Busters Caddy - ground up restoration project (Pictur heavy)

8O  youv got some skills mate, nice 1

foxymk1 said

8O  youv got some skills mate, nice 1

I 2nd that, Amazing dude,

Thanks for the comments Foxy and Allan

Who needs Hadrian panels when you're on the case! great fabrication!

and see your priming in Zinga - great primer!!! no rust! 8)

Flat out skills, very impressed :wink:

Carbs4ever said

Who needs Hadrian panels when you're on the case! great fabrication!

and see your priming in Zinga - great primer!!! no rust! 8)

You used zinga much yourself. How long does it take to dry? The stuff i coated yesterday could easily be scraped off with your fingernail. Is this normal.

Just been on the zinga website and it's not just a case of slapping it on.

They state that "surface preparation is vital". They say that you need do grit blast the area to be paint to a certain roughness which i didn't do.

Now where did i put that sand blaster…    

I had another good 5 hours working on the caddy today.

I finished off the inner sill.


I managed to get the radius at the front fitting better too.


Next i welded in the corner patch.


I decided to seam weld the edge where the 3 panels all meet. That way no water will ever get in… Hopefully


Next i made the floor patch to sort this.


Used the good old bench to bend the sheet steel.




This is the patch i made.


I put the strengthener ribs in it to make it look stock.




Then tacked it in place.



Then fully welded it.


Then sanded the welds smooth.


The bottom edge has been spot welded like the original.


Gave everything a quick coat of acid etch for now, as eventually i'll sand blast the whole floor then coat with Zinga, epoxy mastic, stone chip and then top coat.





Hope to get the rest of the floor patched tomorrow.

thats some stunning work there mate, looks like you really got your head down and cracked on today. love the way it all looks factory fit. top work.

ive left a jar of thinners outside your front door, sould get the zinger off no problem.
will see you over weekend if your there.

kemk1 said

ive left a jar of thinners outside your front door, sould get the zinger off no problem.
will see you over weekend if your there.

Thanks for that mate. I'll be there tomorrow too.

Yeah managed to crack on and get a fair bit done.

See you tommorrow at some point.

what I'm doing is a hoovering of my carpets in comparison to what you're up to…

I am dying to see the finished prodcut and have no doubt it will look the business.

Very well done that man!

WeeTony

WeeTony said

what I'm doing is a hoovering of my carpets in comparison to what you're up to…

I am dying to see the finished prodcut and have no doubt it will look the business.

Very well done that man!

WeeTony

Thanks tony

I didn't start till about 1pm today but i managed to get the outer floor finished.

First i cut the inner floor out and braced the suspension mount.


I made this panel after alot of cutting, bending and sanding.


Several trial fits later and its getting somewhere close.


Tacked it in place. Note the pre drilled holes around the mount for added strength.



Then fully welded.


Sanded everything smooth and gave a quick coat of acid etch.


Well thats another job done. All thats left is to do the inner floor with the angled piece where your feet go and that will be the drivers side pretty much sorted.

well done mate, thats one less hole to do.  

kemk1 said

well done mate, thats one less hole to do.  

Yep  

Looking so good this!
Just signed up for a bodywork course so I can undertake an old mk1 escort I've found. I know I'm swearing there but I love em!
plus I've always wanted a caddy and they're all a little worse for wear nowadays so very handy skills…
Got a long way to go to get to your standard though!!
Keep up the good work!!

cubed said

Looking so good this!
Just signed up for a bodywork course so I can undertake an old mk1 escort I've found. I know I'm swearing there but I love em!
plus I've always wanted a caddy and they're all a little worse for wear nowadays so very handy skills…
Got a long way to go to get to your standard though!!
Keep up the good work!!

Thanks Cubed. You'll learn loads on that course. Is it a college based one? Take loads of notes for reference in the future. I still look through my old folders every now and again.

Cheers dude, I will.
Yeah its a college based one. Did my mechanics course there last year.

Really looking forward to it too! still waiting to hear on the escort though.

The golf will be getting the full treatment there too!

Like I say keep it up dude! learning already!!

cubed said

Cheers dude, I will.
Yeah its a college based one. Did my mechanics course there last year.

Really looking forward to it too! still waiting to hear on the escort though.

The golf will be getting the full treatment there too!

Like I say keep it up dude! learning already!!

Cool. Good luck with the course then.

oh my god iv been looking at this caddy for weeks and have only just workd out whoes it was good luck mate youve got a good old girl thear