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Postby MrgrumpyNJ » Thu Feb 14, 2008 12:19 am

Well i've been lurking around here long enough, I saw my first teardrop last summer at Parvin State Park and was hooked on them right then and there. My friend Dave picked up a 40's teardop from Todd in the Liberty Bell chapter and I will be giving him a hand in restoring it. After that I will be building my own in the same style as his with a few changes to my taste. I have a 69 Fleetwing 12' Wren that I use now and can not wait to get started on my own Teardrop. I already picked up Steves build CD (great stuff by the way) and got some great ideas from it. I will be posting pics of the restore as well as the one I will build for myself. Right now here are afew picks of my Fleetwing and of the Tear we are going to restore.
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Postby len19070 » Thu Feb 14, 2008 5:20 am

Hey Don
Welcome. I knew you were hooked last summer. Hope to see you at Parvin soon.

Happy Trails

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Postby sonar37 » Thu Feb 14, 2008 6:29 am

WELCOME!!!

Really cool trailers :D Can't wait to see that tear re-done

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Postby goldcoop » Thu Feb 14, 2008 7:25 am

Don-

Geez-

Your 1st post with PICS & all :lol:

Welcome to the sandbox!

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Postby MrgrumpyNJ » Thu Feb 14, 2008 8:13 am

Hehe, sorry about the size of the pics :duh: thought I had resized them propery but must have made a mistake along the line somewere. I'll figure it out sooner or later. :frustrated:

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Postby Miriam C. » Thu Feb 14, 2008 5:54 pm

MrgrumpyNJ wrote:Hehe, sorry about the size of the pics :duh: thought I had resized them propery but must have made a mistake along the line somewere. I'll figure it out sooner or later. :frustrated:

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Postby MrgrumpyNJ » Sat Feb 16, 2008 12:34 am

:) Thank you all for the warm welcome, I will be posting more pics of the Tear and what we are starting off with. At the moment I am stuck in N.Y.C. with work till late next week :x and wont be around to help my friend this weekend. He said he will be taking pictures as he goes along and try and send them to me. The connection here is not all that great so I will post pics as soon as I can

Have a great weekend all
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Postby swissarmygirl » Sat Feb 16, 2008 8:35 am

Welcome Don!

So...what exit?

Sorry...I think that's mandatory when you meet a fellow Jersian.

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Postby Nitetimes » Sat Feb 16, 2008 9:06 am

swissarmygirl wrote:Welcome Don!

So...what exit?

Sorry...I think that's mandatory when you meet a fellow Jersian.

:lol:


Isn't Jersey just and interstate and a landfill??? 8) :lol: :lol:
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Postby satch » Sat Feb 16, 2008 10:24 am

Nitetimes wrote:
swissarmygirl wrote:Welcome Don!

So...what exit?

Sorry...I think that's mandatory when you meet a fellow Jersian.

:lol:


Isn't Jersey just and interstate and a landfill??? 8) :lol: :lol:


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Postby Mike C. » Sat Feb 16, 2008 5:31 pm

Hi Don,


Welcome to the forum. Looks like you've got what you want to do figured out, so just get in and GitRDun!! Be sure and post pictures of your progress.

See you around. :thumbsup:
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Postby caseydog » Sat Feb 16, 2008 5:35 pm

Nitetimes wrote:
swissarmygirl wrote:Welcome Don!

So...what exit?

Sorry...I think that's mandatory when you meet a fellow Jersian.

:lol:


Isn't Jersey just and interstate and a landfill??? 8) :lol: :lol:


I was born in Southern NJ, and now live in Texas. Texas is more polluted. Houston makes Newark look clean. :lol:

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Postby MrgrumpyNJ » Sat Feb 16, 2008 11:05 pm

Nitetimes wrote:
swissarmygirl wrote:Welcome Don!

So...what exit?

Sorry...I think that's mandatory when you meet a fellow Jersian.

:lol:


Isn't Jersey just and interstate and a landfill??? 8) :lol: :lol:


Swissarmygirl - exit 4 if coming south on turnpike or exit 3 if going north 8)

Nitetimes - funny you should mention that. The company I work for is next to a landfill :lol:

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Postby wuhuman2003 » Mon Mar 17, 2008 10:29 pm

Hey Uncle Mike, I was looking at your photos, and your galley hinge looks almost exactly like mine. Have you ever had any problems with water? I want to replace as little as possible on the tear, and the addition of a hurricane hinge would definately be a major noticable change. By the way, I'm Dave, the owner of the 41 tear above, and I've known Don for longer than I care to think about. (Kinda reminds me of how old I'm getting.) That's it for now, Thanks, Peace, Dave. Image
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