British Teardrop builder

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Just finished my Teardrop, I photographed every stage and in the end took over 1200 photos and made a book of my build.

This is the finished Teardrop :



A rear view :



An Interior view :



I will add photos from each chapter, there are 13 chapters.

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Nice looking rig. Like the seat inside. Where in Britain are you?

Jerome

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Hi im in York, which is 200 miles north of London.

The box cushions are on both sides and it can seat 4, then its a matter of folding down the table and the cushions make up the 6 x 4 foot mattress. Sleeps !

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The other side of the interior. All mod cons, TV, DVD, Radio, Heater and LED colour changing lighting ! (what more could a man want?)

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Chapter 1

Chapter 1 was building the actual trailer base, Ive included 4 photos of the 110 photos i took of building the actual trailer base made from 50mm x 50mm box section steel, with full suspension units on 10" wheels.



Then fitted with a 8 x 4 foot plywood deck.

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First i welded a simple rectangle out of the box section steel, with mitered corners :



Then added cross pieces of steel box section :



The wheels and suspension were fixed to the trailer main frame:



Finally the plywood deck was fitted: