If anyone knows of or see's an original for sale
could you let me know. Condition is not important,
doesn't even need wheels, but I would like axles and
enough of the body to make patterns to rebuild. I drive
a flatbed 18 wheeler from coast to coast and border
to border so most times I can fit a little extra on
so location shouldn't be a factor... Thanx...

WM300 Is the civilian version of the Powerwagon,
Nice looking truck. My M-37 is a 1953 When I bought
it, It had been painted DPW yellow and had a plywood
roof. Took a lot of work to restore it to original.

Those are the only ones I consider real  PowerWagons... and you even have it
with military paint!  cool ....  They are real workhorses....what is a WM300 ?

Hi: Thanks for the welcome, I have posted a photo
of the Teardrop and the truck together (wrong way
round though). I dont think I will ever haul the tear
with it though as the Powerwagoon is the M-37 military
varient. Would look to weird together. One f these days
though I hope to find a nice WM300 to buy.

Welcome to the club... that is a classic shape
teardrop.... IF you ever hook the teardrop behind the
PowerWagon please take a pic and post it ... what a
juxtaposition heavy/light......lol....I am a fan of PowerWagons
also.....

Hi All: My wife and I have a 1947 cub teardrop
trailer we are still in the process of restoring. We have
gotten it to the point where we are using it. I have
posted a few pix in the photo section will add more
later. <br><br>John

My name is Tom and I currently have a 1968 15'
Serro Scotty that I have been restoring. My interest in
vintage trailers brings me to this club. I am currently
looking to find a teardrop to restore as my next project.

Welcome, John and our other new members...You
really are a glutton for punishment.... but I think
getting the one you made stolen was a tremendous
compliment..... painful but complimentary....<br> I hope you take
pictures of your leaf tour and share with us... we have no
fall here in Central Texas... both from the weather
and the kinds of trees we have...<br> Do you have
pics of your old trailers ? please feel free to share
in the photo section ....<br> To the other new
members... do you already have teardrops or just interested
in them...? John did a great job of introducing
himself and his experience....thanks, Greg

I have been interested in teardrop trailers for
30 years. Over the years, I have had four, one of
which was manufactured. The other three were made by
me.<br><br>Being a welder by trade, the first one I made I used 1"
steel tubing for the skeleton and for the axle I used
the front end out of a Ford truck with springs. I
made the skin out of 1/4" plywood. After a few years,
it was stolen.<br><br>The next one I picked up was
manufactured aluminum on plywood. I think I paid $100 for it
and after a few years, sold it for $250.<br><br>When
I got a computer and found my way around the
Internet, I also found my way to a website called
Wilddog.com where I downloaded the original 1939 plans for
the teardrop from a Popular Mechanix article and I
decided to build another. I used yellow pine on this for
the skeleton for its strength and the joints were
half lap glued joints and mortice and tendon joints
for the windows and doors all hand made. I used
masonite for the skin because it bends easy and put two
coats of sealer on the masonite to keep it dry. The
masonite worked real well. My daughter wanted it for a
wedding present so there went that one. Myidiot
son-in-law doesn't even know how to put it on the back of
the car, so it's been sitting in his yard for 4
months now and hasn't moved.<br><br>A glutton for
punishment, I immediately started building another. This one
is a hybrid. Instead of being 8' long, this one is
6'6". The back does not open up; there is no galley.
Basically it is just a bed on wheels. I used soft pine for
the skeleton - much easier to work with than the
yellow pine.<br><br>I found a discarded pop up travel
trailer in the woods and I took my recipricating saw and
cut the chassis, keeping the axle and the springs and
the swing shackles together. Then I extended the
chassis and welded a new tongue on it. I used 1/4"
plywood for the skin. It is much easier to cut a 4' x 8'
sheet of plywood in half and glue it back together so
that you are not trying to bend the sheet lengthwise -
just crosswise.<br><br>This trailer is so light that
while it's on the back of the car I can lift it off the
ground from the rear. I really like this one because I
use it for travelling not camping. As soon as I
finished this one I just had to try it out so I took a
ride to Louisiana (from Florida) for a dish of
crawfish and gumbo.<br><br>Monday I leave Florida for
Vermont by way of the Blue Ridge Mountain Parkway to do
some leaf peeping. My wife thinks I am absolutely
bonkers and she uses the excuse that she is still working
and has to take care of the cat.<br><br>Just to keep
busy I recently bought a 15' Scotty Highlander for
$175. Of course, it needs a lot of TLC which I will do
this winter and if I make it nice enough my wife has
promised we can take it travelling around the country for
3 or 4 months next summer.

Oh now you're talking! I could get my canoe on
one of these probly by myself ( not too far to lift
or drag ). Hubby would appreciate that. Greg, I saw
a teardrop in someones' yard in Alpine. It was
really sad looking and had had it's rear "chopped" and
closed off. I would've stopped to talk about it, but,
the neighborhood was extremely undesirable and we
weren't after that kind of adventure.<br>Debra

has anyone seen a boat designed to fit on the top of one of these teardrops ? 
It seems an ideal shape to do what used to be available for the top of VW
busses...

I posted this picture of a way to provide more headroom for a teardrop....

Yes, yes, yes. I could get a pile of rocks in one
of these, but then I'd need a bigger mule to pull
it.<br>Have tinkered with the idea of making my own travel
trailor but never considered this style. Don't know
why.....it's delightful, areodynamic and you can see 'round
what you're pulling.<br>Hmmm.....

I have already spent a lot of time at your very
nice web site.... <br> I have been looking at these
trailers and thinking that a hinge at the top of the
kitchen cover and a shell which fit over the rest of the
front would allow several feet of extra headroom when
stopped.... has anyone seen anything like that done? I want
to make one out of aluminum/mesquite... it is a
really pretty wood and I can find plenty of it down
here... in the form of trees which most people consider
trash...it is really beautiful and will make 30 year fence
posts without any preservative put on it....

No other tear at this time. Limiting factors,
available ca$h, time. Not to mention that this trailer is
the result of my own fertile imagination. No plans,
no guidance. I have designed and built EVERYTHING
from scratch. Except for the torsion axle, which I had
Dexter custom build to my specs. Check out my web pages
at <a href=http://pages.prodigy.net/rfs2growup/home.htm.
target=new>http://pages.prodigy.net/rfs2growup/home.htm.</a>
Bear in mind that, they too, are "under
construction"...<br><br>George

George, you are pretty far along, sure is looking neat.... do you have another
one you are using... is that why this one is in the slow lane ?  lol<br>Greg

this whole site is interesting for old hot rodders... ran across the teardrop by
accident...<br><br><a
href=http://cruzinclassics.com/sold/soldcars/98_teardrop.htm
target=new>http://cruzinclassics.com/sold/soldcars/98_teardrop.htm</a><br><br>Gr\
eg

Thanks George,<br>  Gary , are you getting motivated to finish up yours ?   Greg

Ask and you shall receive...<br><br>Teardrop Destinations by teardrops.net<br><a
href=http://teardrops.net/destinations01.html
target=new>http://teardrops.net/destinations01.html</a><br><br>George

Those were both great George..... where will the get together be the next two
years  ?   Greg

hmmm,<br><br>When you click on an image link for The Shasta photos, use your
"back" button to return to the album. There seems to be a problem with the
"return to album" link...<br><br>Sorry, George

Here are links to two gatherings that you may
enjoy. But, be forewarned! Grab a cool/hot one BEFORE
you sit down. This could take a while....<br><br>Just
left click on the links below to enter the
sites.<br><br>Lake Shasta, CA
2000<br><a
href=http://www.lost-studio.net/teardrop/shasta%202000/shasta%202000.html
target=new>http://www.lost-studio.net/teardrop/shasta%202000/shasta%202000.html<\
/a><br><br>Witchita, KS
2001<br><a href=http://www.lost-studio.net/teardrop/wichita2001/album.htm
target=new>http://www.lost-studio.net/teardrop/wichita2001/album.htm</a><br><br>\
George

OK guys,<br><br>It's not just magic, it's
TEARDROP MAGIC!<br><br>I have posted 3 photos of my
teardrop that has been in process for 3 years. As Grant at
Teardrops.net says "Life moves a little slower when you are on
teardrop time".<br><br>Enjoy!<br><br>George

Well it looked like magic!  I was going to add a few more links and they were
appearing as I was looking them up..  It seems like 3 people like teardrops.

Gary, Those are GREAT. Thank you very much...Greg

Added 6 links for the teardrops that should give you some entertainment and
ideas.  Lots of frame and body details and ideas..Gary

Gary, How about scanning and posting to the photo section that original artlcle
from the magizine ?  Thanks, Greg

All the frame designs I have are a perimiter
style with crossmembers and the body framework is wood,
with metal skin. I think I'll use a perimiter frame
but will use aluminum or thin wall steel square
tubing for the body framework. The main theme will be to
retain an original appearance...Gary

Yes, Gary, we are the only ones!  I have found lots of web sites which I will
post as soon as I can ....What parameters have you decided on in building your
own?

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