project--rustowagen mk1 caddy

joes is good at one thing, and thats fillering

billybug wrote:

joes is good at one thing, and thats fillering

yeh defo fo sho

see what you mean mark, im happy to fill the smaller holes but on bigger jobs would rather just watch and learn t see how they should be done. uploading piks atm of the engine in the bay

woooop engines in, carbs on, linkage half sorted and rad resting in place, im a happy lad!

this is the sex, rusty engines and shiney carbs <3<3

Looking good joe

must say joe its looking good make and the secret is a good idea and looks ace

bays looking awesome m8

was good catchin up n having a laugh yesterday

wooohoooo guess who reversed into a trolley park at tesco! cheers for the tailgate to cut up lee!




the reason the leters are gone on the blue one is i cant weld the letters together where its bent to the grey tailgate will get split into 2 pieces then the letters out of the blue one put in the grey one then welded all together again. as the trolley park kindly minted the inner of my tailgate at the same time it f*cked the outter skin!



i no the feedback would have been better at the meet but hay ho all comments welcome as usual guys

Sorry to here bout the bump joe

CaddyRage wrote:

Sorry to here bout the bump joe

no worries, at least you gave me a tailgate to fix it, i new it would come in handy one day for something

i hope the trolly park was ok!

billybug wrote:

i hope the trolly park was ok!

yeh not bad, cant wait to cut this bad mo fo open. will update myother caddy thread with progress on this

its looking great. i should really get back out in the workshop and carry on with my bug but under doctors orders at the mo. thats going to a sweet ride when its done. cant wait to see it.

barnzy beetle wrote:

its looking great. i should really get back out in the workshop and carry on with my bug but under doctors orders at the mo. thats going to a sweet ride when its done. cant wait to see it.

cheers mate, oh that sucks! long way till the end yet lol

woooo back to the top again. and with yet another update. couldnt do any sanding as the motor gets in the way so i decided to crack the grinder out and attack the inner wings as they are going to be as nice as the outside bodywork. took 2 hours to get just the sealer along off then another hour to get to bare metal then an hour or so of welding and gridning to lose some huge holes that were covered up by sticker strips then covered by the seam sealer! any way ile let the pictures do the rest of the talking.

before


thick sealer


whats left of the sealer


and what was left of the inner wing lol



and example of one of the 4 holes, only got 3 done as i ran out of gas for the welder!




and then the end result


still a small bit of light rusting but nothing a grinder wont sort


all comments welcome guys..........

HEAP!

you sure you dont wanna stone chip the inside of the wings? Any sort of stone on your way to a show could chip the paint and the rusting would set in very quickly. I would try and find a smooth stone chip that you can paint over.

it will be in a trailer, with heating the lot

Bubble wrap ftw

matty_mk1 wrote:

Bubble wrap ftw

yeh ghettto yoooo

Shiney bits for engines, your far too scene. even if they wasnt ment for you

matty_mk1 wrote:

Shiney bits for engines, your far too scene. even if they wasnt ment for you

i was really hoping that was going to fit the 8v, but nooooo small block polo yooooo :| mike said he owes me one so im sure ile get some more shiney bits soon

Oooooo look at you getting all pally with the imfamous polisher lol he wont even PM me back

matty_mk1 wrote:

Oooooo look at you getting all pally with the imfamous polisher lol he wont even PM me back

well ile chase him up about it, as after all he does owe me one, he said he owes me pints, but ffs im not even legaly aloud to drink them, so ile get him to reply to you instead haha

Haha awesomeness ill owe you 1, pint that is haha

when you wanna come down mine for some splittie action?

matty_mk1 wrote:

Haha awesomeness ill owe you 1, pint that is haha

when you wanna come down mine for some splittie action?

im always up for splitting action, once the cab's all fresh maybe?