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1965 avion c 10 truck camper the reimagining of a vintage aluminum truck camper skip to content search search for 1965 avion c 10 truck camper the reimagining of a vintage aluminum truck camper menu home contact open search renovation and updating of a 1965 avion c 10 truck camper in 1998 we purchased a 1964 airstream overlander the following year while travelling an interstate through ohio i saw an avion truck camper and the search began we purchased this 1965 avion truck camper on ebay in the fall of 2006 at the time we didn t have a truck so i picked up the camper and brought it home from virginia on a flatbed car hauler behind our suburban a couple of years after we bought the camper a tree fell on it damaging the roof over the cabover but fortunately leaving the front curved segments undamaged now we are finally at a point where we can take on this project the goal is to renovate the camper mostly with modern appliances and materials to make it comfortable and practical to use not to restore it to original condition featured post featured 1 cabover bed the cabover bed area is finally mostly finished in an earlier post i mentioned extending the cabover so that the east west bed which was originally about 46 by 88 could become continue reading cabover bed october 10 2025 1 steps and storage our avion came without steps my goals were to make entry and exit easy to increase storage and to maintain the fibreglass bustle as described in an earlier post i had already raised the camper 4 to create a basement for grey water tanks and to make it better fit the dimensions of the truck that frame of 2 x 4 rectangular aluminum tube provided the perfect place to mount the new step i m hesitating to call it a step bumper because i hope that it never gets bumped continue reading steps and storage october 26 2023 0 aluminum wings if you ve been reading all along you ll know that i replaced the wings and cabover with wood then went back and redid the cabover with aluminum after finding a leak after finding more leaks over the wings i tore out the new wood and replaced it with aluminum in a similar method as with the cabover i think it s best just to assume that old campers will leak continue reading aluminum wings october 14 2023 2 shower pan with the plan to switch from a toilet and black tank to a thetford cassette toilet i knew that i would need a different shower pan and having sold the original shower to an avion trailer owner i was committed it would be impossible to find something pre made so i decided to try my hand at fibreglass continue reading shower pan january 28 2023 0 cabover setback i was disappointed last spring to find that the cabover was leaking and the new plywood was delaminating i went over all the suspected leak points and i think i got them all but decided to tear it out and replace with aluminum so i wouldn t have to worry about future leaks continue reading cabover setback september 11 2022 0 if you have to add a patch it might as well make a statement this one covers the old stove vent the white part of the flag is original anodized aluminum september 10 2022 0 plumbing vent every tank needs to be vented to allow air to exit and enter when the fluid level changes our avion will has two grey tanks connected end to end placed under the floor but no black tank the black tank is replaced by the cassette toilet the fresh water tank also needs to be vented but that is a separate system continue reading plumbing vent august 29 2022 0 i know that it was originally orange and i even bought a can of allis chalmers orange but i just couldn t april 15 2022 0 jalousie windows i ve always liked the look of jalousie windows on a vintage camper but the ones on either side of the 65 avion truck camper have a flaw that can cause them to leak they are high enough on the wall that they slant inwards at the top and since the sill is designed to be horizontal when the window is installed it actually slants inward continue reading jalousie windows august 31 2021 0 running lights i m still in the middle of many jobs but the running lights are now installed i put in the three across the front and decided i didn t care for the look of the white plastic bases the lights are continue reading running lights may 2 2021 0 posts navigation older posts create a free website or blog at wordpress com up 1965 avion c 10 truck camper blog at wordpress com subscribe subscribed 1965 avion c 10 truck camper sign me up already have a wordpress com account log in now privacy 1965 avion c 10 truck camper subscribe subscribed sign up log in report this content view site in reader manage subscriptions collapse this bar loading comments write a comment email required name required website design a site like this with wordpress com get started