New member with a '71 Avion project in the works!
Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2021 11:28 pm
Hi everyone,
I'm Ken, from Northern Ontario, and I recently started work on my 1971 25' Voyager, and figured I should find a place where there might be a collection of people with some know-how, so here I am.
I bought it for $900 cad, gutted and with some dings and dinge, but broadly solid. Enough to tow it a good 700kms back to my parents' place where I could store it. There it sat for a few years, with nothing but a little tinkering here and there, until now.
I haven't gotten far yet, as while I was hoping to build my own interior off of the original floor, the presence of rot along the edges and a couple of pretty ugly rust spots on the frame helped me to decide it was best to pull the floor, weld/repair the frame (conveniently picked up a gas welder recently for unrelated purposes), and just start from the ground up...literally. Besides, I'm not certain but have been treating that old floor like it involves asbestos...so I'd rather that just be gone anyway.
Looking forward to your insights and advice as I progress.
Let's see how this goes!
I'm Ken, from Northern Ontario, and I recently started work on my 1971 25' Voyager, and figured I should find a place where there might be a collection of people with some know-how, so here I am.
I bought it for $900 cad, gutted and with some dings and dinge, but broadly solid. Enough to tow it a good 700kms back to my parents' place where I could store it. There it sat for a few years, with nothing but a little tinkering here and there, until now.
I haven't gotten far yet, as while I was hoping to build my own interior off of the original floor, the presence of rot along the edges and a couple of pretty ugly rust spots on the frame helped me to decide it was best to pull the floor, weld/repair the frame (conveniently picked up a gas welder recently for unrelated purposes), and just start from the ground up...literally. Besides, I'm not certain but have been treating that old floor like it involves asbestos...so I'd rather that just be gone anyway.
Looking forward to your insights and advice as I progress.
Let's see how this goes!