Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

Some of you might recall my post on how to get my $500 eBay purchased teardrop from Pennsylvania to New Mexico. Well I got it here more than a month ago and have started a 'build' site:

http://www.samstoybox.com/teardrop/

Thus far it is more of an 'unbuild' site as I had to tear the teardrop completely down to the rusted chassis as the builder DIDN'T PAINT IT! No time for chit-chat, I've got sanding to do.

Oh my...

Be afraid. Be VERY afraid.

But look at the bright side:

Maybe the guy stashed some loot behind one of the skins that he forgot about.

Hey, I think it's way cool. You got a good start and some really usable "stuff" Look forward to following the build.

Geron

Wow!!! What IRA Rat said is right... Be very very afraid... I'd like to put that in the Hall of Fame, for a couple reasons...

One... to show people there are really dangers out there

Two... to show what has to be done to fix a mess like that...

Is that okay with you? Are you up to the challenge?

Mike...

Isaw the shelving unit you got for free and I highly reccomend intalling used furniture. I have an antique desk that I cut up for my galley, the main shelf is a wonderful oak and the styling would be impossible for me to repro. It took alot of gorilla glue and a bunch of 3D imagination but the whole thing works well and still has a vintage feel

the exterior radius looks to have been cut with a circular saw to be so choppy or is that an opitical illusion. It has great potential for a rebuild. I think you made out alright as long as the trailer is well made, better than the body, I hope

Sam


One thing for sure,,, you have the right stuff.


NASA has decals from the space ship Challenger. That might be a good name for your Project.

Good luck

Crankshaft

Oh, btw, I took another look at the trailer... and it looks like you made out okay. You have a decent trailer, that alone is worth the $500. Any other parts you can reuse is just a bonus...

Mike...

Boy that really surprised me...
Thinking back... The seller must have used some pretty outdated pictures, because it sure didn't seem that rough looking when I looke at that on Ebay a few months back...
This would be a good question to ask when buying a trailer on Ebay... "How recent are these photos?"

Sorry to hear that it isn't exactly what you expected. It sort of looks like someone attemped a comet design. As mentioned above, if the frame is in good shape and all the parts you have, it's worth 500$. It's tough to buy things sight unseen or poorly represented. Don't let it discourage you though, It just means a lot more work. Doug Hodder