1981 Caddy project

[doxster22]

Just picked up an 81 Caddy diesel. Its in surprisingly good shape. Drew(sirmeeps) and I are going to be doing work to it. Coilovers, new wheels, smoke stack are all on the agenda. Updates and more pics to come.....

[JessaBug]

How many miles? What transmission? How does it run? Nice to see another Mk1 diesel around.

[sciroccodriver]

WOW that's a clean one to start out with. Excellllllllent!

[pinky]

i think i saw that posted somewhere.. was it on craigslist or thesamba?

[sirmeepsalot]

Doc you are not allowed to put a stack on your caddy, i haz better idea that doesnt copy my idea...

[doxster22]

How many miles? What transmission? How does it run? Nice to see another Mk1 diesel around.

Believe it or not it has 122k original miles. 4 speed trans for now and it ran when I bought it but had no power and smoked like hell. Just bought a parts car (84 rabbit 4 door) that had a new injection pump and 5 speed trans. I swapped the pump over and now mine runs like a top. 5 speed is next.

WOW that's a clean one to start out with. Excellllllllent!

yessir. this thing is in great shape and everything works on it surprisingly.
i think i saw that posted somewhere.. was it on craigslist or thesamba?
Yeah, I bought it off of Craigslist in Christiansburg VA. It was about 3 hour drive there but totall worth it. The guy I bought it from new nothing about it, he had gotten and didn't know how to work on it so ended up selling it.
Doc you are not allowed to put a stack on your caddy, i haz better idea that doesnt copy my idea...
i know drew. I dont really want a hole in my bed now anyways. Orderd the coilovers yesterday and some other parts. Can't wait to get this beast 'down to earth'.

[sccaddy]

VMaxx coilovers for the front work good and drop plates for the rear. Oldskoolvulcanwerks has a lot of stuff for caddys. Or slap some bags on it.

[sccaddy]

mine is on here under (diesel mk1 caddy build and refresh). Ck it out. Yours is nice too!