| The story of my teardrop trailer begins in 1990
while at the Carslile Flea Market. Among the thousands of cars and flea market spaces
was a Mac Built Woody Teardrop. It was love at first sight. I told my son that I was
going to have one.
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| The idea simmered for eight years. Mac Bilt could not be
reached, I later learned that their area code was changed. I then
decided I was going to build a teardrop and like the Mac Bilt it had to be a woody.
No other trailers to look at and no plans to go by. I did have a good
idea what I wanted. At that time there was a couple of sites on the internet
that I found - after I started and had my design figured out. I then found
out about "The Tails and Trails" Teardrop Times. I got a lot of info there,
but usually the info I got was to late - done that last week, sort of thing.
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| Our tear is typical 4 x 4 x 8 with a 24" radius
front and a 48" radius rear. It is done with oak and mahonany. I wanted it to look like
the old woody wagons. The bent exterior oak framework was laminated from 10 l/4"
strips and now looks like one piece of wood with no visible joins. Three
different jigs and up to 50 C clamps were used making these curved pieces. The
interior is all oak and has front and rear cupboards. The rear has a 9" TV
and VCR built in and the front has a AM-FM cassette and CD unit from a Hyundai car.
There is a lot of cupboard space. The galley consists of a 2
burner propane stove, sink and a stainless marine BBQ that is mounted on the
right side above the counter top and can swing out to cook your favourite steak!
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| Our trailer was built to complement our 31 Deluxe Roadster.
Wheels and tires are Model A. I made the molds of Model A fenders and then cut
sections out of the molds to reduce the size as the original fenders looked
to wide and they stuck down to low on the rear. They now look the right
size in proportion to the teardrop. I built my own windows and vent.
Two glass on each side swing open at once. It also has an old fashioned
looking trunk on the front, which I built.
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| I did all the chassic fabrication and wood work.
Other than that a machinist friend made the axle, rear prop rods and BBQ swinging parts.
Our car and trailer were shipped from Newfoundland, Canada to British
Columbia, Canada. The car and trailer was driven back across Canada
with 200 other antique cars. There was one other teardrop. We had lots of
favourible comments and I am sure we promoted the Teardrop hobby. The
most important part was that my wife, Elaine and I had a trip of a life time
and we love our teardrop - who is now know as TERMITE DELIGHT!
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