Hello from a builder of vardos

[JawjaBoy]

Welcome,Timothy !

[SuperTroll]

UPDATE: it's been about a year and a half since Timothy posted this here.....and a few other folks have built this vardo, one in Canada, one in Mississippi, Tims son, NC I think, and now MINE built in Alabama...

I'm just about to pull my vardo out of the Garage, (built it off trailer and will mount it later due to height restrictions in the Garage)...still doing finishing trim work, the slide out table needs mounting under the bed, and the door needs the window installed and i've yet to hang it on hinges...

All credit to Timothy, please take a look at the book, buy the templates, and then build one....(I owe Tim that one because I did none of that.....I took basic info from his site, used the photos to exstrapolate a little, added touches gleaned from two or three other sites, and took to cuttin' and sawrin'....the results will soon be forthcoming, the Polyurethane is drying on the tabletop as I type this, but until I get the photos so far posted (I took not nearly as many as you will find on the link I'll post shortly) take a look at the BLOG for this one built in Mississippi.....

http://mygypsycaravan.blogspot.com/

[SuperTroll]

Now mine is NOT lightweight, I over built on purpose, using 3/4 inch ply, and I'm wiring 110V for lights and AIR, as well as 12V for lights and appliances, to include batteries and inverter.....

I've also taken the liberty of retaining the 4'X4' drop ramp on the trailer as a porch for the VARDO, when lowered I'll have a nifty place to set a lounge chair........and raised I'll have a first rate expanded steel security gate for the door....The 10Mil PE Tim used for a cover is not my style, I special ordered a Truckers Tarp in light gray for the roof, the door will be fitted with a deadbolt for a glass storm door, small, perfect for keeping the curious out....but obviously with a tarp roof, NOT the criminal element out.

This was built as a busywork project, started last February, it's use will be as a nightly resting place during trips to the lake 9 miles from my door...not much towing planned, but ya never know, if it tows well to Guntersville lake I may expand my horizons a little....

More Later

[Steve_Cox]

Looking forward to the of your Vardo

[del]

I like the roof colour!


del

[SuperTroll]

Dropped my disposable digital camera at CVS for developing (They put the photos on disc)...I'm an open water kayaker so I go cheap...if I drop the camera or it gets soaked I don't cry.....

Should have SOME photos by tomorrow night...

[SuperTroll]

some promised pics.......

http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/album/563851245sWnsUl?start=0

A few pics of an emergency power box for the house and a few of the web photos that have given me ideas are mixed in here.........