My Caddy project...

[schoona]

1. Locks Changed
Hobart Locksmithing Service

Address
115 Harrington St
Hobart
TAS, 7000
Australia

Ph: (03) 6234 3727


2. Alarm/Night Patrol service
Dyson Corporate Security

Address
Level 1 / 123 Collins St
Hobart
TAS, 7000
Australia

Ph: (03) 6231 4407

3. Blinds
Victory Blinds

Address
219 Argyle St
Hobart
TAS, 7000
Australia

Ph: (03) 6231 3101

4. Whatever tickles your fancy
New Norfolk Gun Shop

Address
27 Stephen St
New Norfolk
TAS, 7140
Australia

Ph: (03) 6261 3444









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ENJOY!!

[gtimk5]

Nuh.... That last post makes absolutely no sense to me.....

[WABIT]

lol i think hes saying, lock your doors, get an alarm, cover the windows and get a gun hahahha

took me a while but i got it......

i think hes saying go in hiding to finish the caddy

dom

[gtimk5]

Ok, I get it now!! Close off Pearl Street might be an answer as well!!
Cheers, Andrew

[schoona]

Lol, sorry mate!!!

[gtimk5]

All good Schoona, thanks.
I plan on ripping into the Caddy next week after I return from Sydney.
I dont want to lose interest in it. Got to keep motorvated!!!
I need to grab a couple of bits of the Passat donor car up there. Oops, it would have been easier to get them the other week.
Andrew

[gtimk5]

Hehe...
After a driver please for when I am tired!! Ok, so which keys fit what????

[Jarred]

haahahah

Please leave them both in there. and have the RHS one as a dummy! hahaha

good way to freak some people out!

How come the change to RHD?

[gtimk5]

Hi Jarred, I managed to get a real late imported Golf with a mint late type dash. The US fuse box and wiring was completely different to any VW seen over here in that there were no plugs or anything on the fuse box. That would have made it a lot harder to wire in the injection ect. Also, if I do it now and do it factory looking its a case of taking it in to get the roadworthy done with the twincam and RHD and unless they pick on it being LHD originally then it mightnt need an engineers certificate. With the 2L in it as well, it would have been hard to see down the road to pass other cars too!
Do it all in one hit eh?
Easter is my target at the latest. Being a looong weekend down here will help if its not too hot too!
Andrew

[Jarred]

Good to hear you're still at it though.

Makes sense doing it all in one whack with the wiring & conversion.

Easter! eh?! I thought this was meant to be a short project! hahah? oopsy.

[gtimk5]

I came in 3 sundays ago to work on it but was unindated with customers. on a sunday!! So I lost motorvation...
Got a bit of it back with getting this late model wreck on monday.

[gtimk5]

We have long weekend here and so this is my progress today! Been successful and I will be welding it all up tomorrow. The brake system is all mounted up under the bonnet and the RHD rack will go in tomorrow. Everything is in there at the moment to check for alignment.

[Preen59]

Looking good, Andrew.

Where's the GO! pedal??

How much is involved in converting from left to right is you have all the parts??

[gtimk5]

Hi Chris, I managed to pick up an 83 private import GLS last monday so I have everything I need from that car. Its a pity it wasnt injected as it would have made the wiring a lot easier!
The firewall is a different shape on the RHS where the steering shaft boot attaches so it involves fitting the section from the donor car. Speedo cable, clutch cable, accellerator cable, brake linkage on the RHS all need holes drilled. The steering column support needs welding as does the small support bracket down near the brake linkage in the engine bay. Dash mountings were different and had to be welded in and of course, the steering rack!! I suppose its taken me 7 hours to get this far but to weld it all up wont take long. I spent a lot of time measuring and trial fitting stuff.
Thanks too mate, I forgot the accelerator pedal, pffft, who needs it??
The firewall is a slightly different shape where the bracket goes so thats another job to do tomorrow.
And fit the wiring harnesses too.....

[Preen59]

Sounds like one big headf*ck to me, Andrew!

Doing a job like this (properly) takes talent and brains.. So I'm going to use this emoticon to show how i feel...

Good luck with the rest!