project--rustowagen mk1 caddy

you getting on really well. i need to pull my finger out on mine! got next week booked off work so should get loads done. gonna be hard catching up!

This looks awesome dude

cheers for all the comments again guys. mark you can catch up with me, you dont need any bodywork realy! can i have ur filler free wheel arches please ?

havent had much of an update for a while now, managed to get a good 4-5 hours work today, got a fair bit done. mostly the same ol' filling sanding and priming :blink: will let the piks do the talking as tere isnt overly much to say for once, so enjoy.....









decided to start on tidying te bed up a bit today. started off by sanding it all down again to get rid of small bits of filler and other random bits that had gathered over the last few weeks. as you can see in the picture the bed is a little pitted, the bed is going to have stone chip on it so i can use it for what it was deisgned for. going to use the same stonechip as i did on the drivers side sill (haven't got round to doing the passenger side yet). its smooth so wont look like normal stone chip but will give good protection. decided to get rid the of the little pitted bits by doing a light skim on all the high sections of the bed. took ages but will be worth it once its all done!


now ive made room in the garage i can do work whilst its raining....so keep ur eyes on the thrad for more updates during the week!....comment away peeps...

foooookin hell, i thought it was Rustowagen, that bed looks pretty much mint hahaha good work dude

billybug wrote:

foooookin hell, i thought it was Rustowagen, that bed looks pretty much mint hahaha good work dude

its still the rustowagen as it was rusty haha na the bed is silghtly wavy not overly bad for a daily one tho. cant wait till i get my new engine in and can destrooooy chavs lol

chavs like me:D

what colour you painting it? haha

got a fair bit of work done over the week end, may not look like much but its a big step forward. managed to get the screen out with out braking it which is a bonus lol dad has now entered the build so the father son team is back in action and cracking on once again. dad started to get the engine bay ready for a slight bit of smoothing and a good clean, all the loom is removed. engine is going to have a test fir with the carbs over the week end

anyway heres some piks from the last few days

found a couple of small holes in the bottom of the screen sill





also stripped the inside out, removed all the junk that was init already for the doors to be musked up :thumbs_up



then just the usual filler piks lol





also couldnt resist trying the wellers on my grey caddy as this one is lowered but i only took one pik but you get the idea



dad also got the passenger side door sill and post infront of it all back to bare metal, no most dirst or lil scabby bits left there now, all ready for the door to be musked up then i can get the stone chip out and the etch primer and start making some progress again.

all comments welcome again peeps...

looking good dude, shes getting there.

wellers sat so well on the grey 1, i think you should run them for winter

run ya wellers for next meet they look well kewl! glad ya gettin on well with ya project!

polo steph wrote:

run ya wellers for next meet they look well kewl! glad ya gettin on well with ya project!

mite do just for the meet, going to be running some rather random steels through the winter as i dont want to mess the wellers up as they are for the other caddy. only got one problem as ive only got 2 wheels with tyres on as im still waiting for money for some new tyres lol if they aren't on my caddy ile bring one to the meet for you to droooool over haha

mmm nice 1 ill bring a bib!dnt worry im running 1 steel n 3 splitties lmao

havent done much this week as ive had some tme away and going to hit it hard this week end now im full of energy and exitment mainly as im going to pick my carbs up tomorrow morning and then having a test fit and small mock up with the motor box and carbs in the bay over the week end. :p

come home from work today and see the caddy out of the garage and dad walk out with a grin on his face, wasnt sure what had been going on but was a nice suprise to see this.....



say no to seam sealer!...the bay is going to be semi smooth and simple. all the seem sealer is going (not much left now) but need to get another wire wheel or 2. just wanted to do a bit before we put the motor in. also got rid of the expansion tank for the rad as im gooing to run a big top fill rad. also going to have a nice tidy up with te wiring once it all goes back in. may possible run the wiring for the headlights around the inside of the wing just to tidy it up a bit :td no other piks im afraid but im sure thre will be a huge pregression over the week end :thumbs_up

Very nice mate, so much better when you lose the seam sealer! Think you should get a small drycell battery and stick it under the seat. Please pretty please run your wires through the inner wing, you know you wanna lol.

Comin on well!

going to run a few on the outside of the wings, never done it before so if you have im going to come steal ya one week end hopefuly going to hide my washer bottle aswel, just waiting on sme info on how oters have done it

Yeah go for it! Really not that hard, im up for helpin.

Have a looky at this site, got everything you could ever want including a washer bag or bottle..

http://www.cbsonline.co.uk/index.asp?function=SEARCH

Hope that works lol

Edit search washer bag or bottle lol

wow, that website you could get loads of little bits and probaly spend loads of money. good find that man! you may have many phone calls to come bud

heres some more piks from today enjoy peeps.....(this is a test fit and make sure it all goes in ok as weve never done this before) engine will be back out next week once weve had a play with some sort of air feed. then will finish the bay up and paint it then strip the engine and paint that....


then with the twin 40's on



all comments welcome....

lovely set of carbs

OMG i know that engine! Looking good.

i drove marks gtx and that 8v was a very strong engine! should be alot of fun with the carbs on

Whitegt wrote:

i drove marks gtx and that 8v was a very strong engine! should be alot of fun with the carbs on

hope so, will be good if i cant a good air feed to them aswel

cheers for all the other comments guys

also got my carbs bolted in today after sorting some other clearance issues out. was nice to see them in there without getting someone to hold them up! engine is already back out and started to make some plans for the bay. by the time we sorted everything thing out didnt have much lght left so i made a bit of a start on the bay. going to concetrate in here for now and get it all in primer before we put the engine back in for another fitting for extra secret goodies :wub:

heres a couple piks from today. enjoy peeps...


before the grinder came out to play..

...and after, got to get the wire wheel in all the little places next then carry on around the rest of the bay...

looking good mate. i can assure thats a great engine.

next time i come over i'll take some measurements for a nice heat sheild. or a letter box shaped duct that feeds the caarbs with air form the scuttle? like tiz suggested, that would look smart all polished up

MarkGTX wrote:

looking good mate. i can assure thats a great engine.

next time i come over i'll take some measurements for a nice heat sheild. or a letter box shaped duct that feeds the caarbs with air form the scuttle? like tiz suggested, that would look smart all polished up

Stainless open ended plenum that sucks are from the scuttle area would look immense polished up, easily pinstripped too. Make it bolt to the carbs, nice ram pipes in the carbs, cut a hole in the sctuttle big enough to allow for engine movement if you do it though.

something like this?