How I amazed myself. First build success.

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Re: How I amazed myself. First build success.

Postby Kanook » Tue Oct 13, 2015 2:05 am

And voila. 11 weeks later, over budget, and surprisingly lighter than I thought, it emerges from my garage a full fledged teardrop.
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How I amazed myself. First build success.

Postby Kanook » Tue Oct 13, 2015 2:06 am

My wife loves this trailer more than me an did an awesome job decorating.
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How I amazed myself. First build success.

Postby Kanook » Tue Oct 13, 2015 2:18 am

With just a few small details to finish like lift struts for the hatch, a mount for the spare tire, proper tail lights, baby moons for the wheels and other little tick tack details we enjoyed the first maiden voyage last weekend without a hitch.
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Thanks to everyone on this forum that answered questions and provided the inspiration to tackle this build and to Frank Bear, and the others at Vintage Technologies.
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Re: How I amazed myself. First build success.

Postby razorback » Tue Oct 13, 2015 8:10 am

Nicely done !!
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Re: How I amazed myself. First build success.

Postby aggie79 » Tue Oct 13, 2015 9:52 am

razorback wrote:Nicely done !!


I agree! :thumbsup: :applause: :thumbsup:
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Re: How I amazed myself. First build success.

Postby S. Heisley » Tue Oct 13, 2015 6:44 pm

The best part of a build is that you get to use it and enjoy it and know that you did it yourself.
...Good going & thanks for sharing. :thumbsup: :applause: :D
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Re: How I amazed myself. First build success.

Postby Kanook » Tue Oct 13, 2015 6:51 pm

S. Heisley wrote:The best part of a build is that you get to use it and enjoy it and know that you did it yourself.
...Good going & thanks for sharing. :thumbsup: :applause: :D



Absolutely. Thanks.
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Re: How I amazed myself. First build success.

Postby tony.latham » Tue Oct 13, 2015 7:57 pm

Sweeeeet teardrop!

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Re: How I amazed myself. First build success.

Postby TimC » Tue Oct 13, 2015 8:00 pm

Very nice! Happy travels... :applause:
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Re: How I amazed myself. First build success.

Postby pchast » Tue Oct 13, 2015 9:40 pm

Verrrry Nice :applause:

Good travels. :thumbsup:
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Re: How I amazed myself. First build success.

Postby noseoil » Tue Oct 13, 2015 10:16 pm

:thumbsup: Job well done!
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Re: How I amazed myself. First build success.

Postby vegask » Thu Oct 15, 2015 3:56 pm

I like. Can I ask where you sourced those LEDs?
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Re: How I amazed myself. First build success.

Postby daveesl77 » Thu Oct 15, 2015 4:12 pm

That is such a nice, classic design and just a beauty! The great part about these that we build is that you have the only one like it. There may or may not be some that might look a bit like it, but each of our homebuilds is unique. You know exactly how it was built, you built it to your own specifications and desires. This is why I love these campers and you have a really nice one!

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Re: How I amazed myself. First build success.

Postby Kanook » Thu Oct 15, 2015 4:13 pm

vegask wrote:I like. Can I ask where you sourced those LEDs?

The interior lights are all from Ikea and exterior/hatch lights were found on Amazon.
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Re: How I amazed myself. First build success.

Postby Kanook » Thu Oct 15, 2015 4:27 pm

daveesl77 wrote:That is such a nice, classic design and just a beauty! The great part about these that we build is that you have the only one like it. There may or may not be some that might look a bit like it, but each of our homebuilds is unique. You know exactly how it was built, you built it to your own specifications and desires. This is why I love these campers and you have a really nice one!

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Thanks. I definitely took inspiration from many other designs but love it's uniqueness.
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