi factory for some training. They come back on October the 1st and will have a slide presentation for us on their adventures on the 8th.
The meet will include a question and answer session with a mechanic (so come prepared with your questions), Alex will have a selection of the current lineup of cars and be prepared to show some of the features and answer questions. There will also be a table full of Audi accessories such as hats, shirts, key chains, etc. for purchase.
The Golden Horseshoe Club is making this event open to all Audiforum.ca members. If we can have you answer the poll question so we know how many people to expect.
Audi of Mississauga
787 Bancroft Rd.
Mississauga, On
(905) 593-6040
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Some of you might know that Alex who is a very active member here on the forum works for Audi of Mississauga. Through the years of his membership he has provided some valuable objective opinions to members on purchases as well as features of various models. Alex has agreed to host our next meet at his facility.
Alex and one of their techs will be travelling to Germany and particular the Audi factory for some training. They come back on October the 1st and will have a slide presentation for us on their adventures on the 8th.
The meet will include a question and answer session with a mechanic (so come prepared with your questions), Alex will have a selection of the current lineup of cars and be prepared to show some of the features and answer questions. There will also be a table full of Audi accessories such as hats, shirts, key chains, etc. for purchase.
The Golden Horseshoe Club is making this event open to all Audiforum.ca members. If we can have you answer the poll question so we know how many people to expect.
Audi of Mississauga
787 Bancroft Rd.
Mississauga, On
(905) 593-6040
Thanks
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From: Brampton/Mississauga
Re: GH Meet at Audi of Mississauga - Oct 8th 7:00pm
I actually saw this car in the Audi Museum. Here is a bit of history about it;
The story of the last Horch began in 1953, when the man at the helm of Auto Union needed a suitably representative vehicle. This is how the DKW experimental department came to develop this chauffeur-driven limousine based on a 1938 Horch 830 BL. The vehicle was presented to Dr. Bruhn that June.
A US soldier stationed in Germany subsequently bought the one-off specimen and took it home with him to the States. Eventually the gearbox packed in and he parted company with the car. Al Wilson, a car enthusiast from San Angelo, Texas, saved the Horch from the crushers. Although he knew nothing about the Horch brand, he sensed that the vehicle was something special. So this former manager of a shoe factory paid 500 dollars for it and took it away.
The research now started. He contacted Ingolstadt, the Deutsches Museum in Munich and the Dresden-based expert Dr. Kirchberg – but nobody knew anything about the car. Al Wilson nevertheless kept it and just parked it on his property in Texas along with other finds. The Texan's sons resumed the research process and finally Ralf Hornung, who is responsible for buying and restoring vehicles at Audi Tradition, recognised the car: "The photos clearly showed Bruhn's car, the whereabouts of which had been a mystery for decades." Hornung flew straight to Texas. Al Wilson agreed to sell it: "The Horch should go home." Bruhn's Horch has now arrived in Ingolstadt by container and the restoration work will soon begin. But first, Audi Tradition will be putting this unique specimen on display exactly as it reached the Audi museum mobile.
1953 Horch 830 BL Pullmann-Limousine
Motor: V8
Power: 93 hp at 3,400 RPM
Displacement: 3,823 cc
Maximum Speed: 125 kph
Fuel consumption: 19 litres/100 km
Units produced: 1
The story of the last Horch began in 1953, when the man at the helm of Auto Union needed a suitably representative vehicle. This is how the DKW experimental department came to develop this chauffeur-driven limousine based on a 1938 Horch 830 BL. The vehicle was presented to Dr. Bruhn that June.
A US soldier stationed in Germany subsequently bought the one-off specimen and took it home with him to the States. Eventually the gearbox packed in and he parted company with the car. Al Wilson, a car enthusiast from San Angelo, Texas, saved the Horch from the crushers. Although he knew nothing about the Horch brand, he sensed that the vehicle was something special. So this former manager of a shoe factory paid 500 dollars for it and took it away.
The research now started. He contacted Ingolstadt, the Deutsches Museum in Munich and the Dresden-based expert Dr. Kirchberg – but nobody knew anything about the car. Al Wilson nevertheless kept it and just parked it on his property in Texas along with other finds. The Texan's sons resumed the research process and finally Ralf Hornung, who is responsible for buying and restoring vehicles at Audi Tradition, recognised the car: "The photos clearly showed Bruhn's car, the whereabouts of which had been a mystery for decades." Hornung flew straight to Texas. Al Wilson agreed to sell it: "The Horch should go home." Bruhn's Horch has now arrived in Ingolstadt by container and the restoration work will soon begin. But first, Audi Tradition will be putting this unique specimen on display exactly as it reached the Audi museum mobile.
1953 Horch 830 BL Pullmann-Limousine
Motor: V8
Power: 93 hp at 3,400 RPM
Displacement: 3,823 cc
Maximum Speed: 125 kph
Fuel consumption: 19 litres/100 km
Units produced: 1
