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Rusty, our 1962 11 window bus, resto now in year two……er, three...
Re: Rusty, our 1962 11 window bus, resto now in year two……er, three...
by rusty1962 » Mon Jun 26, 2017 10:18 am
Apparently you were shown in and out via "the cave" so didn't see the bikestype21f wrote:The 'Puck Inspector' called on Friday..
He was invited by The Sheila.
Lovely hospitality... banana muffins n T mmmm
PUCK looks absolutely ace..
Thanks for the T n cakes...
G

Aussie decorum left a bit wanting.....next time you can use the front door.....I'll have words

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Re: Rusty, our 1962 11 window bus, resto now in year two……er, three...
by rusty1962 » Mon Jun 26, 2017 12:46 pm
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Re: Rusty, our 1962 11 window bus, resto now in year two……er, three...
by rusty1962 » Mon Jun 26, 2017 12:47 pm


Photobucket seem to be blackmailing me so all my photos don't show

The new way forward is to upload directly so I'll gradually work my way back....although it will take years!
In the meantime, here's a few Puck progress shots
Steve
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Re: Rusty, our 1962 11 window bus, resto now in year two……er, three...
by Cleverchap » Wed Aug 30, 2017 6:45 pm
Is this thread no more?
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Re: Rusty, our 1962 11 window bus, resto now in year two……er, three...
by rusty1962 » Thu Aug 31, 2017 6:03 am
Been busy finishing Puck then on holiday in it.
Then there was the Photobox problem.........
In will endeavour to upload something soon
Then there was the Photobox problem.........
In will endeavour to upload something soon

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Re: Rusty, our 1962 11 window bus, resto now in year two……er, three...
by type21f » Thu Aug 31, 2017 7:30 am
When you painting the puck to match...LOL
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Re: Rusty, our 1962 11 window bus, resto now in year two……er, three...
by rusty1962 » Thu Aug 31, 2017 7:40 am
I polished it so hard I've rubbed all the paint off. Its called "patina"........
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Re: Rusty, our 1962 11 window bus, resto now in year two……er, three...
by type21f » Thu Aug 31, 2017 9:50 am
...looks like Eye candy...very nice.. I did not even notice behind the "daily" but behind rusty...
Makes a change from the Patina Bus owner being asked when he is going to paint it..
It is So shiny...
Who is this PAT INA?
Makes a change from the Patina Bus owner being asked when he is going to paint it..
It is So shiny...
Who is this PAT INA?
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Re: Rusty, our 1962 11 window bus, resto now in year two……er, three...
by rusty1962 » Sun Nov 26, 2017 11:07 pm


I haven't been on here a lot lately but I'm still alive! The Photobucket saga didn't help much but I thought I'd post a couple of photos to get you all up to speed with what happened with the Puck.....
I'm using a new photo hosting site now called Tinypic so hopefully they won't go the way of PB

*** EDIT *** It appears Tinypic is owned by Photobucket and they're closing it ! *** EDIT ***
We were due to go on holiday to France with the Puck on Sunday August 6th. and at 4pm on Saturday August 5th. Pucky McPuckface finally stuck his nose out of the cave door for the first time in over a year. Talk about going down to the wire



The next morning we coupled the Puck up to the DMax and successfully towed it all the way to the South of France covering about 2500 miles in all. With the low down weight of the new floor it towed a treat at 70mph and not many caravans overtook us


We had a great time with the Puck. Much better than camping and we can make and break camp in about 25 minutes, which makes life sooooooo much easier


Rusty still isn't run in yet but we've done a few miles and we took him to a local show where he won an award

When we got back from France I was able to fix Rusty's brakes which I had never been happy with. Fitting the servo non return valve the correct way round makes all the difference







Here's a couple of photos of our "rig"


and a little teaser of the inside....I haven't took any of the other end, but one day I will........

I hope you're all keeping well?
Roll on VF next year.
Steve
ps....My current project

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Re: Rusty, our 1962 11 window bus, resto now in year two……er, three...
by type21f » Mon Nov 27, 2017 12:45 am
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Re: Rusty, our 1962 11 window bus, resto now in year two……er, three...
by Starsky2727 » Mon Nov 27, 2017 7:22 am
The Renault looks like a project !!
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Re: Rusty, our 1962 11 window bus, resto now in year two……er, three...
by rusty1962 » Tue Nov 28, 2017 6:53 am
Not as big or bad as the busStarsky2727 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 27, 2017 7:22 am The Renault looks like a project !!
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Re: Rusty, our 1962 11 window bus, resto now in year two……er, three...
by markp » Tue Jan 30, 2018 9:06 pm
Yo Steve
really looking falward to seeing this attached too Rusty at VF ....its going to look amazing together
well done and great skills on show as always buddy
Markp
really looking falward to seeing this attached too Rusty at VF ....its going to look amazing together
well done and great skills on show as always buddy
Markp
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Re: Rusty, our 1962 11 window bus, resto now in year two……er, three...
by rusty1962 » Tue Jan 30, 2018 10:03 pm
Cheers Mark. Yup we're all booked. In bottom field this year with Coops. Got to get some miles on though. Only done 1200 still. Off to France with Rusty and the Puck in May

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Re: Rusty, our 1962 11 window bus, resto now in year two……er, three...
by rusty1962 » Sun Mar 18, 2018 8:16 pm
Evening all
Ninove' s all done and dusted and I've got to say thanks to Mike Cooper for letting me ride shotgun and for a great weekend.
It was while we were travelling back in pouring rain that I realised I needed to give Rusty some love, particularly in the wiper department.
I've got disengaged and they were simply too long and holding the blade away from the screen.
They got modified
Now...Simon from Red 9 kindly sent Mike and I a hydraulic handbrake mod so as we had a power cut this morning I decided to at least mount the bracket.
What it is is a slave master cylinder that is plumbed in with the rear brake circuit.......
Ninove' s all done and dusted and I've got to say thanks to Mike Cooper for letting me ride shotgun and for a great weekend.
It was while we were travelling back in pouring rain that I realised I needed to give Rusty some love, particularly in the wiper department.
I've got disengaged and they were simply too long and holding the blade away from the screen.
They got modified
Now...Simon from Red 9 kindly sent Mike and I a hydraulic handbrake mod so as we had a power cut this morning I decided to at least mount the bracket.
What it is is a slave master cylinder that is plumbed in with the rear brake circuit.......
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