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alpineaircooled · Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 11:20 pm Post subject:

Since everyone seems to be in shock here, myself included, about Judy selling her Puck, maybe I can help pick the mood up some.

Ten days ago I came across a Puck and stopped to ask about it. The lady was very nice, and asked me if I was the man who left the note on it. I replied no but I was interested. She showed me the inside which was well used but all there. She said she would sell it but not until after August because she planned to go to Yellowstone N.P. and her other camper, a Toyota might not be ready in time. It was sitting on it's rear axle with two flats. I left her my number and thanked her.

That was a Friday. My wife and I talked about it and agreed I should go talk to her again. Tuesday I went back with cash and an offer to fix her flats on the Toy. She accepted!!! Two new tires,($299.70), four hours labor, some money and now we are the proud owners of a 71 Puck.
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rebapuck · Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 11:05 am Post subject:

Money well spent. Congratulations.

Truly, I would not have sold Reba if I'd had a place to park her at home.
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1966 Camper "Hannah"
1967 SingleCab "Khady"

alpineaircooled · Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 11:21 am Post subject:

Thank you! I feel the same way about my 67 kombi. But at least it's pretty dry here.
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Kelly · Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 8:59 pm Post subject:

I think we all come to the crossroads of keep vs. sell at some point. You gotta do what's right at the moment. I've thought several times about selling not only my Puck, but my bus as well. Tough decisions for sure. Joe struggled with it, then Judy. I hate to see both Pucks gone from the thread that they helped build, but maybe down the road there'll be another crossroad that puts them right back here.

Alpine, welcome. Cool story! It looks like a great Puck and complete from what I can tell. Nice job.
We like pics in this thread. Post up often.
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amishman · Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 9:55 pm Post subject:

alpineaircooled · Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 6:25 am Post subject:

Thanks Kelly. The story gets better. After title and money were exchanged we went to get a few things of hers out of the Puck and she tells me she needs to look in the garage for the tent poles. So I said "tent? do you mean awning". She told me no, not awning, it has a tent. She didn't find the poles but it didn't matter to me, the Puck was the real prize! After I got it home and started poking around I pulled the tent bag out from under the rear seat and there were the poles in a separate bag.

Been busy cleaning it up. I'm chomping at the bit to do some work to it but I don't want to get too far along that we can't use it. Ordered wheels and tires yesterday. Went the 12" route. Anyone running 8" wheels should be very careful and not run at highway speeds.
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Kelly · Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 7:00 am Post subject:

wow, way cool! When is the first campout?

BTW, hang on to those original wheels. FYI, pages (roughly) 14-17 have a lot of good info on redoing the bearings and tires.
Both TJ and I have completely gone through our bearings on our Pucks. I know mine rolls with ease both around the driveway and behind my vehicle.
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alpineaircooled · Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 7:52 am Post subject:

Soon as I get the wheels and bearings squared away!
Could not find 10" tires anywhere, I didn't try Coker because I heard they were pricey. Also a bus buddy with Puck has been very happy with his for five or six years.
Tomorrow I'll pull the hubs, weather permitting.
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amishman · Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 8:53 am Post subject:

rebapuck · Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 10:50 am Post subject:

I never put up my tent. It was too heavy for me. I expect the new owner to do so.
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1966 Camper "Hannah"
1967 SingleCab "Khady"

alpineaircooled · Posted: Sat May 12, 2012 5:48 am Post subject:

alpineaircooled · Posted: Sun May 13, 2012 5:28 am Post subject:

Too wet to work on hubs yesterday, and my wheels didn't come in. We have a big show next Sunday in Denver, VW's on the Green #18 and for the first time I'll have a swap spot. So I've been gathering up all my bay and vanagon stuff.
My tongue [on the Puck], needs some work.
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Need to cut the old tank holder off and clean this all up.
Ordered a new awning from Dave and Matt at Shovebus. Excellent service despite a glitch on my end.
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Kelly · Posted: Sun May 13, 2012 6:02 am Post subject:

What's the plan for holding your tank once you remove this one?
I was lucky with ours. The PO was a welder and fab'd a bracket to hold a full size tank in the front without taking away from the overall look of the Puck.
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alpineaircooled · Posted: Sun May 13, 2012 7:48 am Post subject:

I'll mount a 5# tank on it. Seems more proportional. A buddy has a 10# tank on his and has only filled it once- seven years ago!
Re-checked some tire links and it appears that this one may have ten inch tires.
http://www.7ent.com/categories/wheels-and-tires/tires.html
Thank Tj for the link.
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Kelly · Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 8:26 pm Post subject:

that's where I ordered mine from.

How are your cabinets? Good condition?
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alpineaircooled · Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 10:12 pm Post subject:

Cabinets are in decent shape. Nothing that can't be fixed. Tried to upload some pics and got a message saying our catagory has reached it's quota.

Ordered new wheel seals today and picked up the 12" wheels. Haven't heard from the tire guy yet.

Cut the old propane holder off and started wiring 1/4" of paint off of the tongue. Found a serial number which matches mine except it has a s before it. Took the little flipper part of the handle apart and discovered a broken spring of sort.

Also pulled the stovetop out to refurbish that and to find that light blue paint. BTW the gas-air mixture slide on our stove was wide open. Could be due to the altitude here. When I fired it up the first time the flame on one burner was a little off, [yellow with the blue], the other was fine.
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alpineaircooled · Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 7:49 am Post subject: serial # location

In other news, I believe I have found a source for the veneer locally. The rear shelf on mine has delaminated and the PO put a lot of holes in the table.If anyone has a good shot of the hardware that holds the table at the shelf I would like to see what I'm missing.

While I'm on the table question, what's the trick to get the table into sleeping mode? I have two large round dowels, but when I set the table on them the leg is in the way. if you flip it over it's right under the cushion. I think I must not have the right dowels. The Po did mention that she slept with the table up.
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amishman · Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 12:14 pm Post subject: Re: serial # location

alpineaircooled · Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 1:54 pm Post subject:

You got the question right, Tj. Not knowing how it worked I thought the table was used to make the bed. it's common with a lot of rv's. In Europe I believe they refer to it as a "gaucho?" set-up. Thanks for the reply, I'll go see how that works with the dowels I have.

Seals came in today, but the tire guy did not order my 12" tires until today. So it looks like I will not get to the hubs till Monday.
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rebapuck · Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 7:43 pm Post subject:

The seat cushions slide to the center and the back cushions tuck in by the walls.

I also left my table in place. I just made half the bed. The dowels got in the way of my feet though and I was working on a way to not use them.
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1966 Camper "Hannah"
1967 SingleCab "Khady"

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