Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

by **KCStudly** » Fri Mar 22, 2013 4:15 pm

Congrats on the prize for the van. You must be chuffed silly! :thumbsup:

by **jackdaw** » Fri Mar 22, 2013 4:41 pm

KCStudly wrote:Congrats on the prize for the van. You must be chuffed silly!

Indeed we were... I'm very pleased with the combo....

Possibly more stoked that 5 teardrops won best club display at a VW show that had loads of dub clubs attending...3 of the tow vehicles weren't VW's :oops:

Here's a shot of the dis guarded gazebos going down as groundsheets....It made us so much more comfortable :lol:

We've never needed them before

by **grizz** » Sat Mar 23, 2013 3:39 am

jackdaw wrote:i ended up using a light board for the weekend... but the proper lights have now turned up so I 'll make up some brackets and get them fitted.....
Any how We had a proper wet weekend for the first outing of the year at Dubaid3 ... We won the best club display ...and the best Splitscreen van so I was over the moon
A truly fantastic weekend

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DAVE !!!!!

Just seen this build thread.

LOVELY!

I really have to try the pyro art, and give burning something a go.

I need to speak to you about those canopies some time. Nicola saw it and loves them, anything to drag her back into the dark side.

Stunning build mate. and well done for club stand ans splitty.

by **jackdaw** » Sat Mar 23, 2013 6:36 am

Cheers Grizz , I've enjoyed the build every bit as much as the previous builds....More so even as the workshop has been great. :thumbsup:

No more building in caravans for me :lol:

I've still got a few little bits to finish off on Mambo, but in true traileritis fasion....I could be picking up the next donor tomorrow :lol:

The canopy is a 4.5m Coleman event shelter....Usually available for around £130 .....Sides are extra as is a groundsheet. We have a couple of sides but rarely use them. We jumped on a Amazon deal when they advertised them for £65 ...instead of £65 off RRP ...We bought 2 as did a few of our friends.They honored the deal but didn't repeat it :lol:

by **Rlowell** » Sat Mar 23, 2013 10:54 am

I Love It!! Great job and at that pase...

Looks like you are have a great time as well.

Rod :applause:

by **jackdaw** » Sat Mar 23, 2013 12:01 pm

Many thanks Rod... It's sometimes good to have a deadline to work to ....

We had a great time in some of the worst teardropping weather we've ever experienced....

I even had my photo in the local press... They've asked if they could do a feature.....

by **Rlowell** » Sat Mar 23, 2013 1:05 pm

I can see why they would want to do that!! :applause:

Cheers!

Rod

by **pbeardsley** » Sat Mar 23, 2013 7:14 pm

Insanity is alive and well and living in Malmesbury! :lol:

You're a braver man than me staying around in mud like that Dave, so well done indeed.

Mambo is looking mighty fine too.

by **jackdaw** » Sun Mar 24, 2013 7:15 pm

pbeardsley wrote:Insanity is alive and well and living in Malmesbury! You're a braver man than me staying around in mud like that Dave, so well done indeed.

Mambo is looking mighty fine too.

Cheers Pete. We had by far, the best camping trip of this year, so far :lol:

We've been up the workshop today just cleaning up stuff :lol:

by **doug hodder** » Sun Mar 24, 2013 7:42 pm

Congrats on the Mambo and award, looks great behind the bus! It's one great looking trailer! Camping in the mud like that isn't always the best time, glad you were able to make the most of it and still be smiling. Keep up the trailer building. Doug

by **jackdaw** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 2:13 pm

doug hodder wrote:Congrats on the Mambo and award, looks great behind the bus! It's one great looking trailer! Camping in the mud like that isn't always the best time, glad you were able to make the most of it and still be smiling. Keep up the trailer building. Doug

Thanks Doug....I'm really pleased you like both Mambo and the bus :thumbsup:

Coming from a man that has inspired me to build 'nice trailers'...that means a lot :thumbsup:

It turned out to be the best weekend of the year .....so far anyway :lol:

We had a year of rain last year and a lot of shows and trips had to be cancelled.... I'm hoping for a drier season this year, but at the moment a lot of the country is covered in snow !!! Summer officially starts at the weekend....It can only get warmer than the zero temperatures we're enduring.

Hopefully we'll get chance to sort the lights out at the weekend

by **DMcCam** » Wed Mar 27, 2013 11:10 pm

Another fantastic build Jack! I love the VW bus combo too! You're builds are amazing to follow, thank you for sharing them with us...and of course, your camping pics too. :thumbsup:

Cheers,

Dave

by **jackdaw** » Mon May 27, 2013 3:46 am

DMcCam wrote:Another fantastic build Jack! I love the VW bus combo too! You're builds are amazing to follow, thank you for sharing them with us...and of course, your camping pics too.

Cheers,

Dave

Thank you very much Dave. Praise indeed from an inspiring builder .... :thumbsup:

I've done a few finishing of jobs on the trailer and for now it's considered done.....The tongue and mudguards have been painted black... Silver wheels

Fitted the fog light...and new lights

Made up some new light brackets from 15mm chrome plated copper pipe.... and fixed them to the trailer with shower fittings...

by **PKCSPT** » Mon May 27, 2013 4:04 am

by **klrbaer** » Tue May 28, 2013 3:48 pm

Great looking little teardrop.

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