Project - Caddy T - VR inside

right everyone i bought my first mk1 caddy today, been stripping it mostly today with the time i had, will post more pics over the weekend and progress when its achieved

heres a pic when i picked it up

caint wait for the progress pics. what you got planned for it?

get it as mint as possible really and something nice under the hood

get the progress pics up mate looks mostly striped already

oh no there's alot more stripping than that lol, will get some up asap

somewhere on the internet a guys put a 4wd turbo'd VR in one of these. youve got that to beat

http://clubgti.com/forum/showthread.php?t=175625

great read i must add

haha iv got that to beat hey!! yeh read all throught that post i bet that is absolutely mental to drive

looking good fella isnt it matey kreigers off here?

hello lupton yeh it is kreigers got it thursday

got potential its chris btw

right peeps been busy stripping loads off the caddy, started on the body work and decided to rip the bed out as it weren't in the best nic (was pretty straight just rusted to fook lol) pics below

looking good fella you dont hang around

forgot to mention front is fooked as u can tell will be grinding that out sum time this week hopefully, got a new apron and gonna have to fab a new front crash bar, also stripped the paint off the rear panel which was full of filler and little rust spots, did a bit of priming and filling earlier on the top as it doesn't need any welding, the bottom is a different story tho lol, going to purchase a welder sum time this week anybody got any recomendations, iv got an arc welder but its arse

cheers bud, yeh trying to get as much done as possible while its still relatively light in the evenings also told my mum which is where im keeping it that it would only be in there for a couple of weeks lol she's got no chance

its always the way

wow matt you've done more already than i did in the months i had it lol i'm lovin it though man keep up the good work if i get a chance i'll try and get up one weekend or sumin if your about to take a look at the progress i knew it would be quite a mission but you look well on track mate and if your stuck for a hand gimme a shout and if i can i'll come over you've got my number.

by the way get a mig welder mate pointless trying to it with an arc welder to heavy duty and messy in my opinion.

if your planning on doing the axle flip then you could use the arc welder when repositioning the mounts but again a mig would be better mate

cheers
Gal

hello mate yeh been puttin alot of hours into this since last thursday lol, bought a mig welder today so i will be well on track, yeh u can pop by one weekend mate i will be working on it every weekend me thinks, done a bit more today pics below

They'll be nothing left if you keeping cutting lol

i kno, keep thinking iv gotta put it all back aswell lol

wow, that is quick progress mate. were the sides of the bed rotten too..??...i've never seen them removed before as i thought they make up part of the sides..???....keep that pace up and you'll finish before i do mine....lol

the middle is held in by the cross members which u can see in my pics i put on yesterday, and then the two side bits are all one piece with the arch and side walls so iv somehow gotta replace it and blend it back in the the sides

thats what i thought......good luck with that.....lol

thats alot of work to get done, good luck!

yea good luck hows canada billy?