Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

by **baloo** » Sat Jan 29, 2011 4:45 am

The hardest part of this restoration so far has been the rebuilding of this wheel ,I discovered when I removed the tyre that the inner rim all the way round was totally rotten . At this point I thought I was going to have to get new wheels and new stub axles, knowing these would be difficult to find due to their age I had a go at rebuilding the rim . Luckily Barry (the man that can) made me a former to make the inner rim so it would be easier to reproduce and I welded the new metal in . I was pleased with the result .

Regards Chris

by **Classic Finn** » Sat Jan 29, 2011 7:38 am

Baloo excellent work. :applause:

Many people would have thrown them wheels away and bought new ones to replace.
But here in Euroland we salvage everything possible and redo all possible.

That is going to be sweet.

by **Cliffmeister2000** » Sat May 21, 2011 2:51 pm

Any updates?

by **baloo** » Sat May 21, 2011 3:54 pm

We have been busy with building another teardrop at the moment which is nearly finished . So then back to the Snail . regards Chris and Sue

by **caseydog** » Sat May 21, 2011 5:28 pm

Are you building the other to camp in for the summer? I do want to see the snail project continue, but one has to camp. :yes:

CD

by **Alleged User** » Sat May 21, 2011 5:55 pm

You don't know us from a hole in the wall, but I was up home in Massachusetts last weekend visiting my family, and my brother and I were sitting around talking trailers, and the Snail came up. We love that thing.

My brother is considering a snail design for his next creation...to take place in the stable beside his cabin car and my nearly-completed tin-skinned TD that he's just finishing up.

Rock on, little Snail!

by **Cliffmeister2000** » Sat May 21, 2011 6:04 pm

baloo wrote:We have been busy with building another teardrop at the moment which is nearly finished . So then back to the Snail . regards Chris and Sue

Okay, we could settle for photos of the new teardrop.

by **jackdaw** » Sat May 21, 2011 7:08 pm

Here you go Cliff, I think you might like it

http://tnttt.com/viewtopic.php?t=43946

Could we get a moderator to move it to the build section ?

by **Cliffmeister2000** » Sun May 22, 2011 3:15 am

Thanks! I can't believe I missed it! :thumbsup:

by **baloo** » Thu Jun 02, 2011 2:57 pm

Here are a few pics of our progress on our trailer that we are building at the moment .

The old skool rain deflectors.

The interior cupboards taking shape.

The galley almost finished.

fenders offered up .

Polishing process begins .

We hope to resume restoration on the Snail in about three weeks time to get it ready for mid summer .
Regards Chris and Sue

by **baloo** » Mon Aug 03, 2015 1:40 pm

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Well 4yrs have passed since we have worked on 'Brian the snail' but we have finally managed to restore him . He had to go on the back burner as we were too busy building trailers for our clients. But we have had two weekends away in him now and he is so lovely he feels so much more roomier than our 10x5 trailers that we build and I also have the added bonus of being able to sit in him with a table for eating etc if the weather is bad and as we live in the UK that's not difficult as our weather is so changeable.

by **S. Heisley** » Mon Aug 03, 2015 7:10 pm

Congratulations! Thanks for sharing. :applause:

We'd love to see some Galley and Cabin pictures, when you've got the time.

Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

The Snail 'Brian' restoration progress.

Re: The Snail 'Brian' restoration progress.

Re: The Snail 'Brian' restoration progress.

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