Avion truck campers - Hundreds of photos
Without going into too much painful detail, we had a mishap several week-ends ago. While working with sand bag crews on the Mississippi River, the truck and camper fell into the flood waters as a road...
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D1trout wrote:
65Avion, that's a great looking set-up and I'd say the truck is just right. You might consider leaving the outside as it is. Polishing bright and then maintaining the polish is quite a task, judging by the posts here over the years.
I've thought about leaving it as is, I know how much work it is to polish. At the very least, I need to deanodize and clean up many spots the previous owner missed. I snapped some pictures of the inside.
As you can see the previous owner started painting everything white. I'm going to finish painting, then reassemble. I need to track down a mattress, I'm thinking a full size memory foam cut down to fit. I'm going to replace the plugs and switch covers since he painted them and they do not look very good. Also going to drop in a fresh battery in this weekend and try out all the lights and plug the camper in to see if the 110v works. I found the wiring diagrams earlier in this thread. Thank you for posting those. Everything seems to be in good shape so hopefully it all goes smooth.
Will have to build a counter top and put the sink back in. Also going to install a new water tank and add a pump. The water heater is missing, what have you C-10 guys been using for new water heaters to fit the old hole? The plumbing all looks decent but I may look into adding a grey water tank. As far as propane, will a 20lb gas grill tank fit in the original location? Mine is missing the tanks and the door is also missing so I'll need to fab up a new one. I've been looking at a Wave 3 heater because I dont think I would trust the original heater. Any feedback or tips is welcome. I've already picked up a ton of knowledge looking through this thread.
