New member here, but ive been lurking in the shadows for a long time

I'm quite active on the Facebook page so thought I better show my face on here. Im currently restoring a 81 puck and ill start a thread on here to document my progress

So a little back story...

We bought the puck back in 2013. I was trawling ebay (drunk) and stubled across a good looking cheap (ish) puck and I put a bid on without even seeing it. Woke up the next morning, and what do you know i was the winning bidder. I was the only bidder which should have set alarm bells ringing, but I was excited (and hungover)

Went to pick it up the next day and the weather was horrendous, the rain was bounching off the ground. Looked pretty good on the outside, interior was good apart from a couple of holes where a previous owner had fitted a car stereo
And some speakers. The internal electrics worked and I was assured the fridge was working. Due to the weather I didn't pop the top but that turned out to be in good working order and couldn't properly look underneath as there was now a river flowing underneath. I did have a quick look and the main frame and floor did look OK so cash was handed over, the van was ours

Got it home, did some basic checks - wheel bearings, brake adjustment, grease, new tyres etc. Looked underneath, the floor was ok (nothing obvious) the box section around the outside had been heavily sealed but poked with a screwdriver and was solid so off we went for a couple of family holidays. Then a house move and a new baby and various other vehicle projects came along and the puck got pushed into a corner, left to the elements.

Back in 2018 I decided to investigate the thick black mastic/sealant covering the whole of the outer box section frame underneath 2 weeks before we were booked to go away and my worst fears were realised

Anyway I'll save all the gory details for the refurb thread

Heres a pic of the van from the good old days

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Hi Colin

Rust is all repaired now, complete lower outer box section frame was replaced. Certainly not for the faint hearted.

Wheres best to start a thread to document the restoration?

Thanks

Mart

Great Mart glad you joined.

Thank you

Will do, thank you

Welcome Mart - you are obviously a very handy guy to take this on.

Good luck & I am looking forward to reading more

MikeT

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Hi and
Regards Chris and Keith

p.s. a few people use the Forum Blog to show how they did it etc.... (see above key)

look forward to hearing all about your restoration.

Hi randa, the refurb isn't finished yet but most of the dirty work is done. Thanks for the links ill look into them

Mart

Thanks all for such a warm welcome