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DOORS AND WINDOWS

Postby Tiki Dude » Thu Oct 13, 2005 3:09 pm

I am in the beginning stages of building my new Teardrop design and need an economical source for windows and a manufactured door. Any ideas? Thanks
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Postby mikeschn » Thu Oct 13, 2005 3:20 pm

Grant has a good price on windows...

http://www.teardrops.net/LilBear/parts.html

Don't know about the doors though...

Oh btw, welcome to the forum! 8)

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Postby Guest » Thu Oct 13, 2005 3:28 pm

Welcome Aboard,
Give Cary at Camp-Inn a shout... He sells their door as a kit.
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Postby Gerdo » Thu Oct 13, 2005 4:10 pm

Most of us build our own doors. Not that big of a deal. Take your time and think them carefully, like everything else on your tear. Lots of great help on this forum.
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Postby ralaco » Thu Oct 13, 2005 4:44 pm

Look at

http://kmtparts.com/

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Re: DOORS AND WINDOWS

Postby Steve_Cox » Thu Oct 13, 2005 4:56 pm

Tiki Dude wrote:I am in the beginning stages of building my new Teardrop design and need an economical source for windows and a manufactured door. Any ideas? Thanks


Tiki Dude - Welcome to the forum. :twisted:

Did some checking myself, didn't find anything in the catagory of "economical manufactured teardrop door". Grant at Lil' Bear has about the best prices on the awning style windows though. The Camp-Inn doors are really nice, high quality dosen't come cheap though. If you can build a teardrop you can build doors. Thats what I think anyway..

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Postby DandyWarholsTeardrop » Thu Oct 13, 2005 8:35 pm

I got both my windows at the local auto junkyard. One from a conversion van and one from an old prison van! Paid $15 for the vertical and $20 for horizontal. Had to remove them myself which was cool because I was careful and got the trim rings too. Both are black sliders, with smoked glass and screens. I have some pics on my album if you want to check them out. The only window I bought new was the black smoked porthole that I'm going to put in the door. That cost me more than the other two combined!
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Postby doug hodder » Thu Oct 13, 2005 9:45 pm

I used Grants windows...he also has some black anodized ones....I prefer the crank out style...it's more like the originals and in the rain...it doesn't come in like it could on a slider....just my thoughts....Doug
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Postby Tiki Dude » Fri Oct 14, 2005 2:14 pm

You folks are great, thanks for the help. I found some great windows on eBAY, plus vents, skylights, etc.
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Postby asianflava » Fri Oct 14, 2005 2:56 pm

I bought my windows semi-locally, I had to drive about an hour. They are the exact same windows that Grant sells.
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Windows

Postby Doug Adams » Tue Oct 25, 2005 6:29 am

I bought 21x21 windows on ebay. HEHR Was the Mfg.frankbear was the seller. The windows are sliding with screens. I paid $141.30. That was including shipping and handeling.
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Re: DOORS AND WINDOWS

Postby cracker39 » Tue Oct 25, 2005 7:31 am

Steve_Cox wrote:Did some checking myself, didn't find anything in the catagory of "economical manufactured teardrop door". Grant at Lil' Bear has about the best prices on the awning style windows though. The Camp-Inn doors are really nice, high quality dosen't come cheap though. If you can build a teardrop you can build doors. Thats what I think anyway..

Steve in St Augustine 8)


Steve, was your $40 shipping for one window or two? I may decide to skip the cheaper sash windows I found and go with the awning type. I will probably wait to see what type window is in the door I'm getting from Redneck and try to match it as closely as possible.
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Doors and Windows

Postby Toolie » Fri Oct 28, 2005 7:39 pm

Has anyone tried this company?
http://www.buccaneermfg.com/default.htm
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Re: DOORS AND WINDOWS

Postby Steve_Cox » Fri Oct 28, 2005 9:46 pm

cracker39 wrote:Steve, was your $40 shipping for one window or two? I may decide to skip the cheaper sash windows I found and go with the awning type. I will probably wait to see what type window is in the door I'm getting from Redneck and try to match it as closely as possible.


$40 was shipping for 2 windows and 2 door latches, UPS ground. Grant did an excellent job with the packaging too. At first it seemed like a lot of money but after hours of google, found this to be pretty reasonable. Anything shipped from coast to coast ain't cheap anymore.

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Postby Guest » Fri Oct 28, 2005 10:17 pm

Toolie,
Buccaneer is a distributor for HEHR windows...
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