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Aug 31, 2007 13:07:26 GMT
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Meet Katy the Caddy - a 1.6 Petrol MK1 VW Caddy I bought the caddy recently and have just been doing a bit of general servicing and cleaning on it so far - oh and I removed 2 carrier bags full or redundant wiring and 2 non functional car alarms as a precursor to getting some sounds in there.    Interior  Engine bay after removal of lots of wiring  Long term plans are an engine swap - I'm thinking ABF and the A20 cable change box as the correct mounts are fairly readily available - either running carbs or perhaps megasquirt? Exterior appearance is going to remain ratty for as long as possible ;D |
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1969 VW Beetle
1987 MK1 VW Caddy
1994 Toyota Celica SS-II
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Aug 31, 2007 13:17:43 GMT
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Katy the Caddy ist Super Ja!!  |
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Aug 31, 2007 13:26:43 GMT
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Sicherlich ein tolles Automobil!
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Aug 31, 2007 13:41:50 GMT
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I like it. Very much spirit. But doorcards and handbrake cover in "not-blue" would be nicer. This was mine. Sold it 2004   |
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Schönen Gruß, FlyingOtto ------------------------------- www.motor-mania.org------------------------------- |
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Aug 31, 2007 13:46:03 GMT
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I like it. Very much spirit. But doorcards and handbrake cover in "not-blue" would be nicer. This was mine. Sold it 2004 That's a nice Caddy - the blue interior is a hang over from when the outside was blue - before I owned it - I don't think I would have bought it if it was still that colour   |
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1969 VW Beetle
1987 MK1 VW Caddy
1994 Toyota Celica SS-II
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Aug 31, 2007 13:52:12 GMT
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god thats looked terrible in blue!!! much better now. have u taken all the wheels out of it yet??
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Aug 31, 2007 13:53:07 GMT
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god thats looked terrible in blue!!! much better now. have u taken all the wheels out of it yet?? Ah yes, a mate of mine was selling Beetle spares out of the back at a show ;D **EDIT** I forgot to say I got sent over here by Dan Q from Celica Club - I don't know what he might be called on here though  |
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Last Edit: Aug 31, 2007 14:05:53 GMT by CaddyAl
1969 VW Beetle
1987 MK1 VW Caddy
1994 Toyota Celica SS-II
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mk1stu
Part of things
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Aug 31, 2007 17:58:21 GMT
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that paignton yea? my mate was there in his blue Mk1 golf you seen this site www.swdubs.co.uk (prob have) |
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Last Edit: Aug 31, 2007 18:00:38 GMT by mk1stu
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Aug 31, 2007 18:08:19 GMT
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Cool caddy.
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Aug 31, 2007 19:18:24 GMT
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yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy its big gay al ;D hello petal, caddy looks absolutly ace.. ... ive been getting a boner for one for years, used to see a few of em over this way used by farmers, gettin rid cheap, these days theyve started going for silly money. Dan is called st182 over here. i think. one day....... I'm gonna be getting me a caddy tooooo  |
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I'm not curse word, i just fell off my shoes
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Aug 31, 2007 19:37:58 GMT
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Mk1stu - just signed up today on SWDUbs yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy its big gay al ;D hello petal, caddy looks absolutly ace.. ... ive been getting a boner for one for years, used to see a few of em over this way used by farmers, gettin rid cheap, these days theyve started going for silly money. Dan is called st182 over here. I think. one day....... I'm gonna be getting me a caddy tooooo Oh god - Dan never told me you were here mate |
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1969 VW Beetle
1987 MK1 VW Caddy
1994 Toyota Celica SS-II
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Sept 2, 2007 15:13:31 GMT
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I do like a nice caddy |
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Cheers for the welcomes guys A few more updates - despite spending most of the weekend tidying up the garage as it currently has 4 beetle front seats a beetle rear seat, gen 6 Celica rear seat and 2 Gen 7 Celica front seats in I still managed to make a start on getting some tunes in the Caddy. Head unit is in and powering the Kenwood 4 x 100W amp I bought off of LFB. 2 channels of the amp are currently powering some AudioVox (who?) 300W RMS 3 way components which were £15 from Trago - not the world best speakers but at that price who cares :lol: JVC MP3 and WMA head unit in place  Check out the great speaker positioning - my custom door cards don't have space for a speaker and as there isn't room behind I will need to get some marine ply and build some new door cards - I can then build some MDF rings up to hold the speakers and fibreglass it all to make it smooth - then it will need covering or spraying. So for now the speakers are sitting on the floor :lol:  I also don't like not having a rev counter so I installed one I had laying around - not sure 11k rpm is enough for the Caddy though :lol: I resisted the temptation to install the remote shift light  Oh, and this will need some tidying up before I can get the oil temp and pressure gauges in place  |
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1969 VW Beetle
1987 MK1 VW Caddy
1994 Toyota Celica SS-II
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Sept 16, 2007 11:51:36 GMT
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Right, todays mission - get rid of some rust and the bloody horrible blue paint :lol: OK, the bottom of the passenger door was rather rusty so that was sanded down, rust killered and the red oxided - I'm going to continue the red oxide along the bottom leaving just a cream strip in the middle of the car (and that will have to be resprayed too as there are some rust spots there as well. - this will give me a winter proof finish whilst I decide what to do with the exterior.  Then it was time to get rid of the remaining blue - there were 2 areas - one behind the tailgate and one on the front of the car. So, first things first - strip down the front of the car - which I managed to do without breaking any of the tiny plastic clips that hold the grill in    Next off - rub down and mask up  Then the first coat of primer  While the primer was drying on the front - I eradicated the blue behind the tailgate  Then it was time to start looking at some of the side panels   A brutal rub down with some 40 grit paper to remove the rust and then - some Kurust for good measure   And finally the front had had enough coats of primer  Just waiting for the primer to harden properly and the kurust to go off - then it's refurbish the grill and refitting - although I think I will put a new front bumper on as the current one is totally shot to pieces when removed :lol: **UPDATE** It's started raining so no more playing today with the exterior today - will retire to the garage to start making up the boxes for the speakers that will go behind the seats |
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Last Edit: Sept 16, 2007 11:53:14 GMT by CaddyAl
1969 VW Beetle
1987 MK1 VW Caddy
1994 Toyota Celica SS-II
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