Le Puck

My vision was I wanted a pretty original example from the same era as the the Camper. i.e. the '70's. A lot of trawling around the internet revealed that there were a reasonable number about and all roughly the same price about £2500 - £3000. Not cheap but that's life.
A lot I saw either had been "modified" or were just too battered to consider. A few dings were going to be inevitable bearing in mind the construction of an aluminium skin over a tubular frame.
The one I settled on was a 1976 model,  freshly imported from France, which was pretty original.
It was a long trip to Dover to look at it, however it did match the description pretty well, there are some pictures below

The only real defects being a tatty pop top canvas and slightly more problematical two old cracks to the front window covered by the stickers you can see. The interior was unmolested and in good order and underneath the chassis was solid and no sign of sponginess in the floor.
It doesn't seem to quite match the spec for the year shown in the following link:

http://www.bugpuck.be/en/eriba-caravans/eriba-puck.htm

but specs do vary from year to year and sometimes within years. This one having a later '70s interior but glass side windows so its either a crossover or the windows have been replaced.

Anyway all seemed well and the appropriate cash handed over. Beeing a bit wary of uncertain brakes and elderly tyres we set off back through the sleet on Good Friday, stopping at nearly every services for a check over. As it turns out the Honda CRV barely registered it was on the back and the journey home was uneventful, however I was glad I was travelling no further as the tyre walls were looking very dodgy by the time I got back!
So it was deposited on the drive and a weather improvement awaited for a closer examination....