project--rustowagen mk1 caddy

What a bummer mate

Least you got your head around modifiying it to work. Sure it'll look sweet as when all painted/polished up

Them horns will come out the grill

CaddyRage wrote:

What a bummer mate

Least you got your head around modifiying it to work. Sure it'll look sweet as when all painted/polished up

yeh nothing more gutting than when parts dont just go together as im sure you well no! yeh will blend it nicely too, lucky the casting was think as i would have gone into the ports if not

was lucky really though as mike is going to buy the same one as theres only a couple places to get the inlets from, would have been a bit poo if we had to cut both up to start with!

mk1g60phill wrote:

Them horns will come out the grill

yeh when i put the carbs on i did think that, fingures cross though ay lucky i didnt buy the 45mm longer version!

only a small parts update, my boss picked this up last night for me, hoping to get the ends made up next week....going down to proalloy tonight to see wayne and get some fans sized up too, but will be buying those at the end of the month as ive ran out of money now! haha




also got a quick start on sanding the inlet, will be silky smooth all over then im going to polish it, few hours of prep left yet!, also started to smooth the underside out that had to be ground out

Good stuff m8

matty_mk1 wrote:

Good stuff m8

why thankyou sir

looks really good joe

when its finished can i seat in the drivers seat and make engine noises?

or when its snowy can i go side ways in it like your old caddy?

max wrote:

looks really good joe

cheers man

billybug wrote:

when its finished can i seat in the drivers seat and make engine noises?

or when its snowy can i go side ways in it like your old caddy?

you can rev the go go pedal? im not driving it in teh snow, wont be able to demist the windscreen as it will have no heating, i no your old beetle had a stuck open window and no heating but im not man enough to drive something like that

more from today, only bout an hour max into the rad at the moment, greg cut the sides and bent them from me whiles i took a hour 2 minutes to make the bottom spout lol looks very bulky in the pics but wont be so bad once its all welded and polished, all comments welcome as usual guys

that oil filled Rad is gonna look the nuts in your Caddy mate, where u gonna plug it in..???....good work......lol

why does you caddy need a cheese graitor?

matty_mk1 wrote:

why does you caddy need a cheese graitor?

well it aint doing much else sitting there is it

curtis_caddy wrote:

billybug wrote:

when its finished can i seat in the drivers seat and make engine noises?

or when its snowy can i go side ways in it like your old caddy?

you can rev the go go pedal? im not driving it in teh snow, wont be able to demist the windscreen as it will have no heating, i no your old beetle had a stuck open window and no heating but im not man enough to drive something like that [img

funny you talk about that car its for sale again 3500 and its yours HAAA what a joke, but i spose it is a show winner

your brother still isnt happy about that, everytime its brough up he is very quite. kind of like billy rage, but on the inside.

nelds wrote:

that oil filled Rad is gonna look the nuts in your Caddy mate, where u gonna plug it in..???....good work......lol

bit coiled up extension cable?

matty_mk1 wrote:

why does you caddy need a cheese graitor?

why not? never been done before, thought it might be a good idea and make it slightly practical

billybug wrote:

curtis_caddy wrote:

billybug wrote:

when its finished can i seat in the drivers seat and make engine noises?

or when its snowy can i go side ways in it like your old caddy?

you can rev the go go pedal? im not driving it in teh snow, wont be able to demist the windscreen as it will have no heating, i no your old beetle had a stuck open window and no heating but im not man enough to drive something like that [img

funny you talk about that car its for sale again 3500 and its yours HAAA what a joke, but i spose it is a show winner

ha, i remeber that person rung u about 3 months laster after it sold and wanted to buy it, that bloke is having a laugh aint he!? ha the show winner

68bug wrote:

your brother still isnt happy about that, everytime its brough up he is very quite. kind of like billy rage, but on the inside.

no he doesnt


greg got the top and bottom cover plates made today for me too, ready to be welded up nearly, only taken an hour to get it to this stage, should only take about 3 hours start to finish i think. having a cap on the top spout so it will be a top fill rad, not gone for a vw type cap though.

Looks neat joe

good stuff m8. how does it fit in the front panel? it it lower so it allows air over the top to the carbs, and could have a lil deflector fin like on jaymac's old mk1?

CaddyRage wrote:

Looks neat joe

cheers mate

matty_mk1 wrote:

good stuff m8. how does it fit in the front panel? it it lower so it allows air over the top to the carbs, and could have a lil deflector fin like on jaymac's old mk1?

yeh man should have a fair gap to get air over the top and into the trumpets, as if you can see into the future, the air deflector is next to be made once the rad and engine are put in for a mock up

Awesome build this, great to see it bit by bit and the amount of work going into it is

Is it coming to the meet?

Keep it up, man.

Nice work with the rad there i could do with a stainless cover for the top of mine

Pistacheuro wrote:

Awesome build this, great to see it bit by bit and the amount of work going into it is

Is it coming to the meet?

Keep it up, man.

cheers dude, it will do, not this month though


wooohoooo, its like christmas all over, more parts come today, can finish the radiator off next week now!....

got the neck for it too, the pipe to go to the expansion tank just unscrews, so i can get the hole welded up then smooth it out.

looking good mate glad u keeping up with it
no get my pics up

mk1g60phill wrote:

Nice work with the rad there i could do with a stainless cover for the top of mine

i can do u an alloy one no problemo, stainless we dont just leave laying around lol what size it your rad?

caddyman wrote:

looking good mate glad u keeping up with it
no get my pics up

no other way dude. i just dont want you to beat me up oh shizzle yeh ile do em now.

looking good m8 wish i had time

ratgolf wrote:

looking good m8 wish i had time

haha same here