Eriba Puck 120GT / Year 2003.
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This Puck is in need of some restoration work to reinstate its potential value of around £7000
Mainly it is in need of some chassis steel work replacing, and some decoration to internal wallboards.
The Puck will make a great winter project for someone with the right skills.
Condition / External:
Aluminium panelling in good condition, a few minor dinks, nothing at all serious
GRP roof in good condition
Windows are all in good condition (blinds working)
Main cruciform galvanised Al-Ko chassis, running gear, wheels and tires (year 2012), all in very good condition
Under-floor plywood area in good condition
Caravan steel frame peripheral box-section member very poor, perforated with rust in several places, needing re-fabrication and replacement
Condition / Internally:
Upholstery in very good condition
Woodwork in good condition
Pop-top fabric in good but slightly stained condition
Headlining is in good condition
Floor covering is in good condition
Wallboards are in good structural condition, but stained in places where water has previously entered probably from a high-level brake light leak left unattended. The boarding shows an average moisture meter reading of 12 to 15%. In other words these areas are no longer damp
Moisture ingress; although the caravan has had previous moisture ingress, damp readings taken from all over the caravan show that there is no longer any moisture present.
The caravan was serviced this year and towed very well over a 200 miles journey.
notes from questions:
To do the rebuild justice, the frame needs to be worked on by removal of the side panels . Some of the rot might be up the vertical risers of the steel 'bird-cage' like frame, but my experience tells me it wont be far up, if at all. The rot in the frame is possibly due to electrolytic reactions, stray currents from a battery left in circuit, and a damp salty environment from winter roads. This type of corrosion is common on steel or aluminium boat hulls, thats why they need sacrificial anodes. Having said that, the aluminium sheet is fine, so I might be talking nonsense!
The wall board staining has been caused by the high-level brake light leaking. As I see this all the time, and know that the damp spreads all over the place.
The caravan was stored on a slight slope, lower part being the left side with the staining. The water would have come in through the massive hole Eriba cut in the roof for the high-level brake-light, the water works its way all over the place, even appearing at floor level as well as waist level.
Pop top material is good but stained. This is very common. Lock the caravan down when damp, even after using, and the material can get mildew. The mildew does not rot the material and can be cleaned off and then reproofed.
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You should be able to do the work without
any issues. To make a professional job of it, the lower aluminium side panelling needs to be removed from the frame. This then allows you access to work on the corroded
areas.
To take the side panelling off you take both
horizontal aluminium trims off, that is; the waist level trim and a lower level trim. These simply unscrew once the plastic insert is removed. Under this aluminium trim is a mastic backing layer.
This is not difficult to take off as it is permanently soft, the mastic is a butyl type. The aluminium panels are pop riveted and screwed along the line were you have just taken off the horizontal
aluminium trim and backing. Once the screws and pop rivets are removed the panels can be carefully taken off and stored. It is then relatively straightforward to fabricate the pieces of the frame
that need to be replaced. Once these new sections are in place the aluminium panels and trim go back in reverse order.
Like most work of this nature it requires time
and patience, as well as a good working environment. The cost is minimum in terms of parts, and high in terms of labour. This is why I do not attempt such work myself. I have carried out a few of
these rebuilds and they take up too much of my time.