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1987 VW MK1 Caddy.... Resto begins!

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Fitted the new wing today finally!

how i bought the wing ages ago

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old wing!

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bumper off

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old wing off

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i knew the old wing was bad but this is something else!

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new wing trial fitted

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and finished

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07/04

this arrived yesterday :) yet to be fitted

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then started this today :)

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then i had to reimber how to use this again not used it in a while! plus how many other 19 year old men can use one :|

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overall its not to bad condersiring i did it ! lol but not finished it yet hense the bit at the back stuck down

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  • 1 month later...
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Got some leather seats now :)

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and also fitted sound system few weeks ago

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and one of these :)

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get some 13s on this bad boy them wheels in that pic are huge!

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19/05

been busy last couple of days!

fitted the new coilovers yesterday

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trail of alloy on loweradge

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then other side

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Then discovered once i tried to move the car with the alloys on that i needed spacers on the front! from moving it down the drive took a load out the wheel from rubbing on the suspension!

also noticed the two front tyres on the front where smooth as on the inside of the tyres!

so i fitted these

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need some blocks on the rear! not low enouth and still to finish the superlights and fit

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as it was such a nice day today and my mate works for a valating place he said he would wash and polish it if i helped for a MacDonalds.... lol

used some fancy chemicals to one that took all the old polish off.... it looked so shit and also shows that the bonnet was sign written previous and there is some major paint bodging going on! the old paint is nice where someone has sprayed it here and there is awful.....

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i got bored with polish.....

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looking good mate.. amazing how much difference the polish can make!

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haven't looked in here in ages joe - looks so nice now 8-) Really coming along well :thumbsup:

Whats next? :p

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haven't looked in here in ages joe - looks so nice now 8-) Really coming along well :thumbsup:

Whats next? :p

haha havnt done a update in a while!

So here it....

Well as i was down at RTTS and decied to give andrew a call at bude,

went along with some cash in my pocket and came back with this :) well chuffed , he said it is orignal and no filler and a very small bit of bowing hardly noticable, he painted it and it had runs in and so he rubbed it back hense the bits in the pic, will be red soon to match the caddy!

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Its been farmerizied!

Went and got this today

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  • 3 weeks later...
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Cheers for all the comments :)

Fitted my new grill today

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Already had the Diesel badge! i like it never seen another one :)

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And next to my mates caddy who has just come back from NZ and got his caddy out of storage

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I spy with my little eye a flexifoil bar!

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I spy with my little eye a flexifoil bar!

Ah yeah thats my mates he bought it down when we where at RTTS.... hard to spot tho! lol

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So took delivery of a this today, going to drop it in over the winter months!

2l 8v engine

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  • 3 months later...
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Been a while,

Iv now taken the caddy off the road and starting a stip down resto on her, got diffeint engine plans now to will reveale all when iv done it!

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also found this hole which I need to sort as the tow bar will mount on there for my caddy trailer :/

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09/03/

Done a little bit more!

Removed the ally side strips to reveal the holes it was fixed on with and lots of other :/ so I'm going to be busy welding up a few holes!

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And also made a start on some very bad filler! I did this shortly after getting the caddy thinking it wont take much to sort then two pots of filler later and still unfinished and I never did finsih so out it comes to be sorted proper!

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Done quite a lot of stripping out today and found some more rust! :lol

took the dash board out to find a whole hoast of bodged cables!

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removed what wasnt needed

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Removed the rear and front screen

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Removed wings bumpers ect

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Found a lovley bit of rust to :/

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Few more bits removed

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Interor cableing removed

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engine bay most of the wireing removed

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Engine should be out soon and then the real work can start!

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Update 25/3

Engine came out today.

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Did this Last night, I'm yet to decided what to do with the wiper mount so left it in for now.

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i love this mate!! More info... :)

Looking good mate 8-)

Youl have to let me know the new engine plan though ;)

  • 5 months later...
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Been ages, and still havnt done anymore to this, the rust has got worse since being out in the open under a cover so proberly lots more welding needs to be done :/

its shed is nearly compleated now so hopefully the elements wont make it worse than it is now

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  • 3 weeks later...

can believe you was trying to fill that dent in the roof LMFAO :lol:

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