Teardrop Camper

About a two months ago I stumbled upon a segment on a TV show about teardrop campers. I'd never heard of such things but they've been around since the 30's. They are small campers that any car can pull and they have a teardrop shape. In the 40's and 50's they were quite popular and plans to build your own were featured in Popular Mechanics magazine. I quess there has been a resurgence in the popularity.

I became obsessed with these campers and researched them online. I decided I had to build one. However, I thought maybe I should actually see one before I get too carried away.

I found Big Woody Campers in Chippewa Falls, WI that make wood sided teardrop campers, check out their website. So Karen and I went to Wisconsin and met Dave at Big Woody (great guy BTW). We bought his plans and I started to build my own teardrop.

I stained the outside a cabernet color that we saw at Big Woody. It's real purdy.

So far it has been alot of fun. Who doesn't like buying new tools?

I will post more photos as I go along.

Keith