project--rustowagen mk1 caddy

wheel tubs look loads better dude

Tiz wrote:

wheel tubs look loads better dude

ye man, didnt take overly long to do either, was probaly the funnest job wel hitting them with a big hammer

matty_mk1 wrote:

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

Whats that suppose to mean young lady [/quote]



Haha don't really know
Just wach out for the scaffold pole!!!!!

Shocker on the finger dude! Gota hurt! Done the same thing many times.
Sides are lookin real good and the wheel wells straightened out good. Was more on about the rust tho, guarantee it'll be back within a year. Shame not to get rid.

i wish my sills were like yours mate! dw worry bout the finger tho, it happens all the time!

heres my worst effort yet



heres my bandage

dude i was eating sausages at the time did you have to man!

of course i did! that well hurt that one did

Still makes me laugh everytime i see that mark

oh thanks, do you always laught at the sight of an open gash? trying to tell us something?

mmmmm tasty mark!

i didnt get a pik of my gash lol only in a bandage atm will put yours to shame tho mark lol


uploading some piks from todays updates check back in 10 mins

Its been 10min's!

greased-up-deaf-guy wrote:

Its been 10min's!

haha sorry i forgot lol to easily distracted :bounce:

only had a couple of hours when i got home so i decided to tackle the other rear wheel arch, wasnt as easy as the drivers side but had a good result once again and it looks much better than before ^_^

before...




and thats it for today im afraid will crack on again tomorrow and hopefuly start the refurb on the wheels

Loving what you doing with this joe, more so than the grey 1 tbh as i know exactly how this used to look.
You've transformed it loads already.
will have a nosey round it at the weekend

Shes coming along nicely m8. cant wait to see it in paint, its gonna look rad

CaddyRage wrote:

Loving what you doing with this joe, more so than the grey 1 tbh as i know exactly how this used to look.
You've transformed it loads already.
will have a nosey round it at the weekend

ye lots more has gone on with this one than the grey one, but i really cant wait to start playing with the grey one now. will be strange for ya to see it compaired to when you last did.

matty_mk1 wrote:

Shes coming along nicely m8. cant wait to see it in paint, its gonna look rad

ye defo getting there, just need some wings and my doors back from marks ao and some paint to paint it, and an engine, and an interior, other than that its all done haha

o and to refurb my new wheels haha i tried one on when i got back think im gonna need a little more than a 2inch axle block haha

let me know what size block you need mate. should be able to sort pretty much anything out

MarkGTX wrote:

let me know what size block you need mate. should be able to sort pretty much anything out

will do dude, will put them on my grey one to see how fit, as im not sure the axle flip on the white one has been done properly

mark ure fingers wrong lol, forgot i wrote on ure bandage lol mustve been over a yr ago now

jo, caddy looks like its coming along well keep up the good work!

didnt get as much done today as others as my parents got back from holiday, but my dad did give me a hand at one point which made worka bit easier lol

so anys today, got a bad start had to tidy up a bit before i done anything but was ok once i got going and got some more high build primer for halfords. drivers side is pretty much as good as im going to get it without spending days on end perfecting it, i have got to the point in thinking of it as more of a minter than a daily now which wasnt what i ser out to do but am very pleased how it had progressed passenger side is pretty much done aswel just got a few pin holes to fill, and to fill the trim holes and grind and re-do the stone chip.





also picked some wheels up yesterday so i got on starting the refurb on those, dad popped the tyres off the rims for me whilst i was filling away, got all 4 rubbed down in about 3 hours which i didnt think was to bad going, all ready for painting tomorrow, they are going to be black with some sort of pinstriper around them but unsure what colours yet, so if anyone has any ideas that would be kool to share thme please?.....

the wheels are 13x7 wellers rather low et so gonna get some nice poke, also have some 15mm spacers which may find there way on the rears :wub:

heres a before and after of one of the wheels, the one on the left being the after



and then one off all 4


will have more piks with freeeesh paint tommorra
comment away peeps....

joe i would have laughed so much if i had seen that happen i dont mean to laugh but i would have hurts like hell cutting through the flesh oooppsss r u ok ?

[quote name='golf_nuts' post='1526508' date='Sep 21 2008, 08:37 PM']How about a dark-ish yellow? Dark blue and yellow are a good combo in my opinion, and contrast nicely.

Grey lettering with yellow striping, and then matching stripe on the wheel lips?[/quote]

liking the colour combo, bit different and would stand out a much better than the darker colours, will give it ago on a test piece when i get the blue paint so cheers for the imput dude!

also have some more updates from today...got my wheels mostly re-furbed got them all primered up after finishing flatting them down and getting rid of the manky bits, got 2 coats of gloss black on both the inner and outter rim then ran out of paint :angry: the look as if they are going to come out nicely tho, hopefuly will get some more paint and give them a couple more coats during the week as im back at work from tomorrow :mellow:



also finaly got the drivers side in the same colour primer! flatted the high build down, and keyed up and around the drivers door area, probaly not going to put anymore filler on this side now, still a few little bits and bobs that could be better but i have to be reolistic as this is going to be my daily and may get knocked about but i hope not! just got a bit more filler work around the rear of the door (think its the b pillar) was taking ages to sand the filler back so i hunted down the DIY sander and used that ^_^





thought it was rude not to try on a wheel just to see what they will look like, pretty pleased on how they look, not sure what tyres to run yet, anyne got any ideas? also found my g60 centre caps in my parts room which fit nicely on the weller so im probaly going to be running them. i detailed the vw badge grey ages ago when they were on my grey caddy, matched the primer colour pretty well

i have pir of 175/50/13 tyres cheap, almost new bridgstones off my girlfriends mini. they looked sweet on her 7x13s

Looking good bud like the steels:afro: