My MK1 caddy

Ive had my caddy for over a year now, Just passed my test a few months ago though.. so you may have seen me around alot more recently

Long story short, this is it when we bought it..
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And this is it today

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It's needed hundreds of hours work and loads of welding and there's hardly anything left standard on it anymore..

It's been fun working on though and I hope to carry on working on it! (Saying that I broke down today so it looks like it needs more working on )

Anyway I hope I get to meet some of you guys on here!
I'm glad you (Havoc on the caddyforum) PM'd me about this as i've been searching for a Local forum

Cheers

Looking sweet, running on wolfrace alloys. Mate of mine Scunny way has also got wolfrace for his caddy, they look well.

Thanks

Had a few problems with the ET of them, also they were designed for drum brakes so have no calliper clearance

Does you mate live anywhere around here? Only ever seen one other caddy on the roads

Teaches me to read more thoroughly

No he lives in scunthorpe.
His caddy has a early mk1 dash and a 16v engine which was on carbs but he had ditched it for fuel injection, just for the reliability.
There is a tidy white caddy I often see in Harrogate town center, the bloke who uses it cuts the grass around there.

There is a grey one lowered running on Ronals and lowered. I see that around baildon (bradford)

They are out there.....................but rare.

I know of one in york, its got a disabled convertion made to it, so has a large rear cab and the reat is on air so you can get a wheel chair in and out! The lad who has it now wide rims on it! very different.

I haven't seen the white one in Harrogate, Ill have to keep an eye out for him

I have plans for my engine.. but not for a while yet, think i'll stick to diesel though

You can get some good power from diesel. My brother had near on 180bhp from his A3 and has a BMW M sport diesel which has just over 200bhp now.
I should think the 130bhp tdi VAG engine from the mk4 golf etc will be available for a good price these days.

looking good! drove past you the other day actually, you were sat at the lights on the stray. i went past, and gave you a thumbs up.. but dont know if you saw me! lol.

whats the future plans?

Cheers!

I don't think I did see you Strange as i'm usually pretty observant!

I'll keep an eye out next time

Hopefully soonish i'll have a tall stack exhaust with a tractor flap on top


Maybe one day drop a 1.6GTD or 1.9TD in there, or depending on isurance some sort of early GTI engine

Hoernig wrote:

Hopefully soonish i'll have a tall stack exhaust with a tractor flap on top

LIKE!

Cheers, bought the pipe today..

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hahahahah, That's just the length we bought sat on the bed, itll drop a foot or so below the bed, then be cut down some too..

Won't be too extreme

haha looks sweet, i say leave it at that! haha

I do have to agree

But it weighs a tonne and is as tall as my dads high top sprinter

No more car parks for me lol,

Hopefully it'll end up a foot or a bit more off the top of the roof

Slight update lol

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I like that










And down she goes again soon

Dont rip that new spliter of on them speed bumps

does look smart fella if you need advice of which speed bumps to avoid im the pro lol

you should look at getting some kinda old skool german tow truck kinda logo on the caddy like the yanks used to do it if you know what i mean ill try google some images

I m looking out for a new sump for him allready

Would be good if you could find me a picture, sounds cool


I discovered a few to avoid already, the ones on Wheatlands Road east are terrible!

Which others are the worst?

total petrol station near asda avoid !!!!! it looks ok but its really not and the royal mail sorting office is the same kind of bump these are probally the worst

I have to invent an bash plate with rollers on for all kinds of Vdubs

the idea Might take of and stop that speed bump senario

Would be cool on a caddy truck

Or just a really thick steel sump guard!

Will have to look into making one for the mk1

i see this about often and enjoy seeing it

Cheers

New exhaust

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Also meet the donor!

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(On the left) lol

1.9TD!

looking good

on the speed bump thing ,,i got my rado wedged on the bump into sorting office (had to get family out of car to get back off it!!)

good luck with the transplant..

Cheers!

ahaha, don't try going to the tip then, they have the same but higher!

How did you make it down to the sorting office anyway!? those square speed bumps are a nightmare,
unless there's traffic I usually try to drive between them lol!