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1957 Avion 20' Travel Trailer
This trailer is SOLD.
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 The side access panel to the under-bunk storage closes tight; it's just unlocked and hanging open in this photo. 4/01 |
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 It appears that this was Ernie Irvan's race trailer. Ernie started racing for Kodak in the late '60's ('68?), and the bumper sticker is from that era. 4/01 |
 The streaking in the photos is rain. 4/01 |
 We've had a lot of rain on the farm this spring. This "pond" was my back yard up until a few weeks ago. 4/01 |
 The rear window has been replaced. 4/01 |
 Here's the "curb side" of the trailer. The streaks are rainwater running down. 4/01 |
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| 4/01: The interior is rough, but the stove and
fridge work. The floor is sound, it just needs new tile. There is no bath in
the unit, normal for pre-1960 trailers. Instead, the entire rear third is a
wall-to-wall bed, about a queen-size. The dinette seats are foward of the door,
but there is no built-in dinette table. Wardrobe closets (2), furnace and
kitchen are mid-ships. I've been told the furnace works, too, although I
haven't tested it. The bed and dinette cushions have been recently re-upholstered in dark blue. The foam is so firm that I think they're all new cushions. The curtains are fairly new, but are made of a cheap material and bear replacing. Still, replace the tile on the floor and scrub everything down good, and after painting the inside of the door I'll have a nicely serviceable unit. I towed the trailer from Tennessee to Georgia without torsion bars or an anti-sway bar, and it towed just fine. I was driving a '94 Blazer 4x4 with a 4.3 L V6. The hitch takes a 2 5/16" ball. |
 More work went into putting Ernie's name on the trailer than Kodak's, as you can tell by the fading. 4/01 |
 The body is in good shape except for 2 small "jacknife" dents in the lower front panels. It should be easy enough to bang this out from the inside. It has a good shine to it, and could be polished (I don't see any corrosion on the aluminum). 4/01 |
 The sliding screen door is intact and working. Yea, the paint job here is pretty ugly. I believe it can be buffed out, but I'm inclined to paint over it. 4/01 |
Last updated 3/31/03
