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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67avion.....I replaced my entire cab over flooring during my rebuild, I remember having to 'trim' the boards to fit that curved area. It was a layer of 1/2" ply cut to the exact shape of the cab over.( I might of had to use two pieces to get it in) that were sealed around the edges with penetrating sealer then the entire board coated, with epoxy.
That formed the lower base. Above that was placed 4 runs of 1" x 12" rough cut ceder boars cut to length, Those had to be cut and sanded to shape to wedge in tight to that curved area. (giving the desired 3/4' thickness). Those gave support and something to screw into.
I then screwed through the horizontal rail into the cedar around the perimeter and also used some L brackets where the over head vertical ribs met the boards...turned out pretty strong. I did all this from inside without removing the lower skin.
In between the runs of 12' boards I place 1" foam board..then a top layer of 1/2' ply was added.
I will send you a picture, (it will be easier to grasp) sorry... I still have not been able to post one here :-(
That formed the lower base. Above that was placed 4 runs of 1" x 12" rough cut ceder boars cut to length, Those had to be cut and sanded to shape to wedge in tight to that curved area. (giving the desired 3/4' thickness). Those gave support and something to screw into.
I then screwed through the horizontal rail into the cedar around the perimeter and also used some L brackets where the over head vertical ribs met the boards...turned out pretty strong. I did all this from inside without removing the lower skin.
In between the runs of 12' boards I place 1" foam board..then a top layer of 1/2' ply was added.
I will send you a picture, (it will be easier to grasp) sorry... I still have not been able to post one here :-(
