project--rustowagen mk1 caddy

69rat wrote:

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

nice one joe, thats what i was going to get anyway so ile take them off ya:lol:

Lookin good jo, like the steelies too.

What kinda blue is it goin?

looking goooooooood mate cant wait to see it in colour:)

Looks good,
Least you'll have time to work on it and get it done now Good luck with it!

greased-up-deaf-guy wrote:

Lookin good jo, like the steelies too.

What kinda blue is it goin?

haven't actualy go t the paint yet brad, dont get paid til tuesday got a fair bit of body work left yet tho so doesnt matter to much. im hoping for quite a dark blue, sattin not gloss should go nice with the gloss black wheels then


cheers for all the other comments guys and girls

little update to keep the thread going, havent got much done the last couple of nights, ben busy and the weathers been rather poop. got a new tub of filler so im back on the slapping lol decided to have a go on the inner wheel arches the last couple of nights. got the drivers side sanded down tonight and a second skim on. also done the fist skim on te passenger side.





got another couple of coats of black on both back and front of my wheels, and the first coat of laquar (sp) they are now in my house drying, and sticking the house out

finaly, the week end is here! well half gone now haha started to crack on with sanding the arches this morning and after getting everything out and set up, the sander decided it didnt want to work so i had to pack everything away again and go into town and buy a new one! waisted about 3 hours of my time! even though the new sander is much better than the old one lol

anyways time for progression piks, been mainly concentrating in the bed today, got the drivers side arch pretty much sorted now, very suprised how the turned out so far. also sanded down the first skim on the passenger side, then reskimmed ready to sand down tommorrow morning and then probaly skim again!

drivers side..second skim sanded down


etch primed and then primed....


then yet more filler to tidy the sides and some small holes up, this should hopefuly be the last big skim!



then the passenger side, after sanding, lots more high and low spots this side so its going to take a little longer than the other but will defo be worth it


then the second skim, thought it may be best to get a good coverage haha



during painting filling and sanding the arches i sorted out the b pillar, beentrying to put this off as i didnt no how to go about it as when i weled the seem up i was a bit heavey handed and the metal underneath warped a bit, so been building the layers of filler up over the last couple days. finaly sanded it down with the new super doooper sander from homebase came out better than i thought, managed to get the shape back. just need to get the lines back to tie back in around and up the pillar from where i ground the welds flush.

filler anyone?....


primer time...oh more filler?! :huh:



also got anoter coat of laqaur on my wheels will post some piks up tomorrow as they are now shiney! not bad for spray cans haha

all comments welcome as usual dudes and dudetts....

looking good mo fo, soon be ready for paint?

matty_mk1 wrote:

looking good mo fo, soon be ready for paint?

depends what u class as soon got the other side to do yet, need some wings, and sparrows got my door still but they dont need much bodywork as they are pretty straight. got to sort out the rear pannel where its been shunted a bit up the A55. then replace a little bit of the passengers sill, but ive got the panel to do this so dont need to buy one. so probs the week end afte next

Haha not much to do then. will have to get some of them candy paint and have a play around with it on a few bits soon m8

Keep up the good work joe

matty_mk1 wrote:

Haha not much to do then. will have to get some of them candy paint and have a play around with it on a few bits soon m8

ye will be a defo when i get some money will keep people amazed for days, imsure

CaddyRage wrote:

Keep up the good work joe

will do mate, next time you come round i'le show you it first,instead of talking to you for 3 hours and then showing you it in the dark

well i might bring my torch you so love aswell, just incase like

thats the biggest torch in the world lol comes in very handy when putting tents up in the dark

finaly finished my wheels today, added the pinstripe and detailed my g60 centre caps in dark blue. should go well against the satin blue the caddy is going to be. was my first time pinstriping a wheel, wasnt the easiest thing ive had to do but i think they came out alright for a first go. lots of little bits of dust on the wheels which i didnt reolise when i took the piks so my bad, dont worry its not small flys in the laquar
gave the centre caps a quick back to black but as see i missed a fair bit in the piks lol

heres a quick before shot of the wheels when i first got the last week, in all the refurb cost me just under 50 notes...


and how they are now after a fair few hours of work....





also sanded down both arches again, drivers side is all finished except for blending it in with the bottom of the bed.



passenger side, sanded then primed. needs maybe another 2 small skims to get rid of the pin holes then blend into the rest of the bed.



not bad considering this is what the bed and arches looked like at the start of the project


all comments welcome as usual guys...

Wheels look the sex m8

Those wheels are spot on this is going to be sweet...

this is gonna be the show winner, not the grey one

friggen awesome dude, gonna do what we said on the wheels? The whole caddy is gonna be friggen awesome, you know where i am if you need some help building an engine or doing any other mechanical work, always happy to come down and lend a hand

billybug wrote:

this is gonna be the show winner, not the grey one

zip it u!

Tiz wrote:

friggen awesome dude, gonna do what we said on the wheels? The whole caddy is gonna be friggen awesome, you know where i am if you need some help building an engine or doing any other mechanical work, always happy to come down and lend a hand

will do if i can find the right font, having trouble atm tho, also dont wonna go ott with them

what colour you painting it?

billybug wrote:

what colour you painting it?

haha ur apain at times boi! billy loves royal mail

i love ya wheels!!! u got good taste boyo