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ot ? show me your teardrop campers you built or vintage !

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  1. dirtbag13
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    gettin closer to having the roadster pickup on the road ! thinkin of making some long runs and was thinking a little teardrop camper would be the perfect size to drag around behind me and have a place to crash ! looked on the net and have a basic idea of how i want to build mine but am lookin for some inspiration and ideas ! post up some pics of ones you built or vintage ones ! sorry if this is too off topic mods and feel free to delete !
     
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  3. Special Ed
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    1947 Kit Camper teardrop
     

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  4. Nothing O/T about teardrops - our cars pulled them in the first place!
     

  5. 29nash
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    I have the drawing if that counts. I will modify the chassis from the trailer I already have. Minor work/remove sideboards/lengthen floor a couple of feet. May start framing up the structure this fall.............
     

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  6. dentprone
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    The local welding shop I buy my steel from has been rolling a bunch of square tubing lately for various things. Every time I go up there I want to have them roll me some bows for one of these little trailers from 1" square. Also, if you do build one, I think there is sort of a "magic" teardrop shape for max aero value.
     
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  8. motoandy
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    from MB, SC

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  9. 29moonshine
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    built from 3/4 birch plywood sides and 2x2 and 1/4 " birch for less than 1100
     

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  11. RDR
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    A friends homebuilt teardrop. He built it with a dropped floor so you could stand up to get dressed.
    Also put the beds crossways with slideout for your feet...
    Bill and his wife travel a lot with this camper and their '41 Ford. Bills camper.jpg Bills camper2.jpg Bills camper1.jpg
     
  12. The 39 guy
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    RDR, do you think your friend would be interested in talking to me about his design? I really like how he kept the tear drop shape while making a more senior friendly and comfortable design.
     
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  14. Frankie47
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    Wow....more details Please and Thank you.
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  17. here are pics of a Washington blue Aerolux built for a 36 Ford coupe and a rat rod style brown Aerolux built for a 51 Chevy Panel truck
     

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  18. b-bop
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    A teardrop is the best accessory that I ever added to my hot rod. Mine is 5' x 8'. Many miles and many smiles. This winter looks like it will need some TLC as some of the plywood is starting to come undone.

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  20. hotrod428
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    That tornado picture has to be Photoshopped.
     
  21. b-bop
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    Ya OK you caught me, I also photo shopped the video. Hahaha, No, it's the real deal
     
  22. pumpman
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    Gota ask, why in the hell are you that close to that tornado? I would have been hauling ass out of there.
     
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  24. b-bop
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    Well pumpman, probably the same reason I got married, I knew it was dangerous, but at the same time, it was too beautiful to walk away from. :)

    In actual fact, I did run from it when it first started and it was headed strait at me. When I shot the video, it had become very stable and was following a very straight North to South trajectory parallel to the road I was on. My car was still running and I figured if things got hairy I could outrun it.
     
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  25. pumpman
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    OK b-bop, all I know is if it is going north I'm headed south. But it is cool to look at.
     
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  26. b-bop
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    I guess you better make sure you are south of it when you start to run. :)
     

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