Anyone ever make, or see, a gull-wing door on a tear?

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Anyone ever make, or see, a gull-wing door on a tear?

Postby H-Balm » Sun Sep 19, 2010 5:00 am

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Gull wing doors. Showy, sort of neat, forever linked with "Back to the Future".

Ever see one or have one on a tear?

Pro:
-If you sat on your tear entrance it would cover you from sun and rain.
-it would certainly be unique.

Con:
-It would be a constant thing to duck and dodge.
-The rain gutter would have to be pretty good.
-Hinges might be tricky.


Just playing around with ideas.
Thoughts?
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Postby Shadow Catcher » Sun Sep 19, 2010 5:16 am

Most of us have them, in the form of the galley hatch where you are not likely to meet obstructions. Some camp sites are a bit narrow and you could encounter problems other that the ones you mention, certainly in parking lots.
There have been those to use them, one design being the Roswell.
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Postby CliffinGA » Sun Sep 19, 2010 7:08 am

There was one made by American Tear I believe that had them on both sides and one on the back. Check the forsale listings from about a month or so back. The one that was listed there is an offroad one that was totally rebuilt and is very unique.

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Postby Endo » Sun Sep 19, 2010 8:06 am

I hinged our door at the top.
It just looked right on our latest "teardrop".
I love the look but it is a little more difficult to open and close compared to a traditional door.

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Postby H-Balm » Mon Sep 20, 2010 5:58 pm

Huh.

Cool thoughts folks.

That tent on top.... wow!
That is really interesting!
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Postby tinksdad » Mon Sep 20, 2010 6:28 pm

I seem to recall one at the LCG gathering two years ago; but the grey matter isn't quite what it used to be. If I can find my pics from that gathering, I'll know if it was or wasn't there. :?
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Postby Endo » Mon Sep 20, 2010 8:36 pm

H-Balm wrote:That tent on top.... wow!
That is really interesting!


Travel mode.......tent folded down.

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Postby Endo » Mon Sep 20, 2010 8:41 pm

Another one from this forum.

http://tnttt.com/viewto ... t=gullwing

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Postby pebo » Tue Sep 21, 2010 9:51 am

There was Dan's, Roswell, it had a really great gullwing door on it...

http://www.tnttt.com/viewtopic.php?t=26742&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

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Postby Prem » Sat Sep 25, 2010 1:55 am

This photo and a previous one are of Sawyer's Teardroptimus Prime:
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