Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

by **canned o minimum** » Fri Dec 24, 2010 10:25 pm

I'm a "screw it" kinda guy as opposed to a "nail it" sorta guy... I'm always amazed at the staples and brads that are used in the original construction.

But then...I ain't no engineer....

by **Wimperdink** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 2:35 am

Its coming along slowly but surely. It should be going out for paint sometime mid next week. I'll sure be happy to get the windows back in place and sealed up so I can leave it uncovered again. Once the trim and windows in, I'll start using it again and finish the interior by piece work. This rebuild has really made me reconsider trying to reuse original tin again. The aluminum skin while expensive would have been much easier to cut to size than to to try to rebuild to fit warped, bent, stretched,, dented metal.

Still though, with all the many visual imperfections. I still like it.

I'm now also considering a decent sized window in the upper part of the door, or maybe a small (window) door within the door that will open to kind of mimic a split top/bottom door, that also serves in place of a screen door.

I'm debating adding some color or graphics instead of the original stark white. That too can come later.

by **goramsey** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 10:10 am

Wow, that is a lot of work. But it is going to be worth. Great looking.

by **Wimperdink** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 1:37 am

Thanks Goramsey, its been a project for sure... I'm looking fwd to its completion.

by **cuyeda** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 4:26 am

Wow! I just caught this thread, and my hats off to ya! Great job on the complete tear down, and back again. Camping season is almost hear, enjoy!

by **mvperini** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 3:54 pm

Just read the whole thread Nice job on the restoration, the more you open up one of these trailers the more work you need to do, again nice job :applause:

mike

by **Wimperdink** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 10:59 pm

Thanks folks.... Just got new lights ordered all around.... Can't go this far and put old lights on it.

by **mvperini** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 8:39 am

Thanks folks.... Just got new lights ordered all around.... Can't go this far and put old lights on it.

what do you mean you can not put old lights on the trailer, i searched high and low for a set of old taillights for my restoration. ended up with 1957 ford fairlane tail lights :lol:

of course the trailer is a 1957

Mike

by **cuyeda** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 9:22 am

mvperini, Mike

Those look like the same lights on my 1958 Ranchero! :lol:

I may have to consider the same lights on what ever trailer I tow with the Ranchero.

by **Wimperdink** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 12:32 pm

mvperini wrote:what do you mean you can not put old lights on the trailer, i searched high and low for a set of old taillights for my restoration. ended up with 1957 ford fairlane tail lights of course the trailer is a 1957

Mike

TouchÃ© Mike.... I like that solution a lot. I did look at a lot of diff styles of lights online and most of them were too modern or required to be counter sunk, which I could have done that, but just didn't want to commit. When I found the lenses that were original to the trailer for not much cash I snapped them up.

I seriously considered a couple of tombstone lamps like the older harleys but I just didn't have the creativity to come up with an attractive mounting solution at the time.

Hindsight says I should just have mounted them closer to the bottom and upside down so the curvature would keep them pointing straight back.

by **mvperini** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 3:19 pm

from the looks of your work i am sure that what ever you do will look good :applause:

Mike

by **Wimperdink** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 2:11 am

mvperini wrote:from the looks of your work i am sure that what ever you do will look good

Mike

Thanks.... I hope so. At the very least its very sturdy and way better insulated now.

by **Wimperdink** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 3:43 pm

I went and snapped some pics of the inside as is today....

I still have a bit to do inside to finish it the way I want. I will have to do some small repairs to a couple of the cabinets then paint them all semi gloss white... I'll put down engineered hardwood on the floor, And I just need to make the sliding top for the bed in the back so it goes from couch to bed with just a tug. I'd also like to get some appliance epoxy paint and refinish the stove and fridge to something other than their current ugly brown.

by **Wimperdink** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 3:25 pm

Getting there..... Hubcap mikes smoothie hubcaps on order. Profile trim wouldn't polish well enough so its going out for paint too. Here's where I'm at now.

by **sid** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 3:48 pm

Nice work Kenny, really nice... we look forward to seeing it soon! :applause:

Give the little ones a hug for us,
Mark and Pat

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