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 !
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.............
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.
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.
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.
Here are plans for 30 different teardrop and home made trailers, all from the 30s 40s and 50s. http://tnttt.com/VintagePlans/vintageplans.html
Here is one of those Aerolux Trailers hitched to my Buddys 33 Plymouth coupe. Now if I could just get him to go camping,
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
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.
Gota ask, why in the hell are you that close to that tornado? I would have been hauling ass out of there.
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.