Project - Caddy T - VR inside

Yeah iv heard that someone does fibreglass ones I will probs look into them a bit later into the built, nah I didn't get fidgity one day lol it always been part of the plan really, iv replaced the old cross peices in the bed and gain a bit of weight but it's all good, I might rethink the bed cover as that weights a fair bit and I dunno if I'm feeling it might try and make it flush.

Ah i gotya that top section is just laying on the buck sides i thought it was welded onto the lower strenghthening section ! yeah personally i'd lose it must be a hell of a weight added by that i know it's like only 1 inch box or sumin but still must be heavy shame though as it does look like you've put in a good bit of time and effort making it, but i think if you clean up the buck and paint the support bars the same colour or a different colour? to the rest of the truck so there on display might look good.

surely that weight isnt going to be that much with a vr6 in the back though? if anything it will be weight to get more rubber on the floor

curtis caddy-- "surely that weight isnt going to be that much with a vr6 in the back though? if anything it will be weight to get more rubber on the floor."

curtis hold on a sec i think i'm missin sumin here mate lol i thought it was going in the front with front wheel drive??

errr....tinks what is the plan with this truck mate????

good action on this! made me less worried bout gettin into my caddy now.

STRASSE KRIEGER wrote:

curtis caddy-- "surely that weight isnt going to be that much with a vr6 in the back though? if anything it will be weight to get more rubber on the floor."

curtis hold on a sec i think i'm missin sumin here mate lol i thought it was going in the front with front wheel drive??

errr....tinks what is the plan with this truck mate????

im only guessing, the back end looks space framed, wheel tubs cut out and no engine mounts in the bay?

Hmmm id love to keep you guessing but im affraid joe's got it in one there is a vr going in the back

Someone at the meet told me whats going on with it

all will become apparent eventually but until then, mums the word lol

tinks wrote:

all will become apparent eventually but until then, mums the word lol

Dont worry mate. I wont spoil ya fun

Good luck with it fella

Ah sweet that'll be the bollox mate just make sure when its done you remember to film the start up/test drive etc and plonk it on utube wont ya.

I'm getting quite to see it finished now still along way to go though.

if i were you i'd weld in a few bars in the engine bay too just to give the front as strong as the back.

Without spoiling too much of the surprise lol what gearbox and rear axle, prop etc are you gonna use?

you know it's weird your doing this my mate was gonna buy blue one you bought and the other white one off wilba make a good one out the 2 and then drop a v8 in the back running to the rear wheels.

I mean alot of people talk about doing that sort of thing but never do but if he had'nt of changed his mind about buying then he definitely would have lol.

he's made some awsome cars in the past.

little update to keep the thread alive, its been awhile, right drivers side bodywork is almost finished,


quick mock up


mk3 subframe welded in, not completely finished yet i need to strengthen up the mounts, had to cut out a fair bit of the bulkhead to get it where i wanted it



she's got some poke, this is my spare borbet t,





also bought this bad boy donor car lol



this was it about an hour of getting it back



engine out



engine in



sits alot higher than normal as the subframe is higher but needs to be for maximum lows all the inlet is going so shud just tuck under the bonnet nicely

opinions welcome, some of the pics are a few weeks old and those of you iv got on facy b will have seen em already but heres for the rest of ya

I like where this is going!

very cool project m8, so whats happenin with the back then? another VR in theres aswell going for ITBs up front?

Dan34 wrote:

I like where this is going!

cheers bud

matty_mk1 wrote:

very cool project m8, so whats happenin with the back then? another VR in theres aswell going for ITBs up front?

i was gonna but then scrapped that idea, just wanna get it done now and my mums buggin hows long its been in her garage lol, im going for some bike carbs they shud fit nicely in the front grill, i'll take some pics of them soon, they need fabricating onto the lower inlet which has the injectors

sounds good idea to me, i had a pic somewhere of a mk2 vr on 3 twin webbers.

matty_mk1 wrote:

sounds good idea to me, i had a pic somewhere of a mk2 vr on 3 twin webbers.

ooo nice dig that out i wanna see that, iv seen a vr in a mk1 on carbs and it looked the t*ts lol

still gt those tt comps?

Lupton_20vt wrote:

still gt those tt comps?

yeh but there provisionly sold to a mate

breaking whats left of the mk3, in the parts section for anyone interest in anything

this is bloody awsome man, going to be awsome with the bike carbs

curtis_caddy wrote:

this is bloody awsome man, going to be awsome with the bike carbs

cheers bud, cant wait to hear the roar

glad to see you keeping the thread alive buddy, the whole Mk3 / caddy mix and match combo is awesome and its good to see you getting stuck in!

if you ever fancy coming over and throwing a VR in my car, feel free.....

matty_mk1 wrote:

these two are like porn cheers for the pics, man iv got some work to do lol