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Topic: Avion truck campers - Hundreds of photos

Posted By: ticki2 on 07/28/11 08:39pm

Until then it makes a great flag pole '68 Avion C-11 '02 GMC DRW D/A flatbed

Posted By: garryk6 on 07/29/11 12:15am

Thanks for the topic "Re-name"! I just got our recirculating toilet in the mail today. It'll be a while til it's mounted... Water tank came in too! If anyone else would like to know where to get RV parts in remote areas for good shipping prices, please PM me. I got the toilet shipped to Kodiak from the southern midwest for $35! Good luck on the antennea! Garry Garry K Wife + 4 kids Retired Military Family.... Alway's on the move.... 2002 F350 CCSB 5.4 6spd 4x4 in AK 1966 Avion C-10 Truck Camper

Posted By: 67avion on 07/29/11 09:29am

I had seen the "Silveravion restore" site some time ago, and had forgotten about the TV antenna. Unfortunately, the mod is a little hard to see in the small photos. Garry, I'll bet you're one of the few folks who is happy about his "recirculating toilets", but most folks just don't know, do they? I'm back into the toilet wars since we discovered that a composting toilet is way too expensive and way to difficult to install. We're going to pull the fiberglass overhang in the next few days. I did it several years ago, so it shouldn't be a problem. But I don't recall where we could put a 10 gallon+ gray water tank like Tiki talks about. We'll see.

Posted By: 67avion on 07/29/11 03:38pm

OK. Its toilet time. Or rather holding tank time. Today we went under the fiberglass cover that protects the plumbing from the gray water lines as well as the black water holding tank. Here is what you can see looking from the right side of the camper back to the left: And here is the fiberglass cover viewed from above. I am thinking of fabricating a graywater holding tank in the section outlined.I believe I could get 5-7 gallon capacity. However, fabrication is expensive and tricky. We can't make it from fiberglass since it will be constantly wet. How did you do yours? I also thought that I'd install a tank on the inside of the cabin next to the expanded gas bottle compartment. We'd eliminate the visible plumbing and run directly into the tank. The drain would be directly down through the floor. Any thoughts that anyone can come up with would be appreciated. I'll be replacing the subfloor in this area as well. I missed the delamination of the old plywood on the last go round.

Posted By: garryk6 on 07/29/11 06:27pm

For Dennis' (69cayo) question about the east west bed... We are going to do a two-piece matress, and a slider that will slide out over the two rounded corners exactly one foot. That will allow for a queen east-west bed. We also may add some storage on each end of the E/W bed... Garry

Posted By: ticki2 on 07/29/11 08:55pm

Grey tank installation on C-11. This is showing the new vent for the 3" main pipe connecting to the existing black tank vent. I did this because I could not physically connect the shower trap to the new grey tank. They are on opposite sides of the main 3" and the same height. If the grey tank were full it would allow waste to come up through the shower drain. This is from under the black tank looking toward the other side. The new vent into the 3" main , the new grey tank on the right , and the beginnings of insulation. I bent up some aluminum straps to hold the tank up. This is looking the opposit way towards the blank tank. Next is the far end of the grey tank with the new 2" valve. The white fitting is a 3" ell with a side 2" hub. Another from a different angle. I used several Fernco rubber connecters throughout for ease of installation and or repairs at a later date. The tank was purchased from Pelland Enterprises , item no.H-256 and was under a $100 with shipping. They have hundreds of sizes. As I said before I don't know if there is enough room on a C-10 but I'm sure you can make something work. Hope this helps , if there are any questions fire away.

Posted By: ticki2 on 07/29/11 09:55pm

TV antena , or what's left of it The last pic shows the inner extention tube raised , there was a second extention tube that I removed temporarely so I could mount my flag. What's missing is the top with the arms that spread apart.

Posted By: garryk6 on 07/29/11 11:37pm

Ticki, I see that your "scare" light has a switch. Does it also switch on from inside? or just outside? Just trying to figure out my wiring... Thanks, Garry

Posted By: ticki2 on 07/30/11 04:42am

Garry , it just switches from the outside , not a good idea . It should switch from the inside. From what I've heard most have a double switch above the door , one for the scare light and one for the center overhead.

Posted By: 67avion on 07/30/11 11:14am

Many thanks Tiki for your explanation. I think I have a much more constrained area to work inside of - also I don't do all this work myself - instead I rely on members of my maintenance crew for a lot of the tough stuff like this. I'm trying to mediate the direction we go and we just sort of hit an impasse yesterday on this issue. We'll go over your post next week. Last night I was going over all of the issues in the space under the shower, the plumbing, etc and it occurred to me that I can build a back porch of maybe 24". Have you thought of that or have any ideas? Garry, the double switches are just above the door on the inside. Like Tiki said, one for the dome light and the other for the exterior light.

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