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 VWvortex Feature Car: Jay and Shannon's Excellent Caddy | « » 4:57 PM 4-1-2005 | |
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 The Greek philosopher Plato once said that necessity is the mother of invention. He forgot to finish that sentence with the part about creativity being the offspring of desire. It was necessity that landed a Rabbit Pickup (known throughout the rest of the world as a Caddy) in Jay Ayers' driveway. But it wasn’t long before desire took over his creative urges. Having purchased their first house in the summer of 2001, Jay and his then-girlfriend Shannon decided they needed a cheap utility vehicle to haul the numerous shrubs it would take to landscape their new property. The only viable candidate at the time was a pale-blue 1980 Rabbit Pickup that the couple acquired for the fair sum of just $500. It served its landscaping duties well, even if certain parts of its owners' bodies stuck to the old vinyl seats in the summer, and the windshield was threatening to fall through its rusty frame... Full Story...
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| Re: VWvortex Feature Car: Jay and Shannon's Excellent Caddy (jamie@vwvortex) » | « » 5:14 PM 4-1-2005 | |
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very very nice...its like a gti in pickup form 
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| Re: VWvortex Feature Car: Jay and Shannon's Excellent Caddy (jamie@vwvortex) » | « » 5:27 PM 4-1-2005 | |
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The article was great, but the Caddy outshines everything! Awesome work! Congrats
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| Re: VWvortex Feature Car: Jay and Shannon's Excellent Caddy (jamie@vwvortex) » | « » 5:47 PM 4-1-2005 | |
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having owned a restored 16v Caddy with a similar ownership story, I can really appreciate this project -- outstanding work.
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| Re: VWvortex Feature Car: Jay and Shannon's Excellent Caddy (83Caddy16v) » | « » 5:58 PM 4-1-2005 | |
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I'll hit that
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| Re: VWvortex Feature Car: Jay and Shannon's Excellent Caddy (Firecracker) » | « » 6:04 PM 4-1-2005 | |
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| Re: VWvortex Feature Car: Jay and Shannon's Excellent Caddy (jamie@vwvortex) » | « » 6:11 PM 4-1-2005 | |
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Wow.  I am in loooooovvvve. 
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| Re: VWvortex Feature Car: Jay and Shannon's Excellent Caddy (Arsigi) » | « » 6:51 PM 4-1-2005 | |
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Jay and Shannon's caddy is an awesome vehicle, even moreso in person.  It's a quick little thing too. 
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| Re: VWvortex Feature Car: Jay and Shannon's Excellent Caddy (GTIFreak_) » | « » 8:37 PM 4-1-2005 | |
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Great story, great truck!
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| Re: VWvortex Feature Car: Jay and Shannon's Excellent Caddy (jamie@vwvortex) » | « » 9:50 PM 4-1-2005 | |
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Excellent job. Hope you don't run all the time without the timing belt cover. I always wanted a TDI version of one of those. Hats of for the effort.
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| Re: VWvortex Feature Car: Jay and Shannon's Excellent Caddy (slickfisher) » | « » 9:56 PM 4-1-2005 | |
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its too high, caddies must be slammed.come back when you have a real car. 
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| Re: VWvortex Feature Car: Jay and Shannon's Excellent Caddy (BrownSoda) » | « » 1:01 AM 4-2-2005 | |
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Nice Ride Jay and Shannon, but you knew I'd say that... Ive got to have something to base my Caddy 16V build on.... And Sean- yeah congrats on the shoot the pics look great!
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| Re: VWvortex Feature Car: Jay and Shannon's Excellent Caddy (jamie@vwvortex) » | « » 3:06 AM 4-2-2005 | |
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Beautiful caddy! I've always loved these 16v caddy conversions.
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| Re: VWvortex Feature Car: Jay and Shannon's Excellent Caddy (Pete_S4) » | « » 1:11 PM 4-2-2005 | |
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congrats Jay! Now, only if i were home so i could get mine at least running.
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| Re: VWvortex Feature Car: Jay and Shannon's Excellent Caddy (jamie@vwvortex) » | « » 9:26 AM 4-3-2005 | |
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that's sweeeeet !
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| Re: VWvortex Feature Car: Jay and Shannon's Excellent Caddy » | « » 10:29 PM 4-3-2005 | |
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BrownSoda,
missing the point. sometimes it still needs to haul things. don't want it lowered too much.
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| Re: VWvortex Feature Car: Jay and Shannon's Excellent Caddy (odwyerpw) » | « » 11:15 PM 4-3-2005 | |
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Am I the only one that doesnt like this thing?????? Hah! Just kidding, I freaking love it!!!!!!  That truck just shouts "Job well done!"
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| Re: VWvortex Feature Car: Jay and Shannon's Excellent Caddy (CrackerX) » | « » 11:30 PM 4-3-2005 | |
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Congrats on your Cabby! I love the styling you and your wife have done to it. Very Euro looking.
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| Re: VWvortex Feature Car: Jay and Shannon's Excellent Caddy (jamie@vwvortex) » | « » 9:01 AM 4-4-2005 | |
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Good stuff!
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| Re: VWvortex Feature Car: Jay and Shannon's Excellent Caddy (The Kilted Yaksman) » | « » 12:30 PM 4-4-2005 | |
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I liked this story better than the AUTObiography articles. Sure they have all the technical specs and such, but this is a good story about what it means to be a VW enthusiast. Sweet ride too. Best Caddy I've ever seen.
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| Re: VWvortex Feature Car: Jay and Shannon's Excellent Caddy (TNVWBOY) » | « » 1:20 PM 4-4-2005 | |
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sweet caddy
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| Re: VWvortex Feature Car: Jay and Shannon's Excellent Caddy (jamie@vwvortex) » | « » 3:35 PM 4-4-2005 | |
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Beautiful! Congrats on such a great looking ride! Shannon and Jay did a great job, so good, that I shed a tear today just looking at the pictures. I rarely get emotional looking at VW's but this one sure did it for me.Are those Jay Caps© under the bonnet? When does the madness end...
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| Re: VWvortex Feature Car: Jay and Shannon's Excellent Caddy (jamie@vwvortex) » | « » 7:23 PM 4-4-2005 | |
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all i can say is WOW...! Now that i have seen what the caddy can look like when properly redone, I have to go out and find me one to restore. Nice Job peeps.......
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| Re: VWvortex Feature Car: Jay and Shannon's Excellent Caddy (mozcar78) » | « » 5:00 PM 4-5-2005 | |
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i'm not even a caddy person and Damn that's hot! my brother has a caddy project he's working on i hope he sees this  oh yeah and i'ts a "sports utility vehicle" BROWNSODA it's not supposed to be low. 
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| Re: VWvortex Feature Car: Jay and Shannon's Excellent Caddy (hi-speed dubbin) » | « » 12:04 AM 4-6-2005 | |
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very clean. i like it.
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| Re: VWvortex Feature Car: Jay and Shannon's Excellent Caddy (turboostdgti) » | « » 4:57 AM 4-23-2005 | |
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Great car and a great article
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