project--rustowagen mk1 caddy

dad got this caddy nearly a year ago, it sat in the garden for most of the time and got put in the garage about 4 months ago after we finished my grey caddy. as im planning on striping my grey caddy again i need a new daily so i bought this caddt off of dad. only been working on her for about 2 weeks now but seem to be getting a fair bit done. dont really have any big plans, on a fairly tight budget with this one as im trying to put as money money as possible aside for my grey caddy.
i already have most of the parts to get this project going, not planning on making it much of a show piece, but still want something i can take to shows and not be afraid to park it in the corner.
anyway, time for some piks. most of the work has been in and around the bed area, as it was outside for so long it was covered in sureface rust, spend a hole 4 hours grinding it off with a wire wheel, then rust treated, etch primered and how it is now in white primer. also ground back all the rust on the sidewalls of the bed and done done the same steps as with the bed floor.
before shot of the bed

after grining and rust eater


etch primer

primer

left side after removing the rusty bits, and primer (not all the small holes everywere)

and then moved onto the right side before rolising i had no primer left lol

then moved onto the bulkhead, this was in quite a state, decided it would be easyest to just cut it out and start again, when i came home from riding on saturday, one of dads mates had been over and cut the old one out, and made a t25 bulkhead fit into the place. was quite suprised how good it looked!
before.

cut out

welded in

and now after rubbing down the filler and more slapped on

also the 4 holes along te bed rails got welded up and a quick skim of filler on. aswell as all the small holes in the bed sidewalls, havent yet put anyfiller on them tho, just some red oxide to stop the rust.
left side

right side

left inner side

right innter side

also removed the rear number plate holder and ground the rust off, rust treated and primed but didnt have any life left in the camera when i done it.
keep your eyes out for more updates shortly
all views welcome

all you need is some 3 inch lowering blocks for the back

what about the front?

tonights progess...
...rushed home from work to get sanding and working away before i lost the light at around 8. so got a couple of god hours of work in. most of which i was sanding the rear bulkhead as i put a fair amount of filler on, still needs more but defo looks better than it did yesterday.
also got some other dents down the side filled and sanded and primered. progress looks fairly minimal but im happy with it so far ^_^
all comments welcome guys
after a just and hour of sanding

primed bare metal

high build primer, still a fair bit to do, loads of little dents and a fair few pin holes everywhere.

right side, few of the bigger dents filled.

bare metal primed

high build primer (paint was still wet when i took the picture so it looks rather ropey)


then the left side, couple of dents filled sanded and primed. still got a fair bit todo this side, ran out of time tonight so hopefuly get this side done when i next get some free time.


sorry for the last few poor quality piks, started to lose the light...

nice one nobsack

thats starting to look kewl m8.

wat colours it gna b?

cheers for such a possitive input billy haha

its going to be matt blue

more progress over the last week, more sanding, filling, priming and more high build primer, (the high build was still wet when i took the piks so it does look a little strange) will let the piks do the talking. :thumbs_up
all comments welcome

Like i said on the caddy forum joe

if ya keep this up, it'll be better than your grey caddy. you wont know which 1 to show lol

CaddyRage wrote:

Like i said on the caddy forum joe

if ya keep this up, it'll be better than your grey caddy. you wont know which 1 to show lol

good thing with this one i get to practise bits n bobs so when it comes time to redo my grey one i will be more confident and shouldnt have any problems with the filling and prepping. your welcome to pop over and take a look to see how its changed since u had it

i like it jow. love the new bulkhead.

can i buy it off you?

no its all mine

Wow, its looking good

curtis_caddy wrote:

no its all mine

Tad possesive aren't we?

haaaha

looking good blaaad

you back then? give me a call sh1te head and ill come give you a hand, and you can draw on my car.


p.s you like the pictures i sent you? and i still hate the royal mail man

come back off holiday a week early, so have a fair bit of time to work on my caddy number 2 got a fair bit done in the last couple of days but nothing worth taking many picks of as ive just been constantly filling and sanding. nearly there with te drivers side now tho so finaly making good progress. got a few piks to keep you guys going, will be more updates daily for the next few days...hope you like...all comments welcome good or bad....

filler anyone




primer time



more sanding and filling, now in primer but i forgot to take a pik.


rear bulkhead guid coat flatted down and MORE FILLER


dent in the roof taken care of


other little dents filled along the top of the rear window.


drivers side stone chip/underseal removed aswel as the trim clips, going to weld the holes up tomorrow then fill a dent, then all ready to be re-stone chipped.


also removed the stone chip on the rear of the quater as the original paint was pealing off so i thought it would be easy to grind down and start again.


also drew up am idea for some door signs, keeping with the rustowagen theme, will only say "vw specialists" underneath the restowagen when i paint them on tho. also not decided on colours for the letters and drop shadow yet so any ideas are welcome.

Its all about the filler joseph, lol

uve gone and ruined the happy man rear window by spraying primer on it :(

matty_mk1 wrote:

Its all about the filler joseph, lol

uve gone and ruined the happy man rear window by spraying primer on it :(

i think i should buy a filler company as i dont have much left and will probaly use much more haha specialy when they grey one cmes nt he garage for the winter

no the funny looking chap is still there in the middle u can kinda see him in the 4th pik from the bottom

curtis_caddy wrote:

matty_mk1 wrote:

Its all about the filler joseph, lol

uve gone and ruined the happy man rear window by spraying primer on it :(

i think i should buy a filler company as i dont have much left and will probaly use much more haha specialy when they grey one cmes nt he garage for the winter

no the funny looking chap is still there in the middle u can kinda see him in the 4th pik from the bottom

yeah you may love your filler... but shame your weldings not up to the same standard

Rach-VW wrote:

curtis_caddy wrote:

matty_mk1 wrote:

Its all about the filler joseph, lol

uve gone and ruined the happy man rear window by spraying primer on it :(

i think i should buy a filler company as i dont have much left and will probaly use much more haha specialy when they grey one cmes nt he garage for the winter

no the funny looking chap is still there in the middle u can kinda see him in the 4th pik from the bottom

yeah you may love your filler... but shame your weldings not up to the same standard

shup its well good, i can put a hole in anything me its ok tho matty saved the day

curtis_caddy wrote:

Rach-VW wrote:

curtis_caddy wrote:

matty_mk1 wrote:

Its all about the filler joseph, lol

uve gone and ruined the happy man rear window by spraying primer on it :(

i think i should buy a filler company as i dont have much left and will probaly use much more haha specialy when they grey one cmes nt he garage for the winter

no the funny looking chap is still there in the middle u can kinda see him in the 4th pik from the bottom

yeah you may love your filler... but shame your weldings not up to the same standard

shup its well good, i can put a hole in anything me its ok tho matty saved the day

Matty always has fancied himself as a bit of a hero!

Matty always has fancied himself as a bit of a hero! [/quote]


Whats that suppose to mean young lady

Comin along nicly jo, hope your replacing those wheel wells!

no need to replace, they beat out nicely

got a fiar bit done again today, had a slight problem involving the grinder taking a chunk out of the top of my fingure which was quite a shock, managed to take part of the top ofmy nail off then all the way over the top and back down the otherside kinda put a stop to things as i had to quickly go to the doctors

anyways still managed to carry on when i got back, the drivers side is pretty much finished now, just got a bit of filler to rub down along the top of the wheel arch. and even managed to get some stone chip in a can from halfords yesterday so also got that on before i had to pack up for the day.

got a little bit done on the passenger side rear quater, is much strighter than the drivers side to start with so hanst needed much work so far, but still need to grind back the old stone chip as its also flacking and redo it. any way here is some piks from through out the day. comments please peeps













also managed to sort one of the wheel arches out, hamered them out from the inside of the tub, didnt turn out to bad. not sure if im going to put filler on them or just leave them as they are? they now are in primer but i forgot to take a pik.