AVION Travel Trailers

Salty, looks like you got it figured out nicely. You can pull them with a standard hand rivet puller. If you really want to go big, get a air powered puller from aircraft spruce and speacilty, the cheap one works great, I’ve pulled a lot of rivets with it. Setting them properly is key as the locking...

The appeal of the Avion to me was the aluminum construction and ease of repairing it. I wouldn’t touch Olympic rivets. In the aircraft industry we avoid them as well. If I can’t buck the tails on a solid rivet I would only use Cherrymax blind rivets. Structurally they can replace solids size for siz...

I personally wouldn’t worry about it. We use acetone to clean aluminum regularly in the aviation industry. While it needs to be treated as a potentially dangerous chemical and proper safety protocols taken it is benign on aluminum and the hard anodizing won’t be affected. I.e it won’t cause corrosion.

Thanks for the advice. That will have to wait for this winter. There’s to much camping to do right now. That and a toilet install.

Bob - thanks. I’m mulling over whether to paint the cabinets or leave them be. Do you have a photo of how yours came out?

Thanks

Oliver

I built mine from galvanized channel and plexiglass I found at the hardware store. Pop rivets and some aluminum hinge I had on hand. An idea if you don’t want to buy one. Chuck had one a year ago when I stopped in to see him and have him give my 28J a look see. He lost his mold in a fire so there wo...

Just finished repainting the interior. The vinyl on the aluminum sheeting was in good condition just a off yellow color that was sickly looking. I found Nuvo cabinet paint “Titanium White” that went on very nice. Cleaned the walls with super clean and then a alcohol wipe prior to painting. Two coats...

My 78 28J has a similar latch but dimensionally the hole is farther from the latch tongue than the 225. I bought them thinking they would work but alas they won’t. These use a steel spring and mine use only the plastic as a spring. Wish I could find the originals. I’d use the 225 but I’d have to mov...