This name fits both my transport and her ?hobby?, such as it is. Also,in the off-hand possibility that anyone here ever meets her, mum is the word...she doesn't admit to chasing BIGFOOT ! EDIT, added 2-8-2014: Just rediscovered this old post, and saw that I hadn't edited it to give the reason for the name change/addition. It still is the HHRv, but I added the Mechatavismus Minimus to further define its' character: a mechanical atavism! I went for a hardware heavy/exposed mechanism look, with no attempt to disguise functionality (function first over form!). And, since the 4x8 structure is the original sizing of the golden age camper..... from Wikipediawe have a HHR Panel and a Cobalt SE coupe, I want to build the companion trailer for them. My excuse to the wife is that I'm building it for her to use on her Crypto-zoological expeditions into the American bush (I won't allow her to use the 24 footer, purchased strictly for her business trips, for such frivolity).
it is an atavism....... from WikipediaTeardrop trailers first became popular in the 1930s, when magazines such as Mechanix Illustrated published plans. The first teardrops were designed around the idea of using standard 4 by 8-foot sheets of plywood
And, being small, compared to many on this forum, it is a minimalist trailer. Thus, Mechatavismus Minimus-HHRv became its' formal name.Atavism is the tendency to revert to ancestral type. In biology, an atavism is an evolutionary throwback
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