project rust bucket - mk1 caddy

well, the keys anyway. gonna pick it up next weekend hopefully!

more piks mark!

Good plans for it mark Should look nice when you finish it!!

bringher round mate, howd u get on with the passat?
any pics?

i want the rocco back if you sell it:P

What are your plans? Key polish and fob restoration?

did i see you with this on a trailer tonight on the a142?

you did indeed. i thought that was you, did you notice how low the passat was? decked towing cars are the way forward!

lol i did wonder if it was low or just the weight of the caddy.

looks like a good base!

Good Luck with this project Mark. Caddy's Rule man

Passat looking cool slammed too

yeep i saw this coming from royston just goin past melbourn

im pleased to finally have a caddy. some of you will know how long ive wanted one.

its a shame the kitcar had to go to make room, but i had lost enthusiam in it so its for the best.

still sad to see it go



but now i have the caddy sitting high on the drive. anybody notice a trend in the colour of my dubs?

u are mental, u make a bit of room then fill it up again lol. caddy looks sweet dude, as i said the other nite thinking bout changing the cabby,will come and have a look soon mate!!!

black bonnet passat maybe

oh and think im gonna have to be slammin the cabby 2mora by any means. cant be havin a passat rollin lower

U got one then matey.
Looks pretty damn straight too.
Welcome to an even more exclusive club

yeah it is straight. both sills need welding and one front wishbone mount is rotten. nothing i cant cope with mind.

all the important bits are straight. rear quarters, inner arches and bed and sides are spot on. bed has a bit of surface rust and one hole but not a riplle anywhere so i can have that looking mint in no time.

had a little poke around under the sills today, i knew they were a bit rotten and steve came over yesterday to let me know that it was quite major.

had a little poke then got the grinder out. inner and outer sills are totally shagged form the cab back and the inner sill has rotted away from the floor aswell.

all i need is some steel and it'll be sorted in a jiffy.

i havent had a proper inspection of the passenger side yet but at a glance it seems much better.

the arches on the other hand are immaculate, pulled the stone chip arch spat things off and not a spot of rust under them - strange eh?

so joe, mine is the real rustowagen!

Whats the plans marky poo, full strip down and refurb or just outside goodness?

right, heres some photo's of the rust and the surprisingly rust free arch that was under the spat.


heres some that fell out




its pretty bad under there. have cut away nearly all of the rust now so im back to good metal. its quite alarming seeing the floor throught the cab! gonna get welding tomorrow.

also took the seats carpets and dash out today, gonna get some mates in there strippping the crap off the floor ready for when it gets painted.

Brad - im going for a complete rebuild on the old girl, and some more interesting things may be happening too

dude you've probably told everybody EXCEPT brad lol... Theres us acting all secret service at players then it turns out everybody knows lol

oh well, brad doesnt need to know. everybody else can know but not brad.

he will probably geuss as the pictures keep coming.

when can i come and rob the rac caddy of its bits?

Good to hear it! Hate it when people only touch the bits you can see.

Look forward to seeing the updates.

Good job your a welder by trade hey mark.

cant wait to see her revolve into something special

here some pictures of the progress. been pretty slow so far.








basically just been copying joe and what he has done to his bay. got lots more welding and grinding to do before i catch him up.

ive cut off everything i dont think i will need and im welding up all the holes in the bulkhead and inner wings.

heres how it is sitting on my drive at the moment!