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General => General discussion => Non-Golf gallery => Topic started by: Your-mum on 10 March 2011, 20:40
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Here is my Caddy build thred and the stuff ive done so far.
right picked up a mk1 caddy 1.6d the other day and i was guna run it as it is till feb then do a engine change...
but drivin it home i relized .... hmm... might got a lemom...
so got on with this..
(http://i54.tinypic.com/124fr87.jpg)
Doner Car is here
(http://i56.tinypic.com/1z6ru5z.jpg)
didnt get anywork done on the caddy as was still sorting out the lockup but its all ready now so next weekend work will commence O0
Right i got alot of work done over the weekend and would of updated this lot but sunday nite my apendix desided to try and kill me lol
(http://i55.tinypic.com/314f2ua.jpg)
(http://i54.tinypic.com/xopbpv.jpg)
(http://i56.tinypic.com/2mp0tbm.jpg)
(http://i51.tinypic.com/2urmtq9.jpg)
(http://i51.tinypic.com/a5cbva.jpg)
(http://i51.tinypic.com/fy296o.jpg)
[(http://i52.tinypic.com/oump14.jpg)
(http://i53.tinypic.com/11jc938.jpg)
(http://i54.tinypic.com/303ck0z.jpg)
(http://i52.tinypic.com/2ldc5de.jpg)
(http://i53.tinypic.com/2emo0o1.jpg)
(http://i55.tinypic.com/293vyo6.jpg)
(http://i54.tinypic.com/2yws86d.jpg)
bit of welding 2 do but nout 2 bad...... so far :-\
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Looks a cracking project. :cool:
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Looks like a good project, and your garage/ workshop is hooge you lucky fatherless son :laugh:
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this could be interesting. cant wait
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Looks like a good project, and your garage/ workshop is hooge you lucky fatherless son :laugh:
Not lucky fathers son at all im afraid lol (i wish) i share that with 4 m8s off one of thairs uncle :grin:
this could be interesting. cant wait
Looks a cracking project. :cool:
yeh i cant eather guna get alot done this saturday i plan to have the underside completey striped and cut ready for welding.
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Welcome to the forum... Nice to have another MK1 on here! :cool:
Looks like you've got some great plans and a good base car for it... Lucky or not, great work space...
Good luck and keep us posted. :afro:
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Thanks and its my 1st mk1 but i know its not guna be my last love them :shocked:
and yeh the space is gr8 was lucky that i was b!tchin about my garage to my m8 and he got me in contack with his uncle :tongue:
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love caddy's good luck mate your going the right way about it..
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Right got sum more caddy work done with the help of sum m8s :)
Mk3 loom out
(http://i54.tinypic.com/14t5tly.jpg)
Prity much all the welding done and sum hammer right slaped on underseal to follow
(http://i55.tinypic.com/25u7dah.jpg)
More this weekend :)
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Nice going fella, sorry to hear you had to go under the knife, bad timing. seems like you got straight back on the case though! :cool:
Keep up the good work, you're working way faster than I have been!
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Thanks man :) and i really wana have it done for Bugjam this year so i need 2 crack on hehe
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Thanks man :) and i really wana have it done for Bugjam this year so i need 2 crack on hehe
Yeah i'm going to be working my socks off to get mine to an acceptable standard... Might see you there then... :afro:
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That would be cool :cool:
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Right little update
got abit more welding and striping and painting done on Mr Cad
(http://i55.tinypic.com/2eee746.jpg)
Then i needed 2 get the last bits off the mk3 like the gear shif n fuel tank
so
(http://i54.tinypic.com/33p68ti.jpg)
much easyer like this lol
Also stiped the Abf engine down and the heads off 2 get skimed and crack tested
no pic of that as i didnt see the point.
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(http://i56.tinypic.com/e0ncdj.jpg)
(http://i51.tinypic.com/2cqld78.jpg)
little bolt on sesh... caddy bits didnt turn up tho so not much happend :undecided:
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Today was soo good..
Put the Brake lines thew the cab ready to put the fuel lines with them then box them in saftely..
(http://i54.tinypic.com/snmdnd.jpg)
Then put the new Shocks / Blocks / Bolts on...
she dont sit very low on the back tho and they were the bigest blocks...
im guessing the new shocks n that need 2 settle down or sumit??
(http://i56.tinypic.com/33b32vp.jpg)
Felt soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo good finaly gettin it down the right way up...
Lots to crack on
with i know and puting it down has givin me such a boost to crack on with it..
Well didnt waste anytime CADDY ATTACK!!!!
Started on the grotty bay......
(http://i55.tinypic.com/14sz9jm.jpg)
(http://i53.tinypic.com/2v0ed8z.jpg)
God bord of the horrid vibratie ness of the big wire wheel on the grinder.
going 2 get a smaller one so its less harsh on my arms
but its a start :)
Then i Started on abit more cutting and welding... sorry about the number
of pics but i rember lookin at how other people did
things in great detail
and it really helped me so hoping this might help somewone one day lol
Found a Problem..
(http://i53.tinypic.com/2m2suac.jpg)
Cut the b!tch..
(http://i54.tinypic.com/33p3er8.jpg)
Made a Templatearoo
(http://i52.tinypic.com/692wpw.jpg)
Made a plate and trimed / bent it to fit..
(http://i55.tinypic.com/2d9s2mo.jpg)
Then Weldie / grindy ready 2 skim with sum filler and u will never know
(http://i53.tinypic.com/2heikcj.jpg)
Then i was checking out sumit that i didnt like the look of and stripped it fully
back all the filler
and found a right bodge..
(http://i54.tinypic.com/2zoksya.jpg)
So cut that sh!t out..
(http://i51.tinypic.com/29y48cl.jpg)
Then i sprayed it all up with a rust treating chemical and i will knock up a plate during the week and do that next :)