Mk1 Vw Caddy G60 Project

[Sammo123]

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[doodles19]

bookmarked.

[Indigop]

It's looking like a good project, I've always liked the caddy for some reason. Would really like one in matt olive green.

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Sammo123 said:

I am going to leave the bodywork as it is for now, so it will be the ultimate sleeper

Good man... bookmarked for progress obviously, looks like this will be awesome.

[Sammo123]

I'm hoping it will be very awesome when its done I just wish the weather would hurry and start warming up again lol!

My Brother and his mates are going to the Nurburgring around April/May next year so the idea is for the Caddy to of been running long enough to iron out any little niggles! Then I can chase (and hopefully overtake) my Brothers Mk2 Golf G60 20v Turbo(approx 280bhp), his mate Chris' Mk4 Golf R32(approx 300bhp) and his mate Adam's Nissan 200SX(approx 300bhp)

[Dav3yboy]

Looks like a lot of work is needed, will be keeping my eye on this.
Love Mk1's

[Sammo123]

Dav3yboy said:

Looks like a lot of work is needed, will be keeping my eye on this.
Love Mk1's

Surprisingly enough no work is actually needed bodywork wise Its a very solid little truck!

I will be doing all the conversion work myself, except the wiring, which will be done by the people that converted my Brothers Golf. I hate wiring, it confuses me

[AndWhyNot]

Good luck with this. I've had a soft spot for the orig Caddy since my dad failed to keep up with a 1.8 16v-engined one back in the late 80s. When the pick up eventually stopped we pulled over and had a chat with the guy. Wanted one ever since and things have never co-incided to let it happen. Family man now so unlikely to ever happen.









































...Unless my Mrs goes the same way yours did

[Sammo123]

AndWhyNot said:

Good luck with this. I've had a soft spot for the orig Caddy since my dad failed to keep up with a 1.8 16v-engined one back in the late 80s. When the pick up eventually stopped we pulled over and had a chat with the guy. Wanted one ever since and things have never co-incided to let it happen. Family man now so unlikely to ever happen.

...Unless my Mrs goes the same way yours did

The main problem is the price of them these days! Even rotten ones sell for stupid money!

Luckily this one cost me next to nothing

Edited by Sammo123 on Monday 3rd January 16:53

[omgus]

This kind of stupidity makes me smile. Bookmarked.






ETA - reminds me of the Turbo'd R32 Caddy build thread that is about somewhere.

Edited by omgus on Monday 3rd January 17:57

[Old Gregg]

I like where this is going, keep it up.

[PaulG40]

Always nice to see something G60'd!!

[matc]

Looking forwards to see how this turns out!

[aka_kerrly]

Nice thread, and thumbs up for the G60 conversion.

I hope your brother doesnt have an original G60 Edition one as it would be sacrilage to dump a G60 for a 20VT as a G60 has more character at tickover than a 20vt does in its whole rev range!

dave

[Sammo123]

aka_kerrly said:

Nice thread, and thumbs up for the G60 conversion.

I hope your brother doesnt have an original G60 Edition one as it would be sacrilage to dump a G60 for a 20VT as a G60 has more character at tickover than a 20vt does in its whole rev range!

dave

Hehe no dont worry it wasnt an Edition One. It was also a G60 conversion