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Topic: Avion truck campers - Hundreds of photos

Posted By: cajunavion on 09/02/14 10:29am

Howdy!
How bout those ASTROVISION windows,
wonder if they are HD!

Posted By: JumboJet on 09/02/14 11:01am

That advertisement should have used StableLoads. The truck rear is too low and the front too high.

Posted By: garryk6 on 09/02/14 02:03pm

JumboJet wrote:

That advertisement should have used StableLoads. The truck rear is too low and the front too high.

THat is the way those old Dodge Trucks rode. I owned a 1968 D200 Camper Special, and totally empty the truck rode level. With just a few hundred pound canopy and camping gear it would sag. But I have filled it with several thousand pounds, and it never went much lower, and hauled all that stuff and a 1800lb boat from Nor-Cal to Washington state with no problems. That little 318 wide block and the 727 auto would take you where ever you wanted to go. But the power steering by "Armstrong" and the semi-power 4 wheel drum brakes were another issue all together...
Liked the styling of the 68, but the chassis was a little lacking...
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 09/02/14 03:16pm

cajunavion wrote:

Howdy!
67 where did you get that nice fan in the
bunk?

Its from an Airstream, I think. Vintage Trailer Supply has an identical one...click

Posted By: cajunavion on 09/02/14 07:35pm

Howdy!
Thx 67, I find the temp is really laminar, cold
at the floor, burning hot in the bunk.
I like to get yall into hot water. Has anyone
put together or have ideas of using a flat plate
heat exchanger connected to the trucks coolant
system?

Posted By: cajunavion on 09/04/14 09:10am

Look at the difference in size between
a simple heat exchanger run off the truck engines
coolent and a traditional hot water heater!
It seems like this would be ideal when off
shore power.

Posted By: cajunavion on 09/11/14 07:45pm

Posted By: D1trout on 09/12/14 07:08am

Cajunavion, what are we looking at here? Is this your rig? What do the metal arcs do?
Dick

Posted By: 67avion on 09/12/14 11:26am

Bravely going where no one has gone before? That is a highly unusual looking operation, Cajun. Why don't you step us through it? I see you have an issue with the front panels of aluminum...been there, done that.

Posted By: D1trout on 09/12/14 08:55pm

I have purchased a Ford 2013 F250 4WD diesel Supercab to carry my Avion around on.
I'd be interested in hearing about your experiences with various tiedowns. The '82 Ford the Avion came on had Torklifts up front and Happijac tabs bolted to the side of the bed for the rear tiedowns. I'm thinking perhaps Torklifts all around might be the most secure solution. Your thoughts?

BTW, I have gone back to Plan A, wherein I rebuild the camper as an independent, slide in and out unit, without the access hatch cut into the back of the cab and the front of the camper to allow actual passage between the two units.I was just too far down the road for the major course correction that required.

The dogs are just going to have to find happiness sticking their noses thru the sliding windows in the two rigs.

The reattaching of the shell to the aluminum frame is proceeding slowly but in a fairly straightforward manner. Back into the swing of Avion restoration! Pics soon.

Thanks
Dick

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