  We present spectroscopy of three hydrogen-deficient central stars of faint
planetary nebulae, with effective temperatures ($T_\mathrm{eff}$) in excess of
100,000 K. The nucleus of RaMul 2 is a Population II Wolf-Rayet star of
spectral type [WC], and the central stars of Abell 25 and StDr 138 are two new
members of the PG1159 class. Our spectral analyses reveal that their
atmospheres have a similar chemical composition. They are dominated by helium
and carbon, which was probably caused by a late helium-shell flash.
Coincidentally, the three stars have similar masses of about $M=0.53\,M_\odot$
and, hence, form a post-AGB evolutionary sequence of an initially early-K type
main-sequence star with $M=0.8\,M_\odot$. The central stars cover the period
during which the luminosity fades from about $3000$ to $250\,L_\odot$ and the
radius shrinks from about $0.15$ to $0.03\,R_\odot$. The concurrent increase of
the surface gravity during this interval from $\log g$ = 5.8 to 7.2 causes the
shutdown of the stellar wind from an initial mass-loss rate of $\log
(\dot{M}/M_\odot\,$${\rm yr}^{-1}) = -6.4$, as measured for the [WC] star.
Along the contraction phase, we observe an increase of $T_\mathrm{eff}$ from
112,000 K, marked by the [WC] star, to the maximum value of 140,000 K and a
subsequent cooling to 130,000 K, marked by the two PG1159 stars.
