project--rustowagen mk1 caddy

that rad looks rad dude.... get my coat?

Tiz wrote:

that rad looks rad dude.... get my coat?

just take your lot and go, even your stupid fan argument with turning the blades round. im going to turn mine around just to anoy you

just a small update to keep the thread alive, put another couple hours into my inlet this week just in my lunch hour and tea breaks, got one of the lumps cut off and smoothed in so it looks like it was never there, did polish the finished side too and it looked sh*te due to the poo cast. so its going off to be ceramic polished once its the shape i want it. thanks for looking..........

have you tried 3m roloc finishin wheels to smooth ally before polishin they leave a nice surface to polish

just a small update, a few more hours on the inlet mani and its finaly taking the shape i want. cut off the lugs either side and ground all the excess material that went with them. looks like they were never there one side, just got to finish sanding down the other side now. also the MTS letters i ground out and sanded that flat. been using blue pen as a guide coat for when i sand hence the blue everywhere. think its about 5-6 hours work to this point alone now, plenty to go still yet!




stu also got one end of the radiator welded, also greg got the holes drilled for the filler cap and spouts, yet to drill the one for the sender for the fan which i also havent got yet.

his TIG is really neat, especially for aluminium

MarkGTX wrote:

his TIG is really neat, especially for aluminium

yeh not bad for a rush job ha

yet another intake update, done yet more sanding, got greg to weld the back of the carb stud threaded holes up, not many will notice once its done, looks a lot better now and smoother looking, done 25 mins of polishing, was only filed down and very rough. slightly pitted still but dont think i will lose it, can only see them in dark light as strange as that sounds. took it outside in the sun and it just shines so i think it will be ok. hope you loke





thanks for looking

looks sick fella.........is there nothing you can't polish.....lol

nelds wrote:

looks sick fella.........is there nothing you can't polish.....lol

A turd .............Jokes, this gonna be sick when its done!

matty_mk1 wrote:

nelds wrote:

looks sick fella.........is there nothing you can't polish.....lol

A turd .............Jokes, this gonna be sick when its done!

but you polish your audi? OHHHHHHHH burrrrnnnnnnnnnn

looks good joeeee

nelds wrote:

looks sick fella.........is there nothing you can't polish.....lol

cheers mate, im sure theres a few things, none that pop to mind straight away though

matty_mk1 wrote:

nelds wrote:

looks sick fella.........is there nothing you can't polish.....lol

A turd .............Jokes, this gonna be sick when its done!

thankyou dude, you cant polish a turd but u can roll it in glitter

billybug wrote:

matty_mk1 wrote:

nelds wrote:

looks sick fella.........is there nothing you can't polish.....lol

A turd .............Jokes, this gonna be sick when its done!

but you polish your audi? OHHHHHHHH burrrrnnnnnnnnnn

looks good joeeee

ooooooooooooooooo burn, how rude billy bug bug. got another set of oz turbos on the way

does your boss not mind you polishing your own stuff all day when you are at work?

billybug wrote:

matty_mk1 wrote:

nelds wrote:

looks sick fella.........is there nothing you can't polish.....lol

A turd .............Jokes, this gonna be sick when its done!

but you polish your audi? OHHHHHHHH burrrrnnnnnnnnnn

looks good joeeee

hahaha matty i wouldnt take that

looks dope joe, the whole things going to take forever though !

thermal wrote:

does your boss not mind you polishing your own stuff all day when you are at work?

I doubt he does it all day more likely in his lunch break and shiz

thermal wrote:

does your boss not mind you polishing your own stuff all day when you are at work?

as tom said, i dont do it all day, just tea breaks and lunch time, we have axcess to the work shop and machines during these times and after work hours too. but no they dont mind, the owner today even come over and see what i was doing and had a chat about it

max wrote:

billybug wrote:

matty_mk1 wrote:

nelds wrote:

looks sick fella.........is there nothing you can't polish.....lol

A turd .............Jokes, this gonna be sick when its done!

but you polish your audi? OHHHHHHHH burrrrnnnnnnnnnn

looks good joeeee

hahaha matty i wouldnt take that

looks dope joe, the whole things going to take forever though !

cheers max, its going to be ceramic polished. the process pulls the material over itself so it covers all the pits in so im sending it out to have it done as we dont have the stuff at work to do it. just done the end to see what it will look like

Tiz wrote:

thermal wrote:

does your boss not mind you polishing your own stuff all day when you are at work?

I doubt he does it all day more likely in his lunch break and shiz

you got it homie

i dont want o.zs anymore i want 16s

billybug wrote:

i dont want o.zs anymore i want 16s

well its lucky i didnt buy them for you then

you can give them to me anyway if you want?

billybug wrote:

you can give them to me anyway if you want?

nah sorry not for homos

not an overly exiting or big update, been busy sorting my bbs rs's for my daily to be so havent done much on this. popped over dan the mans last night to collect a couple bits to get the radiatior on track for finishing.
so the rad can be mounted the same as original, still need parting off once ive decided how high/low they need to be



then this is the original water outlet for the cross flow head. all the heater parts and ecu sensor go on it. dans going to make a simple flange with just a top hose outlet, having no heater so dont need the other pipes. once its done it will be polished then anodized black to look original.

also the rad cap i bought didnt quite fit on top of the end cap once it was welded so dan made a tool and then took the bottom lip off the neck. dont have any "after" pics though.


and one of dan working his magic

looking good joe keep it up mate

granted dan is very good at what he does extremely tidy welding

thats not dans welding chris.


Ready for UD joe?

I should have used some punctuation