Mk1 caddy

I've recently purchased a 1985 caddy as a summer project got it home today popped the bonnet after being told it was a 1.6 petrol and you'll never guess what ???? Empty engine bay just brake servo and header tank so looking for a engine??? What's my easiest cheapest option thanks

Wow,, that's hilarious! (Sorry) I've been in the motor trade for over 40 years; and never heard of that before!!!

Your easiest may not be the cheapest option, which would be to buy another car eg a rotten or rough mk2, which will give you all the little bits and bobs and a clue as to how everything goes together. Is the gearbox present?

Used Engines are your cheapest option, fairly easy to find second hand, I bought one last year, from a 1.6 mk2, pretty much the same as Mk1.

It just depends on how much is left behind, as buying all the smaller bits can soon add up.

Good luck!

It has coil header tank drive shafts engine mounts down pipe and even a "ecm" woohoo just no engine 😢
So sad as it only has 29k on the clock 
The 1.6 non turbo Diesel engine it came with looks good clean and complete just not what I want👎🏻
I have a diesel Q5 and hate the stuff 
Also it came with a truckman top I'm willing to give away free of charge if anyone would like it….

that is unreal  

i have a few dx engines but as said it is the addons
that will be more than you will pay for an engine
plus i am a good trek away from you mate

I'm in Suffolk what area are you I've just looked there's a carb 4 speed box and starter motor in the buck👍🏻
Not sure what there from tho ???

be 5 hours away mate

Does anyone no what mk golf this engine is from and how hard it would be to fit in my mk1 caddy set up etc thanks

looks like a mk3 2.0 8v agg mate

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You say there's extra stuff in the bed? I'd say a plan might be:

1. Figure out what you do have, and what you're missing
2. Buy as complete-as-possible engine and other bits. Some of the pics so far, the parts look beyond end-of-life, so try get working bits instead of more unusable junk
3. Figure out the fuelling to convert from the diesel fuel tank to a petrol engine. I think it would be okay, just plugging the hole at the bottom and using the fuel level sensor/tube that goes in the top of a carb engined car, but I don't know the caddy specifics
4. Start putting it all together and figure out the missing stuff along the way, buy more stuff, fit it, buy more stuff, fit it etc.

i know where you are coming from mate i am
going down the same route but fortunate to
have stuff at hand just a shame he is so far
away

I have a complete 1.6 petrol engine going if your still after one its currently in my caddy but soon be pulled out to fit a gti engine