project--rustowagen mk1 caddy

is that a corsa engine bay? looks like one

any more updates?

indeedy there is my man, will have to get some pictures up tomo tho, got the wiring loom hole sanded and primed, pretty much done the fire wall now as theres only the acelerator (sp) cable hole, clutch and master cylender hole left now once the scuttle has been smoothed i will tackle the upper scuttle under the bit where the wiper motor goes, a shite job as no one will ever see it but its going to need paint up there aswel! need to really sort the rad area out aswel as i havent really touches that bit yet! may need anoter test fir with the engine and carbs as it hasnt gone in since the scuttle has been cut out to make more room. will have to order some trumpets too cant beat open carbs

im loving the new bonnet idea i saw sunday m8, im sure the 'scene'police will love it haha

remember you gonna need a proper gasket between the carbs and your manifold m8.

what colour you gonna paint it?

matty_mk1 wrote:

im loving the new bonnet idea i saw sunday m8, im sure the 'scene'police will love it haha

remember you gonna need a proper gasket between the carbs and your manifold m8.

well uve gotta up your game aint yah so the bonnet is the main focus point now, never seen it done before so im sure it will get a good responce

oh yeh cheers for that i had forgot all about it!

got a fair bit done today, was sick of looking at the front valance and it bing the only part of the bay that was still a tad rusty. so i ground it all back to bare metal with a paint removal disk, then deleted the towing eye as i wont be needing it! all etch primed and first skim ove the low spots. will upload a couple of pictures later on

how much is it gonna cost me for you to come and do my filler work in the summer? or at least give me some pointers. im happy to do anything really but i find smoothing stuff really hard....maybe something to do with the prehistoric orbital sander i use?? might get an air powered DA when it comes to it

MarkGTX wrote:

how much is it gonna cost me for you to come and do my filler work in the summer? or at least give me some pointers. im happy to do anything really but i find smoothing stuff really hard....maybe something to do with the prehistoric orbital sander i use?? might get an air powered DA when it comes to it

suppose it dpends mate if u want me to do the lot and what you want doing? i dont use a da just good ol block and lots of sand paper must get a da sorted as it would be soooo much quicker!

just a bit of a preview, didnt take as many piks as i thought

heres the pass side of the engine bay. done a quick guid coat to see how far it was off, was quite supprised there was only a pin holes and a couple of bigger dips. all filled again now ready for anoter sanding and guid coat :thumbs_up




also got the clutch area sanded, trying to get it look like it hasnt been replced as the orignal cracked and split!
only a couple of low spots and pin holes to go


also continued with cleaning te front valance up, lots of griding to get rid of the rust and old paint, in 2 minds if to put a new fresh one on to save time. at least then everything will be pretty much straight!
ghetto style long sander as i dont have a propper one






all comments welcome guys

hell yea boyyy, nice work

dude..... what you gonna do in say the unlikely event that you broke down on the way to a show and you needed to get onto a flat bed or be towed or something? Thought you would have kept the front one cause you cant really see it... or done a new style screw in one or something?

its gonna be a trailer queen anyway

looking good joe, im gonna go for a screw in eye thing i reckon, just incase i break down half way up the quarter at santapod!

looking good josephine

cheers guys, im not planning on bracking down tbh lol, but if it does it wont be able to be towed with an a frame as it will be too low, it wont be able to get on the back of a lorry as it will be too low, so it will have to go on a flat bed roll on roll off jobby, so it wont need pulling up on it anyway so i dont think it really makes a difference. having a hole new front end put on soon as i cant get underneath and in the tiny places on this one to clean the surface rust out, and it will make it easyer to clean around the battery tray area and the oppersite side too

cheers for all the positive comments guys

looking good joe keep up the good work makes me wish i kept my mk1 caddy just get the new front panel in it well save time andf be better in the long run

caddyman wrote:

looking good joe keep up the good work makes me wish i kept my mk1 caddy just get the new front panel in it well save time andf be better in the long run

yeh thats what i was thinking, will be a better result in the end aswell and a little less filler action! still up for helping me get my carbs sorted as i dont actualy know how they work! going to have a test fit in a couple of week ends time, would be helpful if you could pop over and shed some light on the subject?

Early mk1 golf chrome bumpers had the tow loop attached to it rather than the car

If you gunna run low mate, your gunna want a tow loop for when you bash the sump to bits lol

CaddyRage wrote:

Early mk1 golf chrome bumpers had the tow loop attached to it rather than the car

If you gunna run low mate, your gunna want a tow loop for when you bash the sump to bits lol

surely u would bend the underside of the bumper tho

well its gna be on 14s so its going to be fairly low, as its not a daily ile be able to get away with it, i hope. touch wood and all that

tbh mate there is no way ever i would consider not fitting a tow eye even on a show car... its inevitable you will need need towing or something at some point. I would have thought the early ones lee means actually go to the bumper mounting bolts and just come out under the bumper like the later ones do instead of being attached to the panel.

Tiz wrote:

tbh mate there is no way ever i would consider not fitting a tow eye even on a show car... its inevitable you will need need towing or something at some point. I would have thought the early ones lee means actually go to the bumper mounting bolts and just come out under the bumper like the later ones do instead of being attached to the panel.

oh yeh see what you mean, may get something made up then that i can put on and take off just incase? keep it all hidden then as it wont always be on there

Yeah its bolted to the drivers side mounting iron joe. There was 1 on that mangled bent chrome bumper i sold to dipstick!!

CaddyRage wrote:

Yeah its bolted to the drivers side mounting iron joe. There was 1 on that mangled bent chrome bumper i sold to dipstick!!

oh, i could have done with that then! well not the bumper

wayyyy time to update again!

had a package on the side for me at home when i returned from work today....ile let the picks do the talking











carbs will be cleaned up, apinted and bits polished/chromed once i happy with the set up