Dubdoc's 1981 Caddy

[dubdoc]

Owner Member Name: dubdoc
Year: 1981
Make: VW
Model: Rabbit Pickup (AKA: Caddy)
Color: Silver


Summary of the car: Completely rebuilt from the ground up. It has a mostly GTI interior and appears totally stock


Pictures:






Engine Specs: Presently a warmed over 1.6 turbodiesel with a Passenger Performance downpipe and a 2.25" Magnaflow custom exhaust. Soon to be a 2 liter superdiesel (ported, ballanced, cam, big turbo, intercooler and heavily modified injection)


Suspension & Wheels: Presently stock, but soon will be lowered 3 inches on coilovers with some fine oldskool wheels.


Exterior Specs: Completely steel and stock, and it'll stay that way, except for a louvered hood.


Interior Specs: Jetta seats, GTI Console, New leather headliner and door cards, and mint oldskool AM/FM Stereo radio. Sirius Satelite Radio.


Notable Acomplishments: Took Best Rabbit in Show at a local meet here in October....more to come.


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[VWjetta97]

sweet ride man. it looks really awsome

[dubdoc]

Thanks. I've wanted one since I drove a new one in 1981 and, after a 4-year search, I found it.

[vr6exxy]

i want a diesel caddy. i actually found one in the paper the other day for 1600 with a new motor or something, but i'm broke and its probably rusty. nice caddy, i <3 them.

[Cake14GTI]

I just love small trucks. Before I got my gti i was driving my grandfathers 94 toyota pick up. Lots of fun to drive.

[dubdoc]

My winter beater is a GMC Sonoma. It's not me Caddy, but it is a truck

[trev0rbr]

small trucks are fun for some reason, i love driving the chevy colorado at work.

[sickgixxer69]

Looks really clean I always wanted one but never could find one in good condition.

[jmbsk8er83]

wow thats pretty cool.

[dubdoc]

Originally Posted by sickgixxer69

Looks really clean I always wanted one but never could find one in good condition.

If you really want one, look hard. I looked for 4 years. I finally posted a want ad on a Dutch forum and thought that I would fly over, see the truck and, if it was right, ship it home. The next day, I got a call from a guy 15 minutes from my house. He was a bit of a recluse and loved Mk 1s. He had this truck and a Cabby. He's been working on the truck for 15 years and had never driven it.....go figure. When he opened the door to his heated garage, and I caught sight of this gem, I said "I'll take it!!!"

[turb7]

sooooo clean! nice find, i really like what you have planned for it as well, can't wait to see finished

[dubdoc]

My main problem is finding just the right wheels. I want rare, oldskool and not-too-flashy.

[dubdoc]

These arrived today to replace the present smoked corners. Now, if I could just find a Hella grill with driving lights............

[dubdoc]

Project "Rattle & Haul"

http://www.customobsessions.com/modu...wtopic&t=14168

[trev0rbr]

just read the thread you posted, can't wait to see this thing together and some numbers on it. i'm in the midst of gathering parts for a 1.6/1.9 franken engine in my jetta, but i plan on running the same turbo and clutch if that counts for anything haha. otherwise i will just be intercooled, no plan for for water/meth injection, or a giles pump(i am too cheap for those haha.) but hopefully i will get my car together at the same quality as your car with some kind of a similar setup, i'd like to see 2 similarly modded engines compared, you know a 1.6/1.9 vs a 1.9. so maybe i will be forced to copy your setup haha.