Hello from dorishunt

[dorishuntt]

Hello all,
I guess it is time to say a proper hello. My husband, David and I are starting to build a teardrop. Years ago a teardrop was given to his dad and slowly it fell apart. My husband’s brother (San Diego area) ended up with what was left and it sat in his yard for years. We were visiting him one time and got to talking and learned that it was a trailer frame and that it had had a teardrop on it. So about a month ago David went down took it apart and took it over to his uncle, who cleaned it up and sand blasted it and fixed anything that needed fixing and brought it up to us. So we have been just figuring out what we want to do, decided we like the shape of the Kit so we are going with that style. So far David has been working on the trailer part and the floor. I’m the one who does the researching, figuring out the design ideas and who will be helping with a lot of the finishing parts. The trailer frame has Zagelmeyer, Auto Camp Co, Bay City MI, the wheels on it seem to be old Ford ones and it did have a teardrop on it, but my brother-in-law doesn’t remember what it looked like. On the internet there is very little information about that name only mentions a tent trailer from the 20’s. (I did respond to one post on Desert teardrop trailers)
We live in Goleta, CA, next door to Santa Barbara one hundred miles up for Los Angeles. We first saw teardrops a few years ago on a Huell Houser show and really liked the idea, so now we are in the process of making it a reality.

[Pmullen503]

Cool.

Plenty of designs out there, though it would be nice to recreate the original.

[S. Heisley]

Welcome! Best Wishes on your build.