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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Ticki2 and 67, thanks for your responses. I look forward to learning more of your efforts, ticki. Yes, I do have the screens. In fact, I have the entire vents. You are welcome to them, all or just the screens. PM me with your address and I'll send them to you.
67, I don't know what to think about condensation in a three season rig. I don't visualize spending a lot of time in the sort of weather that Garry deals with. The heater I'm installing is propane that vents entirely outside so the moisture from LPG won't be an issue. I'm not using a hood on my stove but installing it with a window behind. It seems to me condensation would be more of an issue overnight, but with windows and the Fantastic vents, maybe not a problem. I think that the temp differential with a inner aluminum skin could be a factor and it's one reason I've looked at alternatives. The product that looks very good is Durabull poly backed wood veneer from SR Wood. I've gotten samples and coated them with Smith's clear penetrating epoxy sealant. Then I've submerged the samples in water for days. They came out unaffected. They are about .037 thick and confirm quite well to the curves inside an Avion. I would use this material because of the many lovely veneers available, not as a substrate for paint, tho it could be painted. Frankly, I'm still undecided about the new inner skin but the installation process will begin within the month so I've got to decide pronto!
I have resolved the vinyl wrap or paint issue for myself by painting Argo with three coats of polyurethane paint in a heavy metallic Porsche polarsilver color followed with three coats of clearcoat. It looks great! I was dissuaded from using the vinyl wrap because of all the rivets. I'll post a pic.
Moving to complete the inside now. A new chapter and perhaps Argo will actually get on the road this summer! It's sobering to realize that I began the serious rebuilding in January of 2014...
Onward!
Dick
67, I don't know what to think about condensation in a three season rig. I don't visualize spending a lot of time in the sort of weather that Garry deals with. The heater I'm installing is propane that vents entirely outside so the moisture from LPG won't be an issue. I'm not using a hood on my stove but installing it with a window behind. It seems to me condensation would be more of an issue overnight, but with windows and the Fantastic vents, maybe not a problem. I think that the temp differential with a inner aluminum skin could be a factor and it's one reason I've looked at alternatives. The product that looks very good is Durabull poly backed wood veneer from SR Wood. I've gotten samples and coated them with Smith's clear penetrating epoxy sealant. Then I've submerged the samples in water for days. They came out unaffected. They are about .037 thick and confirm quite well to the curves inside an Avion. I would use this material because of the many lovely veneers available, not as a substrate for paint, tho it could be painted. Frankly, I'm still undecided about the new inner skin but the installation process will begin within the month so I've got to decide pronto!
I have resolved the vinyl wrap or paint issue for myself by painting Argo with three coats of polyurethane paint in a heavy metallic Porsche polarsilver color followed with three coats of clearcoat. It looks great! I was dissuaded from using the vinyl wrap because of all the rivets. I'll post a pic.
Moving to complete the inside now. A new chapter and perhaps Argo will actually get on the road this summer! It's sobering to realize that I began the serious rebuilding in January of 2014...
Onward!
Dick
