Hello everyone and greetings from Finland. I've been in a need for bigger hauler for some time, as my only car is VW Polo 6N, which is a great car but when you need to transport big loads it's bit limited, especially with no trailer hook. Not that the poor AEV-engine would be that happy to tow much, so i was looking around and fell in love with Caddy. Wanted mk1 golf but those were hard to find and had same problems as Polo, but Caddy was perfect. So I searched around and picked up this beauty.
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She had everything. Bed cover, trailer hook, everything original. Nobody ever did any modifications on her, not even a axel flip. Best thing it was brought year before i purchased her from Lapland to closer of southern Linland, so it had never seen salt on the roads. Bottom is as hard as it can be and never welded.
On the bonus i got some spare parts!
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3 engines, where one is TD engine! (Sadly the turbo and exhaust manifold was missing)
couple of gearboxes
radiator with fan
cluthc pack
injector pump
other small parts.
Best of all, i scored the whole deal for 600€.(Other Caddies cost around 1000-1500€, usally in worse condition, no hook or bed cover and no spare engines) At the time of purchase she did not run because there were summer diesel in the tank and all the lines were frozen. Overnight inside in warm and filling the pump she started up like a champ.
And there started my journey with the Caddy. About 52 workhours later she was mot checked and cleared to drive on the road again. I'll post more about the progress to get her on the streets, what improvements i have made and what i have planned for later.
But this is a start.