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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It could very well be that the 2x6's were needed for a spacer between the camper and the van frame . Since it was there they extended it to support the floor patch . Keep in mind the the support for the floor comes from the structure above , it is literally hung from the shell , so in your case where the plywood patch rotted around the edges , the only thing holding it up was the 2x6's . Getting back to the gap between the aluminum skin and the bustle , water intrusion there is probably what caused the new patch to go bad . You could make a flashing strip that goes under the outer skin and over the bustle and caulk it well . The door sill and the horizontal trim should cover it all .
The bustle on my '68 is two piece , left and right . Not sure why they used alum over the seam unless the raised overlap joint was broken . There is also an alum access panel to the left of the door . You probably can't see it because the generator box is in the way . that is where the black tank drain originally came out . Where is yours now ?
My black tank is also white , polypropylene .
I did not have to replace the cabover floor , fortunately it was in excellent condition . Silver was the most recent to tackle that and did a very good job of it , watch his video . All the floors have solid wood around the perimeter about 4" out , the foam doesn't go all the way to the edge .
The bustle on my '68 is two piece , left and right . Not sure why they used alum over the seam unless the raised overlap joint was broken . There is also an alum access panel to the left of the door . You probably can't see it because the generator box is in the way . that is where the black tank drain originally came out . Where is yours now ?
My black tank is also white , polypropylene .
I did not have to replace the cabover floor , fortunately it was in excellent condition . Silver was the most recent to tackle that and did a very good job of it , watch his video . All the floors have solid wood around the perimeter about 4" out , the foam doesn't go all the way to the edge .
