Recently Jane and I were cruising the back roads near Marion, Kansas. We took a couple of wrong turns and came up on a shop with dozens of Airstream trailers in various states of repair. The guy, whom I met, went into business about 5 years or so ago and he sells through the internet as Airstreamguy.com.
Here is what was interesting. There were Australians and Germans walking around his shop in the middle of nowhere Kansas. They were buying Airstreams and shipping them back home. I talked to the guys and they had developed businesses of completely restoring the Airstreams for their respective markets.
So, I turned the corner and there was a C-11 sitting inside the shop. It was listed at $7,000 and had drawn the attention of the Australians since they have good sized trucks.
![[image]](http://s739.photobucket.com/user/dgorton/media/c-11_zpsfid5s4hb.jpg.html)
I was stunned by the entrepreneurship that was tapping into a worldwide demand for the aluminum crafted trailers - and now perhaps for the Avion TC.
The resale numbers appear to be rising...
Gary was preparing to cut out the back of Argo's Ford yesterday to fit the Avion on the frame and a friend there remarked that it was going to hurt the value of the truck. I said I preferred to think of the process as increasing the value of the Avion substantially.
We'll be dry fitting early next week, with the passthrough in place!
Now lets see that BIG hole you have opened up
in the back of your truck cab!
1969 AVION
3/4 12 VALVE
Freightliner/24' Flatbed 50,000 miles/ Titan 4000 receiver Hitch, no Mods needed.
Desertboy wrote:
Hey folks, do any of you remember which one of the members had their Avion mounted on a trailer? I was going to show the wife that Pic and cant find it. This is a long thread when you are hunting for one picture.
Hey folks, do any of you remember which one of the members had their Avion mounted on a trailer? I was going to show the wife that Pic and cant find it. This is a long thread when you are hunting for one picture.
I did it and it is on this thread from about page 65 to 95 if I remember correctly.
Ford F-350 4x4 Diesel
1988 Avion Triple Axle Trailer
1969 Avion C-11 Camper
http://forums.woodalls.com/index.cfm/fus........053498/print/true/pging/true/page/54.cfm
Scroll down a bit.
He did some really impressive work on it.
Dennis
http://repairingyesterdaystrailers.yuku.com/topic/3388/Restoring-the-Avion-C11?page=2#.VfXvVEmFPIU
http://repairingyesterdaystrailers.yuku.com/topic/3387#.VfXvpUmFPIU
Long time no posts. Things have certainly changed for us over the past year or so, including a different truck, moving to a new home, and a hiatus from work to get the new home in order. Now searching for a couple of years worth of work in Central Florida to be followed by more-or-less retirement(whatever that word means).
As such, we have decided to pass our 1966 C-10 on to its new owners (whomever they may be). So, if you know anyone who is looking to own a beauty, have them go to:
http://staugustine.craigslist.org/rvs/5224346870.html
Thanks for all your help and encouragement. I'm sure we'll be in touch again.
UPDATE::
Short story is, we've probably changed our minds. lol. The more we look at her, the more we can't bear the thought of letting her go. Planning to do a few repairs on the floor just inside the door today. Have to look at new tie-down rig for the new truck. Then camping in October.
* This post was edited 09/28/15 01:39am by tonyj54 *
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
How does your front pass through work? Or maybe the question should be
how did the back of your truck cab work( with the camper)