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Stripping the sides of the Teardrop trailer was alot of fun…and there are so many creative ways that you do it. I did a lot of searching and staring a a blank piece of plywood before deciding. I found inspiration and ideas, for instance, looking through collectable cars magazines. While one might not recognize them…there's a little bit of a 57 Chev in the fins, and I looked real hard at some old Pontiacs, Buicks and Fords.

The Yin and Yang of this trailer is the use of many contrasting woods…starting with purple heart to anchor the bottom, the main body with western red cedar, and accents of ash and alaska yellow cedar.
When doing a stripper design, you want to make sure that you preserve the long sweeping lines of full strips running front to back. That adds style and makes the shape flow.

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That looks great!
Did you make the trailer?
 

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Looks very good, like Bob I would like to know if built or bought the frame. Nice work on a tough job.
 

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Yes, definitely WOW!
 

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Do you have anymore pics on yhe construction? JIM
 

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That is awesome!! Would love to see the inside.
 

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Super Nice Dave! Absolutely fantastic. Details, we want details.
 

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One of the nicest tear drops I have seen! Do you have any idea as to the final weight?
 

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Thanks all…it was fun to build!!!

Rick and Bill…I ordered the 2000# Dexter torsion axle and welded the trailer myself. The 5'x9' frame is built from 1/8" - 2" box steel. The jacks, coupler and parts are Fulton.

Jim and all…There are some pics of the construction at the build website http://sites.google.com/site/slumbermax/. The trailer is fiberglassed and then shot with Dupont Chromaclear auto clear for UV.

Steve…The trailer is definately overweight and overbuilt…so it porks out at about 1200 dry with 125# tongue weight. But it pulls fine behind a Honda Element rated at 1500#s.
 

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Absolutely gorgeous! Well done.

You may now back it into my driveway and leave the keys in the mailbox! LOL!
 

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This is great, you did a nice job, very nice design.
Thanks for posting.
 

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Beautiful!!!! The tail lites look like Pontiac or Corvair….am I close?
 

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John…Absolutely…The tailights are 1950 Pontiac. I was going to french them into the hatch but that was one of those details I didn't follow through with!!
 
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