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

[crezz]

seeing as i spent many many hours on my beezer i wanted a change and a project..i decided i wanted to restore one of my all time favorite vehicles...mk1 caddy pickup

it needs a whole lot of loving!

i go to pick it up week after next

sorry but thats the only 2 pictures i have at the moment

 

[Cupra Kev]

What's the plans for it? VR6 lump? 4x4? Euro-style?

 

[honeyman]

Rat look only way to go.

 

[crezz]

well thats a long way off, but id like an abf engine in it as i know them like the back of my hand now! lol

 

[crezz]

rat= a no no........ i hate rat look

 

[Reuvers]

sorry.. rat? what is that?

 

[Damoegan]

Nice project mate.

 

[wilz]

sorry.. rat? what is that?

When you throw paint stripper over your car,

imagine a rust bucket on wheels but mechanically sound.

 

[Fl@pper]

nowt wrong with a rat but must admit it's way too new for that look really

flipped the rear beam yet ? instead of an abf why not go for a smoothed bay polished up tdi ?

lot less parts and those that are there are just aching to be polished up so simple it's unreal

 

[Fl@pper]

or better still instead of flipping the axle - replace it and give it some stick with this beauty

 

[crezz]

loving your input flapper..was gona choose an abf as there easy to get hold off...what id really like is a gt tdi out of an old passat..bigger turbo..bigger injectors..looking at maybe 190bhp with intercooler

 

[crezz]

will be doing the axle at a later date so its easier to do body work and such..and also whilst the axle is off i will be widening it 2" so 6j wheels will fill the arches

 

[Ad-mk2Ibiza]

im looking to do something like this maybe a jetta or a golf though
caddy is a mint choice i just dont have the money to do one and need a car aswell
the ibiza is gone as soon as i save up for something else

 

[crezz]

why not buy a mazda 323f! thats what you really want

 

[Fl@pper]

getting hold of em is easy but as you know they are not exactly easy to tune and repair but then i know worse but then i've just finished a standard 3.5 rover v8 rebuild (not mine) with all parts costing 2/3 of what a set of ABF pistons cost me

with the low weight that picky has adding power of any quantity will be interesting anyway to be honest

before you chop up a good axle to widen consider what wheels you want as a hud/disc spacer/adapter might sort out tracking all at same time and a lot safer

not tempted at a wiki-wiki pick up then

if you really want a challenge the next rod is a smooth modern street style with a bmw 740 v8 in it which i just love the look of open bayed

 

[Brummy]

hhmm .. Wiki wiki pick ups....
now theres a thought.............................................................................

 

[crezz]

axle isint too hard to get hold of as the chap i got the caddy from has about 60 caddys...and choosing an engine is a long way off yet..ill stick with the 1.6d for now.. im lucky tho as i have a 5 speed box

 

[Fl@pper]

just as a tease and to explain why i just wet myself

 

[crezz]

mmmh thats sweet, i like more retro/oem look tho but eating tarmack

flapper, you do relize i will be bugging you endlessly for advice on bits! one off my head is do you know if standard 90mm driveshafts fit the abf setup or will i need 100mm or could i swap flanges?

 

[Fl@pper]

carry on no probs - love the caddy idea myself anyway

i'm sure i saw a china blue mk1 golf thread recent somewhere where the guy had modified all the suspension mounts and chassis legs higher to slam it so low it was sick

for ref : both my ABF and the mk3 tdi box i used were 100mm CDA / ASD

weren't the earlier boxes available with both 90/100 looks at a glance like an early box could be flange swapped to 100mm but still looking for a 90mm 16v flange direct fit

saying that looking at 1990 caddy only listing 90mm mmmmm

I can never remember 020/02a etc i just call the one a 'maestro' gearbox and prefer to go by the 3 digit code on them ASD / CDA etc

you'll have to mail me what it all is at present and i can set a base on parts and go from there - i got all etka's so easy enough to check