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[grizz]

QUICK EDIT....... Seems Hello Kitty is out, and Surf's Up !! is now the theme, as both Hannah and Jeff the boyfriend are surfers and the Kitty theme could be embarrassing.


I guess it had to happen some time.

Another build.

After we finished the Grizz-Pod last year, Nicola did mumble something about building another teardrop and selling it on for a small profit.

In the mean time we got married, sold 2 houses, moved house, lost my job, built a massive BBQ, spent savings, did DIY projects and eventually sorted out the garage and then this week got the paving in front of the garage sorted.

A while ago we were discussing Hannah, Nicola's daughter and her love of surfing, camping and the fact that she is now at Uni doing radiography...... Guess where this is going?? Riiiiight.

Hanah drives a 1.0 liter Suzuki Alto, which means the Teardrop has to be made of balsa wood and rice paper, with marshmallow wheels.

She also has a massive thing for "Hello Kitty" stuff.







Get my drift ?

Anyhow, now that the house, job and driveway are all sorted, I am starting to look for a lightweight trailer or chassis onto which to build her a small 8x4 foot teardrop trailer. It may even become a trolley top in the end.

We now have space, a sorted garage, and hopefully by the 10th October a 10x8 foot woodwork room.

Space:




Last night just after 10.30pm I had the first potential part of the Hello Kitty Mansion delivered by Mattthejew from VZi, after he and a mate had played football down in Strood. So a big thank you to Matt for the delivery, he volunteered.

This is what we have to work with for starters.

Progress will be slow as I start gathering the bits for the new build.




Here we have as always, Harley the "security cat" inspecting the delivery. I suspect she will be helping with most of the build as she loves dust, powertools and constantly inspecting progress.

Ultimately it will not, and should not be a Grizz-Pod.

THREAD HERE:

http://www.retrorides.proboards.com/ind ... 389&page=1








So this all poses the question..... am I mad ?

What says the collective conscience ?

QUICK EDIT....... Seems Hello Kitty is out, and Surf's Up !! is now the theme, as both Hannah and Jeff the boyfriend are surfers and the Kitty theme could be embarrassing.

[absolutsnwbrdr]

So this all poses the question..... am I mad ?

Yes, but it'll be fun to watch!

[GuyllFyre]

So this all poses the question..... am I mad ?
What says the collective conscience ?

I pose this question to myself all the time.
The answer is, Yes, I am but when has it stopped us before?

[S. Heisley]

Grizz wrote:

So this all poses the question..... am I mad ?

I think that’s a prerequisite to building any teardrop or tiny travel trailer. I suspect most of asked ourselves that question. I know I have stated, “I gotta be crazy!â€

[StPatron]

Rest assured, Rian. You're not the only mad and crazy one here. Just take a look at my latest build update.

Guess what came back in the mail last week? Yeah, a worn, well-traveled package. No idea why it bounced, maybe those dog sniffers light up on the catnip smell. I'll toss some more goodies in it and give it another go, third time's a charm, huh?

Congrats on all the projects you've done, you've really made some nice improvements to the new place. I sure like that paver block area and that bbq.

Harley's twin brother Dew says hi. I still can't get over the similarity of our cats.




I can tell, this is gonna be yet another fantastic build thread!

[grizz]

Zach, Guyllfyre, Sharon and Gary.... thanks for the comments.

Bloody Harley went missing the last 24 hours, I just got homr at 6.45pm and found her at the top of the stairs obstructing me, until I had rubbed her belly.

Gary, you know how important these cats are in the workshop.... safety inspections and all that, I am really looking forward to the build with Harley supervising, the other 2 cats tend to just pass by and then get chased off by Harley from her building sites.

Thanks for trying to send the catnip again, if it is a hassle, forget about it.

Have a couple of pics.

Harley on the BBQ I built while unemployed.





Tabitha, the old girl drinking from the toilet.... often after it is flushed.





Cat telly.





Inspector Harley, just out the rafters.



Tabitha as she often sits on my hand if she does not get enough attention.



Marmaduke, (Dukey the Dope or Vomit Comet) modeling Gary's Dewey's Christmas hat.



After watching Tom get on the school bus, pretty much does it most days, then sleeps on the windowsil.



Last one of Fearless Harley, straight up the loft ladder, I sometimes find her trying to climb up between my legs to get in there.



One of their "Gifts" we found in the kitchen.




Right, back to building a teardrop.

I need to start looking at designs and profiles soon.

[grizz]

PS: Just had Mickey the neighbour around to say that he had found Harley in the back of his Sprinter van this afternoon when he was about to leave with an old shed he had broken down yesterday and packed into the van.... he heard Harley's moaning wail at the van moving and realised. She obviously had to inspect all the old timber and insulation, in case there was a rat in there.

Now we know where to look next time.

[grizz]

Not a lot to report at the moment.

We are currently collecting stuff for the build.

I chopped the oven from the rest of the cooker and sink yesterday and moved it into the garage.



I also volunteered to cut down some trees for the neighbours, they are 84 years old, still active, but slowing down.

This week I saw Dennis cutting some branches off one of the trees with his riciprocating saw, blade about 120mm long.

I told him I would pop around on Saturday and happened to mention to Mickey the neighbour on the other side that I was going to be in there by 8am , Mickey was waiting at my garage at 7.55 with his reciprocating saw, transformer and a small chainsaw, we only started at 08.30 to respect neighbours sleeping, and by the time we had been at it for an hour, Nicola joined us to collect all the pine cones for winter in the fireplace ( she collected and stripped 9 large binbags full) By 11.22am we were done, logs chopped to axe and fire place size as well as the thick branches.

Mickey the Trojan.



Pine cones and reciprocating saw.



Stihl MS260 added to the mix, chopping the tree into small pieces in place.



11.15am - ish.....



Pile was tidied later and the branches chopped up with a chop saw. Wood ready for next winter.



Today was the last bootfair of the season, so we had a good time.

Found a narrow "surf plank" which will become a folding table for the trailer, £1.00, and a small micro bicycle which I paid too much for, but I wanted it...... also to sling into the trailer for campground duties.




Looking for a lightweight chassis or 8x4 sized trailer to convert for the teardrop build.


Also been restoring a Kettler pedal go-kart, which is taking more time than anticipated.

Thread elsewhere.

[rebapuck]

No need to describe the micro bike as small.

[Torben DH]

nice to see you start another project!! your grizzpod build journal started my interest for teardrop trailers! and i am now in the process of collecting "crap" for a build of my own

[grizz]

In the mean time, I have turned this little cart .....



Into this:



Full build/resto thread here:

http://www.retrorides.proboards.com/ind ... ead=112871

Have been offered a free base caravan to strip down for the build, only problem is that it is 200 miles, 320km from here.

[grizz]

Had a call out the blue to day from a number I did not recognise.

Was from a guy up in Derby are who I had bought some rubber motorbike suspension bushes for earlier this year and posted off to him.
I did not need the money, as it was little enough and he had not asked me to do him any favours, so when he offered to pay me, I just told to do someone else a favour sometime.

Guess what...... he had not forgotten, although I had, and he needed to remind me in some detail before I remembered it.

Anyway, go to Google images and look for Castleton Roberta , circa 1980. Real handbuilt, high end caravans.

Seems the interior is great, exterior looks manky, but no leaks.

Mine for FREE !

Now I just need to figure a sensible and cheap way out to get it back to the Medway in Kent.















Quite a few bits will be good for the Surf-Pod as it seems to be known now.

The Zig unit will find its way to the Grizz-Pod as well as the fridge.

I may even connect the small water heater up if I can liberate some space.

Exterior pics awaited, as and when benefactor gets a chance to take them.

He is a forum member on www.UKGSER.com and his real name is Nick, thanks Nick.

Looks like this build may be coming together quicker than anticipated.

It still has to be done in a way that allows me to build an ultra light trailer.

Last pic of the sumptious interior. For the Grizz-Pod the mattresses cost me £50.00 on their own, so this is a good start.



More when I get the exterior pics, and start figuring out how to get an 80's caravan over 200 miles down the country.

[CliffinGA]

Nice start Grizz and bud I hate to tell you but the micro bike just ain't going to fit you ! Nice of you for helping your neighbors and nice score on the trailer to start the build with but what is a Zig??? Not an expression we have here,

Cliff

[grizz]

Nice start Grizz and bud I hate to tell you but the micro bike just ain't going to fit you ! Nice of you for helping your neighbors and nice score on the trailer to start the build with but what is a Zig??? Not an expression we have here,

Cliff

Hi Cliff, you are right, I am no circus monkey, so mini bike will possibly firt in and not under.

The Zig unit in the Uk is what I would call a multi distribution and charging point, maybe a bit like a power substation. Allows charging to continue from your cars 12v powersource while driving, and also for mains power to be converted to the correct DC voltage and amperage when camped and hooked to mains.

I just know that it is a clever bit of kit that usually costs quite a bit, and the Grizz-Pod has not got one, although all the wiring was prepared when I built it.

Hope that makes sense.

[CliffinGA]

Thanks Rian, a zig =a converter box here,glad you will be able to use bud.

Cliff