I've dreamed of having a teardrop for years, and with the kid grown and out of the house, last winter we finally decided to make the upgrade from a tent. I have a very limited amount of mechanical ability, but my father can build anything so I gave him the assignment. I gave him some general ideas of things we'd like, and we toured several of them together last spring at Canoecopia, but beyond that, he pretty much had free reign to build it as he saw fit. It's still being finished up, but we're going to take it out on its maiden voyage this week.
Here's some of the photos of the build, in progress, starting with the built from scratch trailer: