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• #105 by znate on 04 Nov, 2007 14:23
• heres more shots from the body shop,
  i'm not sure that any progress has been made.
  he did mention hes retiring in 2.5 years, at the rate he works you might have to find someone else to finish it after hes retired.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  at least i was having fun while i was out that way
  
• #106 by burn_your_money on 05 Nov, 2007 06:42
• Nice, thanks Nate.
  
  It doesn't look like there is any progress. At least I'm learning how to Braze and whatnot in school.
  
  Did you make it to the top?
• #107 by burn_your_money on 05 Nov, 2007 10:23
• Thinking of picking up another Caddy
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  diesel, 120k, garaged for the last 10 years. $2200
  
  What do you think?
• #108 by rallydiesel on 05 Nov, 2007 10:34
• That looks much better. The other one still looks too much like an artificial reef.
• #109 by znate on 05 Nov, 2007 18:00
• nah, that hill is actually quite a bit steeper then it looks in the pic, the engine kept getting flooded and i had to roll back down and restart. i think i could do it if i went a few more times with a better run at it.
  
  that truck looks pretty nice, a few steps up from what you usually buy.
  gone are the days of hundred dollar cars?
• #110 by Jetta Fan on 06 Nov, 2007 04:35
• Wow Tyler, that new caddy looks great. What would you do with the other one if you bought this one? Add it to the garage sale list?  :lol:
  
  Nate, those Chevettes were tough old cars. Nice to see you're enjoying yours to the fullest.  :wink:
• #111 by burn_your_money on 06 Nov, 2007 05:10
• Quote from: "znate"

  
  that truck looks pretty nice, a few steps up from what you usually buy.
  gone are the days of hundred dollar cars?

  
  
  Since I don't have a garage and unlimited shop time I need something a bit better then my other cars.  Hundred dollar caddys don't get you much anyways.
  
  I'd probably use one Caddy as a daily and the other as a project/fun one.
• #112 by burn_your_money on 03 Jan, 2008 08:42
• so after a frustrating Christmas eve (5pm until 3am) doing a headgasket job on a TD I've decided to change engine plans. I'm going with a good old fashioned 1.6 NA Hence the for sale post in the classifieds
• #113 by madmedix on 04 Jan, 2008 16:56
• Tyler, what was so frustrating about the TD HG job? I've got one to do and yer makin' me nervous.... :?
  
  Andy
• #114 by Diesel Fumes on 04 Jan, 2008 17:10
• Captain save-a-dub, haha.
• #115 by burn_your_money on 04 Jan, 2008 21:22
• Quote from: "madmedix"

  Tyler, what was so frustrating about the TD HG job? I've got one to do and yer makin' me nervous.... :?
  
  Andy

  
  
  The problem was I was borrowing a friends garage so I didn't have my engine hoist there. The head with the turbo and manifolds if frickin heavy when you are leaning over trying to get it put in place and the stupid turbo oil drain line wouldn't go where it needed to go. Also the headgasket was moving all over the place. If someone was helping me or I had my hoist it would not have been a bad job at all. Plus it was 130AM when I was trying to put it back on.
  
  I like the simplicity of a NA and I have no problems with the amount of power that they put out, even fully loaded. I loved my NA rabbit and will actually be looking for another one in the near future
• #116 by burn_your_money on 16 Aug, 2008 19:32
• A month to go the body shop says
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• #117 by RabbitJockey on 18 Aug, 2008 15:44
• more burn outs less cock sucking
• #118 by burn_your_money on 18 Aug, 2008 17:14
• you're an ass, get out of my thread
• #119 by VW_Commuter on 18 Aug, 2008 21:37
• Quote from: "burn_your_money"

  you're an ass, get out of my thread

  
  
  As a great man once said, "I don't care who you are, that's funny!"
  
  LOL