Next door to my wifes parents house lived Ted . He was old and retired, but mowed a few peoples lawns to make ends meet ,and also wanted a nice car to take his elderly wife out on Sundays .. with his pension pot he bought a Caddy Sport . That's the 1800 GTi front bit version, 120 built for UK rhd if you didn't know ...
I wanted it as soon as i saw it but he wouldn't sell it to me , but he was pleased i knew what it was , and said he wouldn't forget should he get rid of it . A bit later ...
Whilst mowing a lawn at a remote house, a train came along over an unmanned level crossing , and sliced a car in half on the track ...Running to see if he could help the lady , she was ok but the rear half of her car was cut off and down the track .. Shocked ,Ted had a heart attack and passed away..
I did wonder what would happen to the Caddy?
A bit later ...His daughter phoned me and said the truck was for sale should i still want it ..her dad had told her about me wanting it .
A bit later.. It was mine
Now it was my Caddy Sport ,I added alloys and a Nardi , but nothing that couldn't be swapped back
We had a baby and it only had 2 seats so it got sold
He raced it up a bit with some oz wheels and lowered it with coilovers and flipped axle..
He sold it to another man from the west of London ... who 20v turboed it , painted it silver and fitted huge rimzzz . And lowered it some more ...
and i dunno where it is now but i saw it on youtube ..
ruined ?
How VW's get pineappled..
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Re: How VW's get pineappled..
I love how dubbers want to be individual just like all the other dubbers...
At least it still exists, most of those were ruined by farmers
At least it still exists, most of those were ruined by farmers
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Re: How VW's get pineappled..
Being honest , ALL those JH 1800 engined Sport Caddys ran like a sack of shit from day one . All were recalled loads of times . Apparently it was due to the (detuned )American spec engine and ecu, but no cat was fitted as it was pre 92 build . And they're not nice to drive either , unless there's a bit of weight in the back .
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Re: How VW's get pineappled..
I really like early Golves in general, and the Caddy is a nice shape. Even those pineappled versions don't look too bad, although I'd definitely bin that weird monobrow thing over the lights & grille.
Also, that's a Kent numberplate if I'm not mistaken.
Also, that's a Kent numberplate if I'm not mistaken.
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Re: How VW's get pineappled..
Yep we are talking the Garden of England ..Found another yoootooob of it ,shame about the rubbish music
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Re: How VW's get pineappled..
I once had a Caddy diesel pick up, obviously I was ahead of the game with its unintentional rat-look (primer/hammerite over the rubbed down rust and plastic GTI arches over the raggy wing edges). It was slow, scruffy, but useful, I used it for my daily commute, I was not sad enough to have the sticker "my other car is a Porsche", but would often end up using the Caddy in preference to the 928 I owned at the same time, partly for economy reasons and partly because I could park the Caddy anywhere without worrying about it.
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Re: How VW's get pineappled..
A "My other car is a shitbox" sticker on the Porsche would have been better
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1998 Disco 4.0 V8 (manual)
1994 Vauxhall Calibra 3.0 V6
Running but need fettling:
1986 Honda CBX750F
1991 Maserati 222 SE
1990 Yamaha XJ900F
Tax & MOT-exempt, woohoo!
1982 Suzuki GSX1100SZ Katana
1998 Disco 4.0 V8 (manual)
1994 Vauxhall Calibra 3.0 V6
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1986 Honda CBX750F
1991 Maserati 222 SE
1990 Yamaha XJ900F
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Re: How VW's get pineappled..
by the power of google, its had a plate change.. B12RJY and it does 0-60 in 6.3 seconds
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Re: How VW's get pineappled..
It is rather sad that they have messed up a rare survivor to build this common pineapple wagon. Why is it that the modifiers always mess up nice rare examples rather than building their "individual" idea on a rough one.
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