project--rustowagen mk1 caddy

Hmmmm dunno whats happenin with that know tbh

matty, me and joe are gonna match your paint with mine what do you think?

billybug wrote:

matty, me and joe are gonna match your paint with mine what do you think?

i dont think any is man enough for that billy :pig:

Haha dont give me more ideas to think about i cant make my mind up what to do as it is lol

shut up joe you too scene to do it with all ya shiney bits haha

come on it will be sick, we can banger race down the road if you like?

curtis_caddy wrote:

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

I always had you down as a swallower joe.

Tiz wrote:

curtis_caddy wrote:

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

I always had you down as a swallower joe.

shhhhhhhhhhh jap boy

well well well here we are back at the top of the pile again peeps. not an amazingly exciting update but at least the work can continue now, me and dad got the front end back together today so we could mark where the chasis legs are going to be notched, then all back off and engine back out again to be finished off.

got the front upper panel back to bare metal again as it got a little rusty over the colder months and i hadnt got all the paint off in the corners




just need to do the back section now, (bit that faces the inside of the bay)


and as my tyres got slashed on my daily caddy i thought i would slip a wing on and imagen it all done, surely i can go for a test drive now, right?



yes the plan is to get it nearly that low but not on air, and still be driveable if that's possible. all comments welcome

dont be a pussy, go lower.

get a dry sump then you will be able to go silly low

billybug wrote:

dont be a pussy, go lower.

get a dry sump then you will be able to go silly low

the tyre was nearly inline with the lower front valance where the splittler would go! need a some 120mm drop coilies i think with no assisters. will see how it goes when its al back together though

just done another skim around bits in the bay, both of the turrets are shaping upreally well, hopefuly getting the bay in hig build in a few weeks after the chassis legs have been notched

curtis_caddy wrote:

billybug wrote:

dont be a pussy, go lower.

get a dry sump then you will be able to go silly low

the tyre was nearly inline with the lower front valance where the splittler would go! need a some 120mm drop coilies i think with no assisters. will see how it goes when its al back together though

just done another skim around bits in the bay, both of the turrets are shaping upreally well, hopefuly getting the bay in hig build in a few weeks after the chassis legs have been notched

when you come to fit the coilies let me be there i LOVE slamming cars

billybug wrote:

curtis_caddy wrote:

billybug wrote:

dont be a pussy, go lower.

get a dry sump then you will be able to go silly low

the tyre was nearly inline with the lower front valance where the splittler would go! need a some 120mm drop coilies i think with no assisters. will see how it goes when its al back together though

just done another skim around bits in the bay, both of the turrets are shaping upreally well, hopefuly getting the bay in hig build in a few weeks after the chassis legs have been notched

when you come to fit the coilies let me be there i LOVE slamming cars

wow big quotes! i think u may be in canada by the time its on some shiney wheels and new coilies dont you? but then again it will be a very special moment so i suppose you could just pop back for a day or two

time for a before week end update to get the momentum going! done some sanding wheni got home from work, and the last (i hope) small light skim on the low bits. just need to finish the other side off now, will get more detailed piks up of the battery tray area etc over the week end as they are done too. anyway here is some pics, not overly exting but at least its nearly done (well one side)
some may say theres lots of filler in there buts its not very deep, you dont normaly see how mk1 bays are smoothed so i thought i may as well do pics as i go as theres a LOT more work involved than most people think, and you never no whats under the sheiny paint once its in show and shine anyway, but under mine theres many hours of welding, grinding, sanding and filling as the rest i suppose!

enjoy peeps








also the other 2 window wiper holes have gone which are for the LHD models


all comments welcome

Looking good dude, how are the fingers holdin up from all that sanding lol.
Gotta agree... dont think people have a clue about how long it takes.. soul distroying work!.

Keep it coming

greased-up-deaf-guy wrote:

Looking good dude, how are the fingers holdin up from all that sanding lol.
Gotta agree... dont think people have a clue about how long it takes.. soul distroying work!.

Keep it coming

crickey dude havent seen you about in ages how u doing!?

fingures are fine, movacs the paint suppliers moved into a unit across from where i work so i got some uber funky sanding block which is so comfy to hold so its alryt for the large areas, small bits are a right bitch though!

Im good mate, yea its been awhile!

Thats handy then with them so close... just dont go buying too much from them as their a complete rip off lol. Hurry up and prime her, gonna look very nice me thinks..

yeh they are expensive! even once they have done all the discount! handy for filler as thats the only thing they do cheaper!

hopefuly be in primer by the end of next month

Good work as usual josephine id have thought youd have shares a filler company by now, lol

matty_mk1 wrote:

Good work as usual josephine id have thought youd have shares a filler company by now, lol

i wish!
some more pikies from today, nothing overly exting but just more bits finished ready for some high build primer, pass side engine mount and the battery tray area. enjoy

There's your problem with ride height.........

.....right there v




You havn't cut and raised your shock tower

the aim is for it to be driveable though! im not going to start cutting the towers up, foook that

wuss.........

it'll give the coilies some movement ,therefore more drivability.......

go on..... while your in the bay...... get the grinder out

im sure it would, but as im at the stage of the sanding being done on the turrets, well one side, im not going to cut it all up again! did you make them higher on yours dude?

nice work as per usual joe

why thank you mr hull

and to follow on.....

today i made progress that can actualy be seen! big smile now, may not seem much to most but made my day! finalised the filler work on the pass side now (still the bottom section to do i no) so i got the etch primer out to stop the metal going rusty over the week if it was to get damp or what not. now i can actualy see the shape thats been created over the last 4-5 months! hope you enjoy as much as me....






all views welcome....