Crezzy's Caddy Carnage...mk1 VW Caddy Pick Up Project....Turbo Time...ermm diesel

[orangemuffin]

My misses is nuts about caddy's ...just living where we live we have know where to keep one.

Came very close to bidding on way off ebay last week but need to finish the bezza of first.

 

[CraigW]

cheers buddy! i got plenty of inspiration, just need someone with good hands, everything i know is self taught so isint the greatest...im doing my best tho...not bad for a postman

Maybe but if you have done all the work yourself you will appreciate it so much more when its finished.

I love the caddy's. Im seriously tempted to get one as a project.

 

[crezz]

I love the caddy's. Im seriously tempted to get one as a project.

dont do it, especially not if you havent got anywhere to keep it

 

[1L19]

Love those Caddy's! There's a slammed one that parks down my road sometimes, seen others around here too.

 

[crezz]

hey mate, is that the brown/cream one? looks phat....hopefully mine will be on the road around june! if im lucky and get my ass into gear....ive had sun..mon..and tommorow off but unforuntly cant do anything i had planned because i was in hospital from 3am on sunday morning because an unknown easter bunny had hit me in the face with something and chipped my front tooth and give me one hell of a black eye..trouble is it keeps building up with blood..so not a good weekend..i wanted an easter egg but all i got was an egg on my head....

 

[1L19]

I think so it's a kind of green/light brown never really stopped to look at it though, ouch unlucky I didn't get anything at all...shame about that the sun doesn't hang around for long around here

 

[crezz]

 

[1L19]

That's nasty, just wear some sunnies and no-one will ever know lol

 

[crezz]

haha, yeah il get away with it if its sunny, not if its raining tho..perhaps swimming goggles???

 

[1L19]

HAHA yeah tint them though

How much did you pick the Caddy up for?

 

[crezz]

cant tell ya that im affraid matey!

all i know it came with a brand new mot i here i am stripping it down! haha

cheapish

 

[1L19]

Oww!

Hope to do summin like this some day, just a matter of time, money and space
Can't wait to see yours drivin around in a few months

 

[crezz]

yeah me too bud, may even take ya out for some tarmack scrubbing in the old oil burner! haha

 

[1L19]

Sounds mental, just pray for a sunny summer

 

[crezz]

too true and maybe a winning lottery ticket! haha

 

[1L19]

Yeah a tenner!

 

[crezz]

yesterday was one of those bad days! nothing went to plan...i had started to do the axle flip but thought id make my own saddles and locating pin, welded all up, sprayed the axle up nicely..everything looks ok....changed wheel cylinders also so no problem bleeding the brakes when back together

finally get the axle down to the caddy..open up my pakets of gear i need to find ive only been sent 2 u bolts!

so can only get one side bolted up..then went to stick the shocks on as everything is being supported my axle stands anyway..only to find the bolts are not long enough! now need to get some more 2moro from somewhere as well as 2 u bolts!

due to not being able to get the back end together and on the floor again i couldnt start finishing the front wishbone and coliovers which i started last week which had also came to a holt due to not being supplied the rear bushes!...the only thing that has turned up on time and is all good my the looks of things is al's top mounts! wish i had ordered my u bolts from you now tooo...

so all in all i didnt have a great day and in a mood

 

[Fl@pper]

Chill dude - rome wasn't built in a day, i know how ya feel - same problems with my ratty and i have the extra hassles of anyhting left still for 2 days gets put away somewhere by the mrs

shouted her last night about a high pressure oil pump gear kit i have had for 12 months and can't find when i need it and yup she's stuck in a box in the attic somewhere

 

[crezz]

haha, thats a very good point mate!! just getting tense as i cant ever see it being compleated let alone me driving it!

 

[Fl@pper]

haha, thats a very good point mate!! just getting tense as i cant ever see it being compleated let alone me driving it!

same here but then 4 years on i'm still plugging away

start saving some pics regular and go back to start now and then - helps me a lot, shows you that you have actually done 'something' lol