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Topic: Avion truck campers - Hundreds of photos

Posted By: garryk6 on 07/07/14 03:05pm

Here is our new piece of dirt. This is facing southwest, and in the far SW corner is our Excursion.
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And this is the view towards the Yakima river and the Horse Haven hills due south from our property.
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Here is the view due west and Mt Adams is in clear view, (next to the smoke)

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And here is a close-up...

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Garry, not in Alaska right now... :-)

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: tonyj54 on 07/07/14 03:31pm

66C10.

Understand completely about funding the project. If you look at our photos, you'll see that ours is nearly all original, too. We repaired what we could to make her functional for the two of us, not interested in a "rebuild". If the bones are good, she'll be the "belle of the ball" at every campground you pull her into.

Enjoy the ride!

See y'all on the roads, or in the parks.

tonyj & Shirley
'66 AVION C-10
'86 F-250 6.9 DIESEL
KJ4OEQ 146.520MHz
CB Channel 7

Posted By: 66C10 on 07/07/14 04:31pm

Thanks for the welcome everyone!

I do have a little work cut out for me, but everything seems very manageable at the moment.

The Avion was listed as a 65, but the Operation and Service Manual that came with it showed 66 100436 for the serial number, which I'm assuming the 66 was to indicate the year.

Aft
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The previous owners that I purchased it from painted the flags on the back. The British flag was for the wife, as she is British and the American flag was for the husband, who is well, American.

Right Side
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View of the bunk
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Looking Aft from the bunk
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Where the bathroom was
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Cabinets

Looking Forward
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The seat on the right wing was rebuilt with marine grade wood, as when the PO purchased it, the windows were left open for an extended amount of time and water got in. I know there is still some wood rot in the wing as the tie-down hoop isn't solid. I'm not sure how much was actually rebuilt, but one of these days I'll tear into it and see.

The floor looked fairly solid, and doesn't feel spongy when walking on it. According to the forecast, I have a couple storms headed this way this week, so I plan on hanging out inside the coach to see if I notice any leaks.

I do plan on replacing the interior and exterior lighting with LED, and will plan future upgrades from there. My creature comforts aren't too high on the list right now as most of my time will be spent at an airport or the college. Showers will be at the local gym. I'll mainly be using the coach for a roof over my head, until I can get some newer less energy dependent appliances in it.

- Tim

* This post was edited 07/08/14 02:16pm by 66C10 *

Posted By: garryk6 on 07/07/14 04:39pm

Has the bathroom been deleted?

Posted By: 66C10 on 07/07/14 04:49pm

garryk6 wrote:

Has the bathroom been deleted?

Yes it has. From what I was told, the black water tank was cracked and the bathroom was subpar, so they removed it.

Posted By: garryk6 on 07/07/14 04:53pm

66C10 wrote:

garryk6 wrote:

Has the bathroom been deleted?

Yes it has. From what I was told, the black water tank was cracked and the bathroom was subpar, so they removed it.

With that said, you can see what we did to gain a bathroom back, but we had to save up to get the toilet, but it works really well!

Garry

Posted By: 66C10 on 07/07/14 06:23pm

garryk6 wrote:

With that said, you can see what we did to gain a bathroom back, but we had to save up to get the toilet, but it works really well!

Garry

I do eventually plan on adding a toilet back to it, not too sure about a shower.

After two days of reading, I managed to get through this entire thread, and it has been eye opening. So much useful information in here. I feel a lot more comfortable with my purchase, and can't wait to get started with the modifications.

Tim

Posted By: garryk6 on 07/07/14 06:26pm

If you have read it all, then you are pretty set with baseline e info. If you have any questions, just let us know! And again, WELCOME!
Garry

Posted By: 66C10 on 07/08/14 02:13pm

Upon closer inspection, it's apparent whomever did the previous repair, really didn't do it right. They didn't repair the whole wing, just the bench portion under the windows.

This is just forward of the bench, inside the current battery box location. Where the tie-down mount is located.
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Opened the cabinet under the sink on the left side to see what damage is there. Not nearly as bad as the right side, which had windows left open for a period of time.
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This is the right side jack mount location. It will need to be fixed correctly at some point in time as well. I need to design new mounts that can clear my dually fenders. This side would end up in the middle of the fender if it wasn't removed.
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It wouldn't be complete without a front end view
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I'm going to grab some cardboard and see if I can't create a new jack mount that will work with my dually fenders. Beyond that, I may look into tearing out that newly built bench seat to properly repair that wing.

Posted By: cajunavion on 07/08/14 03:48pm

Howdy!
Welcome 66. The world needs more C10s. Dennis, I'm hurt, no comments on my bathroom?

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