[Vwdiesel] caddy floor rusted

Mon May 13 13:41:57 PDT 2013

I just got an 82 and feel sorry for those that have to deal with rust, etc.  I'm 
in the bay area and all the original undercoating is still on mine.  I wonder if 
the trucks had a specific problem like the mk1's and the front windshields as 
far as leaks?  My truck was kept in a garage for years and it was moist under 
the drivers seat as well.  I took things apart and found all the undercoating 
seperated from the metal, still no rust only on that side :)

I have been reading about how the headliners are tucked into windshield seals 
and was wondering if that plays a part in the old cars leaking?  When I rip my 
truck and 79 rabbit apart I really do not want to use their system of tucking 
the headliner/vinyl and gluing it like that  :(

Also I read so much about strut towers and other key stud areas rusting through 
and that scares me.  What is the answer?  Grind all of the original undercoating 
off, repair rusted areas and cover with por 15?

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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 12 May 2013 18:58:06 -0400
From: Dave and Holly <dhanew at yahoo.com>
To: "vwdiesel at vwfans.com" <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Subject: [Vwdiesel] Caddy floor rusted
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I have a 1982 Caddy that I quit driving a few years ago because it needed a 
different or rebuilt injection pump.  I finally got where I can get a new pump 
and I opened up the truck and climbed in and found the drivers seat sagged down 
towards the back. I checked and found the carpet behind the drivers seat wet. I 
cut away the carpet and found the floor badly rusted. I live in Michigan and the 
engine ran great, except for the leaking injection pump, and the truck has quite 
a lot of rust on the lower sides of the truck body between the front and back 
tires. Can this floor be repaired? I am not even sure if the whole truck is 
worth repairing. Is there somebody that sells the floor that can be welded in or 
have any other suggestions?

Thanks,

Dave

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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 13 May 2013 01:09:18 -0400 (EDT)
From: lbaird119 at aol.com
To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Caddy floor rusted
Message-ID: <8D01DAF27EFAFD4-26F8-E903 at webmail-vd003.sysops.aol.com>
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  Well, pretty much anything can be made.  Look at the panel below the battery 
in a 914, it has a double curve on one edge to hold the engine to body rubber, 
there's a  step angle, side angles and maybe a curve.  I made the whole thing in 
a couple evenings with a torch, pliers, vise and  hammer.  Later, when replacing 
some of the rusted suspension I was amazed at how good of condition it was in, 
thinking it needed replacing, forgetting I'd made one.  Looked factory.
  Floors don't have to be purty so take the time and know how to bend and weld 
and you can do it.  Wrecking yards will cut out stuff like that for you as well 
so less fabricating and welding.  There was a place in Germany but I sort of 
think they don't have that old of metal anymore.  Might source one out of South 
Africa...
    Loren

-----Original Message-----
From: Dave and Holly <dhanew at yahoo.com>
To: vwdiesel <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Sun, May 12, 2013 3:58 pm
Subject: [Vwdiesel] Caddy floor rusted

I have a 1982 Caddy that I quit driving a few years ago because it needed a 
ifferent or rebuilt injection pump.  I finally got where I can get a new pump 
nd I opened up the truck and climbed in and found the drivers seat sagged down 
owards the back. I checked and found the carpet behind the drivers seat wet. I 
ut away the carpet and found the floor badly rusted. I live in Michigan and the 
ngine ran great, except for the leaking injection pump, and the truck has quite 
lot of rust on the lower sides of the truck body between the front and back 
ires. Can this floor be repaired? I am not even sure if the whole truck is 
orth repairing. Is there somebody that sells the floor that can be welded in or 
ave any other suggestions?
Thanks,
Dave
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