Finally got my self a caddy now :) after months of wanting one , this came up forsale cheep and just down the road from me :)

Needs a bit of work but it is 24 years old so its to be expecteced!

Model:Mk1 Caddy

Engine:1.6d

Suspension: flipped rear axel and iv been told 50mm on front unsure of this soon to be coilovers

Brakes:standard

Colour: Mars Red apparanly a rare colour for a caddy?

Wheels and Tyres:17" momo, and orignal steels, with prellie tyres all round

Exterior Styling: checkerplate bed, soon to be taken out and be re-done proper bully net on rear, some plonker checkerplated the rear tailgate :bh

Interior Styling: gti interior, no carpet but came with mk1 golf gti carpets

ICE and Security: kenwood 10 disc changer, remote locking

Comments: Its a 1986 mk1 caddy, needs a new passanger side wing totally rusted thu, the bit at the windscreen sorting but within time will be done, i know a good welder that I'm hoping will do that bit for me,

MOT'd till end of feb, no tax

Future plans: Unsure yet, but sorting the bodywork out is main thing and then a respray, iv sourced a matching red interior with seats door cards and carpet :td

Pictures:

Edited 9 March, 201115 yr by joestanton4

Looking good Joe

rust looks quite bad, but they wont be too bad can be sorted easily. the alloys suck tbh..look to big, but u cant no change them so tis all good

keep updating mate looking goodd as a base

Looking good Joe

I'm still waiting for your thrad Olly

Looking good Joe

I'm still waiting for your thrad Olly

You can wait a few more days

are you sure that axle has been flipped? when my mate did his it sat almost exactly the same as your arch gap on the back but he had 13's with stretched tires

looks like a good base but that rot around the screen will need cutting out mate, have you seen DK's caddy thread? he had the same problem, looked like a lot of work but turned out really well

and imo these alloys could look pretty sweet with the right kind of lowerage

Those alloys could be made to work on your jetta

are you sure that axle has been flipped? when my mate did his it sat almost exactly the same as your arch gap on the back but he had 13's with stretched tires

looks like a good base but that rot around the screen will need cutting out mate, have you seen DK's caddy thread? he had the same problem, looked like a lot of work but turned out really well

and imo these alloys could look pretty sweet with the right kind of lowerage

Umm i dont know tbh, it might not be, only going by what i was told

yeah the rot round the windscreen is being done in the summer

still unsure of the alloys , i have plans for my teledials to go on once there refurbed

Found out whats lurking behing the checkerplate on the tailgate :( not good

some pikiey has cut VOLKSWAGEN out so on the look out for another one now ....

On the plus got a new drivers door today for £15 just going to take the window thing out atm so my drivers side window goes right up then going to prep the door and paint it red

Pics of the tailgate :(

haha unlucky joe, think u should go find one....return the favour? lol then again you are getting a bull net arnt u?

pics of the door??

Started on replacing the hand break cables today , what a nightmare it turned out to be, got the drum off the rear, i knew the old cable had snapped but didnt think it would be wrapped round the pad lol

so got that out then fittted new cable

then couldnt get the drum back on and i dont have a haynes manul yet,

iv found out now how to adjust it to get the pads in closer so it will fit back on :) hopefully anyway !

pics

also got one of the engine bay today !

Woo Update!

Its back on all 4 wheels, still a total nightmare trying to do the handbreak cables, in the end had to extened the bolts to still rear the adjusting plate as they just wouldnt reach buy 1/2 inch.....

Took the eyebrow thing off the front and fitted the bra today

i didnt put the alloys back on the back and also found my old merc hubcaps lol,

keep the hub caps on joe, them alloys suck lol, that bra looks well wierd, when u getting you are jetta grill? or whatever it was off.....will look alot better than the circle lights

keep the hub caps on joe, them alloys suck lol, that bra looks well wierd, when u getting you are jetta grill? or whatever it was off.....will look alot better than the circle lights

naa alloys are going back on :) til the teledials are ready

and shh, but yeah money is tight so dont know if i can afford the jett front end now :(

Picked up my new wing thing evening , solid as a rock! just need to paint it !

Strut Brace in a Caddy- Cheeky!

I would love this as a base car, can imagine they look amazing when finished!

Keep us updated :-)

not done much in a while to this haven't had the time or funds, but should be going for mot this week and taxing the first of the month!

Is this to low?

its not that low 5 of my friends where stood in the back lol was funny, need smaller wheels

been busy today :)

Started like this

stipped the old checker plate out

left with this

Few patches presume thats why the checker plate was bodge in there

then fitted this

then forgot to take a few more pics til i got to this point

What do you all think :)

where did you get the net from and how much was it?

where did you get the net from and how much was it?

came with the caddy

i think justcaddys.co.uk sell them?

bloke at work just got basically the same as this but white.

they're soo cool!

cheq plate usually hides things but looks like you were lucky :) looks awesome redone, & removed tailgate ftw

loveeeeeee it!

Looks awesome now with that checker plate

However, id have plastered underneath it all with hammerite or something before covering it in the stuff. i can see it doing more bad than good.

Mythbusters on Discovery channel proved them rear nets actually reduced MPG more than having the lib down or up and with no LID, lol

BUt loosk gr8 haha

Looks really good. The nets suit them so well.

Merc hub caps ftw :)

New wheels finally arrived today

two 8j superlights for the rear :)

just need refurbing but might get them wrapped in cheepest tyres tomorrow in time for the meet sunday and then refurb them proper after?

got a set of 4 6j superlights so two will go on the front.

Gunna be pimp when refurbed!

trail fitted the wheels

and a rolling shot :)