project--rustowagen mk1 caddy

Lupton_20vt wrote:

no worries man free friday evening in your diary? or sat afternoon? Ill have both a car and bike for your pinstriping skills

ha bloody diary, it says im full man. got to work on the mk2 and do a service and sort my tracking and camber out. ile let you no how goes though

Cupra20 wrote:

Fair play mate, i'm with you on fuction over form any day,

this is the website for the pedal box and many more goodies
[url=http://compbrake.co.uk/index.html

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wooohooo nice one man. as tinks sais its cheaper on there too!

tyeness wrote:

This is awesome dude. The little cut out for the oil cooler is a brilliant little touch too

cheers fella, shame you cant see it once the grilles in

Joe-bo, if I could come pick my wheel up sometime this week, could I take some pics of this? Or will the wheel and truck be in different places?

Pistacheuro wrote:

Joe-bo, if I could come pick my wheel up sometime this week, could I take some pics of this? Or will the wheel and truck be in different places?

ile be over dad on saturday fella, your more than welcome to come over

Dude im sure there is a factory grille that has that bit uncovered, GTi maybe because it has the cooler there from standard? Ermmm i seem to remember there being something different about the diesel grille too due to bigger rad...

Tiz wrote:

Dude im sure there is a factory grille that has that bit uncovered, GTi maybe because it has the cooler there from standard? Ermmm i seem to remember there being something different about the diesel grille too due to bigger rad...

unsure on the gti but i no the deisel one had the cut out in the top left for the pipe that goes through the cardboard flappy bit in the bay then into the intake. just cant find a minty fresh standard one

been doing lots of little jobs on the caddy for the last couple weeks to make yesterdays progress happen, was good to have a hand from dad again as he rolled the metal rings for me as i wasnt strong enough lol progres should be pretty self explanitory. pictures may make it look an easy thing to do but ive been pulling my hair out for two weeks working out how to route oil lines and cutting holes etc


right so, metal rings rolled from 10mm wide flat strips, shot blasted then welded and smoothed in. these support the oil lines when there in the truck, the rings had to be much bigger than the line itself in order to get the big metal fixings that go onto the cooler through.





finished my oil cooler off last week, got the brackets finished welded and rubber it down and painted it satting black to match the hoses and fixings. oil lines test fitted, cut down to lenth and fixings added on the ends



then finaly got the rad finished, stayed last a couple nights at work and polished it, first time with out the top and bottom cover on with card board over the core, then had the top and bottom weled on then re cut and buffed the weld hase out. then complete clean down with thinners. still got a couple bits to put on it and straighten some of the core fins back out from where i had it in and out the truck so much and knocked it a bit








oil lines back in with all fixings on, ran through the rings pictured above to support them and help keep the curves flowing




radiator back in, boom boom pow all line hidden again nice and neat


new classic black samco bends, i have 3 for the top hose and more ideas how to make it neat and one for the temp gauge and a bracing point. more to coe on this over the next couple weeks


a few of the radiator in and carbs on






cant get this one to flip round!!! if you look closely you can just see the oil lines tuck down and under into the cross member, really chuffed how they turned out. first plan was to run the lines parrarell but that couldnt work and the lines are to touch and stiff and the bends didnt flow to well and go through the chasis cross member well either.

oh almost forgot! picked these up from inters last week, brand new everything apart from one lightly used rubber. CLEAR glass what!?.....






thats all for now. all comments welcome

Now i understand what you were doing... looking good holmes..

opening quaterlights <3

all that effort was worth it dude looks spot on

I love massive picture full updates

Looks great mate, maybe one day not to far away you will finish the bay

Lupton_20vt wrote:

Now i understand what you were doing... looking good holmes..

ha i got there in the end, done two different holes in the end used one i had for wiring and going to use the one i cut for the wiring and oil line. got there in the end though, gotta love hours of dremeling!

billybug wrote:

opening quaterlights <3

got a chrome window surround kit too

caddyman wrote:

all that effort was worth it dude looks spot on

cheers steve, was worth it in the end. are you free this saturday coming? want to try work out all my wiring and drill more holes before the engine comes back out

max wrote:

I love massive picture full updates

Looks great mate, maybe one day not to far away you will finish the bay

ha my computer nearly died uploading all those at once

cheers max, will be finished soon. only got a few other bits to work out then the engine can come out and i can crack on with the filler work

i'm free at the weekend joe if you need someone to hammer your arches and cable tie your bumper on......



joking aside, awesome build with some awesome photo's! you should send a link to http://www.build-threads.com/

WeFoundThePark wrote:

i'm free at the weekend joe if you need someone to hammer your arches and cable tie your bumper on......



joking aside, awesome build with some awesome photo's! you should send a link to [url=http://www.build-threads.com/

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sounds like your the man i need to come help put it together once its painted then lol

ok dude will do! keep meaning to send one to pvw too to get in the readers rides section


heres a sneak peak of said parts colection

those cards...

Very nice joe

cheers guys....
...nothing to show for today, tried a few different altanator brackets and altanators and all hit on the rad or blocked off the bottom hose spout on the rad, next is to try a 16v one with a long bracket so hope that works.
as everyones seen the wheels on my mk2 daily at a few shows while the rs where off i may aswel put better pictures of them up 8j fronts 9j rears 195/45/14 all round

that looks a bit naughty joe, i like!!

i take it it's a front/rear bias brake pedal?

Cupra20 wrote:

that looks a bit naughty joe, i like!!

i take it it's a front/rear bias brake pedal?

cheers man, yeh its the single one. as im not having a hyrdo clutch and cable change box i dont need the bigger version most use. never seen anyone try to use one so hope to sort some sort of guide to help others, think its a bit gay that no one lets on or shows how they do things in the scene! ive asked for many pictures of other premade pedal boxes off edition38 but no one would send me them incase i put them into mass production and made several millions. i have all the res' pots and hoses to get it all in. will put up detailed pics up after i no what im doing my self! dont want to get it all exiting then nothing happen for a while

curtis_caddy wrote:

cheers man, yeh its the single one. as im not having a hyrdo clutch and cable change box i dont need the bigger version most use. never seen anyone try to use one so hope to sort some sort of guide to help others, think its a bit gay that no one lets on or shows how they do things in the scene! ive asked for many pictures of other premade pedal boxes off edition38 but no one would send me them incase i put them into mass production and made several millions. i have all the res' pots and hoses to get it all in. will put up detailed pics up after i no what im doing my self! dont want to get it all exiting then nothing happen for a while

Pedal box looks boss, and totally agree with your sentiment too. Information should be for sharing.

pedal box prep....





ahhhh why not

mate i wanna come over a dribble over this if thats ok? i will bring wheels for test fittings if you wish?

matty_mk1 wrote:

mate i wanna come over a dribble over this if thats ok? i will bring wheels for test fittings if you wish?

yeh man anytime, bring the lot, 18s ftw

bit of a start on teh box front, box slides over the wilwood set up, 4 M8 mounting points, retapped the 4 top ones to M6. top mounting point will be a pivot to i can have the pedals at a few different heights. well thats the plan at the moment anyway. its just resting together in the picture. once i no it fits in the car it will all be seam welded at work.


also cheekily used a threaded stainless piece we use with cosworth turbo dampers we make at work, for my top mounting pivot point, m8 threaded.


and got these to help it stop too...

curtis_caddy wrote:

jealous much?

they gunna sit under the 14s man?