Hi Everyone!
It looks like I will be inheriting a 27 foot
1966 Avion trailer and a late 1960s Avion camper (C10 or C11, I forget). My wife has given me fairly reasonable, strict, simple demands if I am allowed to keep them. They both need toilets that work, water tanks that hold water, and can't be money pits for repairs to keep them road-worthy. She's a smart lady... and has a point.
I already know that the camper needs new fresh and waste tanks. Crap! How do I fix that? I've never seen another camper like this before...
I know the trailer will need a toilet and bathroom installed because they were removed to make room for other things. Thankfully it still has a black tank but I think it is 11 gallons. Can that be right?
Okay, and the biggest question I have is about rust. How much rust on the trailer chassis is too much? I plan to post photos later today. I know the axles were installed in 2009 but I don't know if the suspension was installed at the same time. How can I determine the state of the frame without bringing it to shop and removing the entire underbelly? The underbelly has lots of aluminum anode corrosion where it was touching the steel chassis. Is that a really bad sign? I can tell that it has been re-secured in many places with screws instead of pop-rivots.
To put it all another way, should I sell these things as is and consider buying a 30 year newer trailer instead? How much of a headache is it going to be to keep these things "flight worthy"?