The Musketear Build

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And so it begins.

Got the two sides cut out and the openings for the doors. In the morning I plan on attaching the sides to the floor. That is my favorite part about building teardrops.

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[jdarkoregon]

Good to see you are making headway. Keep @ it

John

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Thanks John!

Another Pic

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I thought some might be interested in my lofting diagram. I know it is used for building boats but I thought it would work for laying out a tear profile.

The red lines are every 6 inches. I worked with two 10 foot by 4 foot pieces of plywood. Nails were gently tapped in at the intersection of red and green lines.

The black lines are simply measurement lines. Notice the first nail was placed 2'-11 5/16"
Its easy to



Then I took a bendable piece of wood to follow the curves on the nails and bingo used a pencil to trace the profile.

[Archy88]

I'll be keeping a very close eye on this build. I've got a 2002 v6 that I might utilize as a tow vehicle candidate. The 1000lb tow rating is killing me though. I also thought about making the connection between the car and trailer. Maybe some horse skin blankets, etc. Hopefully you get some more pics up soon so I can steal a few ideas

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I'll be keeping a very close eye on this build. I've got a 2002 v6 that I might utilize as a tow vehicle candidate. The 1000lb tow rating is killing me though. I also thought about making the connection between the car and trailer. Maybe some horse skin blankets, etc. Hopefully you get some more pics up soon so I can steal a few ideas

My car is a 2002 as well. Great year for Stangs. Feel free to steal all you want. This place (forum) is full of good ideas.

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Got a couple of Kreg Jigs. Love the things.


Pocket Holes in the sides.


Attached the sides. Put a pocket hole every 6 inches. Made for a very strong joint.


Adding more trusses.

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Added some more rafters.


Set some luan on top to see how it is going to look. Sort of gets me excited. Also makes me feel that the tear build is going a bit too fast. I'm really enjoying this build.

[parnold]

It really looks like it's starting to come together the first time you throw up the luan... even if it's just sitting there, it makes it look more solid.

Keep up the good work!

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Thanks Paul.

Got better pic of the rafters all done. Just have the last two to put in around the roof vent once I buy it.

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Made a bit of progress. I got some of the supplies ordered and picked up some lumber so there should be some pretty major progress this week.

While I'm waiting for things to be delivered, I started on the wheel wells.



Also am getting the trailers all ready to transfer my teardrop from one red trailer to another. The axle is a bit wrong. One wheel seems to be higher than the other. Doesn't line up quite right. So after I move it over i'll check out the old trailer and see if something is off.

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Moving the Tear to the Good Trailer.

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I am mostly figuring out just where to place things like the inside walls kitchen pull out etc.

Getting the wall location figured out.




Finishing up the wheel wells.

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I got the wall between the kitchen and bedroom installed permanently. I'll be gluing and screwing in the wheel wells and hopefully putting in a cove of resin and wood flour where the walls meet the floor. Sort of a stitch and glue thing from boat building. I think it will make for a more finished look. Stay tuned.