My Mundane Caddy

[JH86]

I've been on the look out for a silly colour caddy for a few months but nae such luck

Then the price of caddys being all over the show I still don't understand the market so I just assume the year of the van no effect on price

Toyed with a few ideas because I wanted an imaculate van either buy sdi and convert to BLS or ARL any potential caddy was a 3 day camel hike away and most had door locks fitted lacquer peel etc

Then this came up about 200yards from my front door

16cr with a whopping 75hp
Pristine inside and out
Drives as new
Full mallusk vw history right up until feb20

Is what it is I think you'll agree

Then found this absolute belter in the cd player

 

[McFall1984]

Identical to our work vans
Great driving things

 

[JH86]

Then it was remove the bulkhead and shelves, if any of you have driven with a bulkhead you'll know exactly why it was removed,

Then we have my granda World class joiner in his day, and all round hero he done the wood work and made a new box for the wheel arch

Naked

Bulkhead out leave a gash gap so I trimmed the piece off the bulkhead to fill it in

The van came with this carpet turns out it fits like a glove

Then was bored a few days ago got up at 5.30 and just kept driving

Where I was pushed up the road by a tractor unit 75hp is alot slower now than 15 years ago

As for plans? Coils colour coded and 19s

Cheers all

 

[Dave..]

Then it was remove the bulkhead and shelves, if any of you have driven with a bulkhead you'll know exactly why it was removed,

Then we have my granda World class joiner in his day, and all round hero he done the wood work and made a new box for the wheel arch

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Naked

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Bulkhead out leave a gash gap so I trimmed the piece off the bulkhead to fill it in

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The van came with this carpet turns out it fits like a glove


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Then was bored a few days ago got up at 5.30 and just kept driving

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Where I was pushed up the road by a tractor unit 75hp is alot slower now than 15 years ago

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As for plans? Coils colour coded and 19s

Cheers all

I removed the bulkhead in my kangoo and the relief of being able to recline my seat was priceless. Your van looks great.

 

[Ian A]

Looks a tidy wee van, will look well with your plans

 

[southsky sunrise]

Some amount of these on the roads now days. Nice we daily tho surrr

 

[Big Pimp]

I've been on the look out for a silly colour caddy for a few months but nae such luck

Then the price of caddys being all over the show I still don't understand the market so I just assume the year of the van no effect on price

Toyed with a few ideas because I wanted an imaculate van either buy sdi and convert to BLS or ARL any potential caddy was a 3 day camel hike away and most had door locks fitted lacquer peel etc

Then this came up about 200yards from my front door

16cr with a whopping 75hp
Pristine inside and out
Drives as new
Full mallusk vw history right up until feb20

Is what it is I think you'll agree

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Then found this absolute belter in the cd player
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That’s how my caddy started off life too

things changed a bit in my ownership

 

[TalkToFrank]

ahhh brilliant wee van! Had one for work for a long time with the 1.6, handy got to the ol injectors which they love to eat but the best way to stop them from going in the first place is to map the ***** clean outta it! Double power!

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[Blackie]

Nice project man! HTD!

 

[ItsAdamC]

Looks a good starting point, I love a nicely done caddy Pretty sure these map to 140/150ish as the 75bhp engine is the same as the 105bhp variant, just detuned. Bound to be worth the £200 or so!

 

[JH86]

Yea they map to 145 all day long, was supposed to be done today but he was too busy thankfully, as I'd one of them silly Tuesday hangovers

 

[aaflyer79]

I've been on the look out for a silly colour caddy for a few months but nae such luck

Then the price of caddys being all over the show I still don't understand the market so I just assume the year of the van no effect on price

Toyed with a few ideas because I wanted an imaculate van either buy sdi and convert to BLS or ARL any potential caddy was a 3 day camel hike away and most had door locks fitted lacquer peel etc

Then this came up about 200yards from my front door

16cr with a whopping 75hp
Pristine inside and out
Drives as new
Full mallusk vw history right up until feb20

Is what it is I think you'll agree

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Then found this absolute belter in the cd player
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Worth if for that CD alone! Reminds of a time that I bought brand new TV and DVD player from a (then - now defunct) well-known shop on the Hollywood Road. TV was factory fresh but when I opened the supposedly new DVD player and powered it up, out came a Top Gun DVD. Cue rather interesting call to them!

 

[Big Pimp]

Worth if for that CD alone! Reminds of a time that I bought brand new TV and DVD player from a (then - now defunct) well-known shop on the Hollywood Road. TV was factory fresh but when I opened the supposedly new DVD player and powered it up, out came a Top Gun DVD. Cue rather interesting call to them!

but still, you got a Top Gun DVD for free so win win!!!

 

[JH86]

Over 3k miles done in 7 days of ownership we all know all VAG cars are dull as dishwater, but dull is easy driving

 

[zafturbo]

See I was told my daily 75hp caddy will only map to around 90 max ,guess what I never bothered .
I swear it is the most dangerous thing known to man ,you need to make sure that traffic is at least 1/4 mile away before joining said motorway.
Oh they like to snap the wee bolt holding injectors in place ,like a 6mm bolt which lets them eject at 80mph heading for Dublin at 9pm on a Saturday night .Isnt that rite @quattro Rick

 

[quattro Rick]

Then it was remove the bulkhead and shelves, if any of you have driven with a bulkhead you'll know exactly why it was removed,

Then we have my granda World class joiner in his day, and all round hero he done the wood work and made a new box for the wheel arch

View attachment 286387View attachment 286388

Naked

View attachment 286389

Bulkhead out leave a gash gap so I trimmed the piece off the bulkhead to fill it in

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The van came with this carpet turns out it fits like a glove


View attachment 286393View attachment 286394

Then was bored a few days ago got up at 5.30 and just kept driving

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Where I was pushed up the road by a tractor unit 75hp is alot slower now than 15 years ago

View attachment 286396

As for plans? Coils colour coded and 19s

Cheers all

Empty 330hp rigids out accelerate a lot of vehicles on the road ask me how I know they also corner better than a lot of stuff it seems lol


Get a set of steelies on that an slam her to upset the scene boys

 

[Mac1987]

Identical to our work vans
Great driving things

Do you work for fyffes the motor factors? Or maybe I'm thinking of someone else on here i used to drive/do deliveries for the newry branch of fyffes. & used to rather enjoy scooting about the country in a caddy. As you say nice driving wee things, ive a transit connect myself & they dont drive half as good as a caddy. However i preferred the earlier 1.9tdi engines compared to the newer 1.6tdi. 1.9tdi with the hydraulic clutch compared to the newer 1.6 with a clutch cable, 1.9 a stronger engine but the newer shape ones do look well.

 

[McFall1984]

Do you work for fyffes the motor factors? Or maybe I'm thinking of someone else on here i used to drive/do deliveries for the newry branch of fyffes. & used to rather enjoy scooting about the country in a caddy. As you say nice driving wee things, ive a transit connect myself & they dont drive half as good as a caddy. However i preferred the earlier 1.9tdi engines compared to the newer 1.6tdi. 1.9tdi with the hydraulic clutch compared to the newer 1.6 with a clutch cable, 1.9 a stronger engine but the newer shape ones do look well.

Aye work for Fyfes motorfactors, was doing deliveries there from we opened after the lockdown ended 20th April till last week, now the driver returned from furlough. I’m back on the counter

 

[Mac1987]

Aye work for Fyfes motorfactors, was doing deliveries there from we opened after the lockdown ended 20th April till last week, now the driver returned from furlough. I’m back on the counter

Ahh hard to beat getting out away from the shop/warehouse & just do abit of delivering. I had a handy run when i Worked there i used to do the branch transfers i used to drive from newry to drop at the dundalk branch then on to Drogheda drop there & back. Used to do that twice a day so took up most of my day then a wee bit of putting stuff away/on the shelves for an hr then my day was done was a handy number.

 

[McFall1984]

Class. My type of thing

 

[Big Pimp]

My before & after

 

[JH86]

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My before & after

I raced one very similar to that about a month ago m5 towards odyssey, hardly you was it?

 

[quattro Rick]

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My before & after

After with steelies is good choice going base spec

 

[Dervhead]

For feck sake, Carrick to County Clare!! Can’t believe I’m the first to mention it.

 

[zafturbo]

I raced one very similar to that about a month ago m5 towards odyssey, hardly you was it?

He sold that ages ago .