Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

by **kooky1976** » Wed Jul 06, 2011 2:58 am

Hi everyone,

Thought I'd put my pics to date up for the tear I'm building. This is my first build and I'm finding I'm over engineering it althought the weight isn't as much as you might supect.

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by **madjack** » Wed Jul 06, 2011 3:12 am

...pretty cool looking BUT, I gotta admit, it does look severely over engineered(a common problem) and consequently, very heavy(another common problem)...got any idea of weight...thanks for the pics...we do luv 'em...doanchano....................
madjack

by **kooky1976** » Wed Jul 06, 2011 3:14 am

madjack wrote:...pretty cool looking BUT, I gotta admit, it does look severely over engineered(a common problem) and consequently, very heavy(another common problem)...got any idea of weight...thanks for the pics...we do luv 'em...doanchano....................
madjack

Cheers. I'm aiming for no more than 600kg. The nose weight is 35kg at present.

by **GuyllFyre** » Wed Jul 06, 2011 4:10 pm

So what's the planned tow vehicle?
The Jaguar in the driveway or the Mercedes on the curb?
It's definitely looking nice!

by **kooky1976** » Wed Jul 06, 2011 4:25 pm

GuyllFyre wrote:So what's the planned tow vehicle?
The Jaguar in the driveway or the Mercedes on the curb?
It's definitely looking nice!

Lol- the Jag used to be bine. I sold it to my Dad. The Merc is mine but I don't think the tear will suit it!

Today I started putting the cupboards together in the galley. Still got to put the doors on and install the cupboards in the sleeping area.

by **steve smoot** » Wed Jul 06, 2011 4:41 pm

Very neat workmanship. Love the brick floor in the garage too. :thumbsup:

by **David S** » Wed Jul 06, 2011 9:27 pm

Nice work.what do you plan for the exterior finish? :applause:

by **kooky1976** » Thu Jul 07, 2011 6:05 am

Cheers. I'm going to be building custom fenders and then spraying the whole thing in gloss metallic midnight blue cellulose (following waterproofing and high build primer). Clearcoat on top of that. I'm toying with 2-toning it with a pearl white.

by **kooky1976** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 2:14 am

A quick update. Did some work on the inside.

Will post more this evening.

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