Category: Rock Guard Rescue!
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UNIQUE REAR Rock Guard install!
This article is about retro-fitting an original Avion rock guard to use on our REAR window of our 1087 32S model. This production year the rear bedroom had the same window system as the trailer front window. We were lucky enough (in 2019) to find a circa ’80s original front Rock guard that we could…
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Rock Guard Rescue- PT 3
For those following our Rock Guard 3R’s (rescue, restore, reinstall) we are on the final step. Installation of our beautiful, newly rehab’d rock guard we salvaged off of a 1983-84 crunched Avion we found by sheer luck not more than 1.5 hours from our house and in a campground bone yard in a tiny town…
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Rock Guard Rescue- Avion Trailer, Part II
Spoiler alert—be sure to visit our Rock Guard Rescue Part I before jumping in here! In this part II blog post I am going to review how we made measurements and decisions on how to best do the “THREE R’S” (rescue, repair and re-invigorate) our classic original Avion rock guard. As mentioned in our previous…
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Rock Guard Rescue-Avion Trailer, PT 1
We purchased our 1973 Avion in September 2016. Quite a birthday present for me if I do say so! Our rock guard (original to 1973) was in decent shape, with the logo faded and some stress cracks at the angle support hinge area on top. Both of these “age-related illnesses” are ones that are very…
ThePewterPalace-Our Love Affair with Avions 