Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

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Oh how cute is that! Keep the pictures coming! Oh and take measurements.

Aunti M wrote:

Oh how cute is that! Keep the pictures coming! Oh and take measurements.

I'll second that!

I just love the dropped floor idea! - Looking forward to the rebuild

Outstanding.....

I believe this is a rare find. This folks can help with the restoration

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=346080

I believe Puck was the pixy sprite in Shakespear's Mid Summer Night's Dream

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Here is a whole page of old Eribas on the German OldieCaravan site:
http://www.oldiecaravan.de/Hersteller_A ... eriba.html

The weight of the small/early Pucks is impressive - under 300kg (660lb) for a standy.

Andrew

angib wrote:Here is a whole page of old Eribas on the German OldieCaravan site:
http://www.oldiecaravan.de/Hersteller_A ... eriba.html

The weight of the small/early Pucks is impressive - under 300kg (660lb) for a standy.

Andrew

I have found some variations in the weight. The earlier ones were apparently a bit lighter. I know there is a bit less cabinets and it was somewhat shorter. My living area is 9 1/2 by 4 3/4 foot. I think the first years were closer to 8 foot long. One site has my 71 as heavy as 350kg (770 pound). My daily rider motorcycle weighs more then that!
Looks like I will be adding AC (used only with camp hook up) and a battery. The Puck ran power for a couple of dome lights from the tow vehicle's battery. Hopefully still stay under 1000 pounds.
By the way Andrew, that was a nice link. I didn't find that one. Nice to see pictures of the different years and models in one place. Thanks.
Jerry

I have slowly been making some progress. Tried a "rotisserie restoration" without the moving parts. Made a easy way to work on the bottom.



A new torsion suspension is now on. Someone in the past converted it to a leaf spring that made it about 5 inches taller and 3 inches narrower in track, seemed like a bad idea. The thing looked like a strong wind would blow it over. It scared me every time I looked at it. Now the width looks good and it is about 3 inches lower. The tires are oversize and it is now about a low as it can go with out changing the wheels. I like the size and ground clearance but its not nearly so frighting to look at any more.

All the rusted tubing is replaced and almost ready for paint. The front window frame still needed work when the picture was taken. If you look close you may notice some of the tube on the top of the opening (or bottom in the picture) is completely rusted away. I have the aluminum sheets now and looking forward to getting the skins back on.

Jerry

Aside from the roof, are there any compound curves for you to deal with?
It appears they got an appealing over all shape without compound curves.

Go spidey go

john wrote:Aside from the roof, are there any compound curves for you to deal with?
It appears they got an appealing over all shape without compound curves.

John

No compound curves, just flat .025 aluminum attached to the three steel tube hoops around the frame, the top, mid and bottom. For the trailer sides they started with one piece that went from the point on the front of the trailer to a bit past the back corner attached to the mid and bottom hoops. The next piece overlapped it going from the top to the mid hoop.

Around the front and sides the mid hoop is about two inches wider then the top or bottom. This gives a nice sweep out and back in of the skin. At the back the mid is the same as the bottom but the top is about four inches shorter. There the skin goes vertical from bottom to mid then rakes forward to the top. It does end up with a nice shape for being just flat material and not using all of the wedges that coaches like the Airstream did. So far it looks like something even I can replace, time will tell how well.

Jerry

We, the dog Clyde and I have been making some progress. All the rusted steel has been replace and painted. New floor is cut and fitted but not screwed down yet.



One of the things important around here was sorting out a air conditioner install. There was a small bit of floor space across from the door. Added a tube frame to support a window AC at floor level. There will be aluminum duct added to bring air from under the floor into the sides and top to the condenser. Air discharge out the side of the trailer. Needed to do a bit of cutting on the cabinets which would be easier without the skin.

As long as I am adding weight also looking at doing the inside walls in Birch ply, it was a very light fabric. Also seems like it will be easier to fit the paneling before the skins. I think it is going to need a little hot water to fit the corners. After fitting and trimming they can be put aside of installation later. That the plan anyway. Clyde and I will see how the reality goes.

Jerry

Great so far. I really think this is the cutest thing.

Now about that double post---you can delete your own if you catch it before a new post. Just click on the X at the right corner of the post.

Have you looked at Bendy Birch? It will bend those radii.