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freebeard · 04-25-2015, 08:38 PM

https://www.nextissue.com/magazines-issues-summaries/sunset-magazine-may-2015-edition/

If you get the magazine or go to the library, you can see the interior shot. Best teardrop ever. It has a translucent roof and that vertical seam at the back end of the driprail suggests—double doors!

This is now at the top of my priorities. The commercial product is $53K, or so I hear (I didn't read the text), so I wouldn't consider building one for re-sale because that wouldn't be right. But the one I build for myself, with a second hand Harbor Freight frame and VW bearing, wheels and hubcaps should be no more than $1500, plus the (modified Type III) hitch.

I have a lot of redwood benderboard so the side rails will be a laminated beam, and the sides will have some plan taper.

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freebeard Master EcoModder Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: northwest of normal Posts: 28,819 Thanks: 8,183 Thanked 8,953 Times in 7,395 Posts	I have a Superbeetle. I should have a Superteardrop. https://www.nextissue.com/magazines-issues-summaries/sunset-magazine-may-2015-edition/ If you get the magazine or go to the library, you can see the interior shot. Best teardrop ever. It has a translucent roof and that vertical seam at the back end of the driprail suggests—double doors! This is now at the top of my priorities. The commercial product is $53K, or so I hear (I didn't read the text), so I wouldn't consider building one for re-sale because that wouldn't be right. But the one I build for myself, with a second hand Harbor Freight frame and VW bearing, wheels and hubcaps should be no more than $1500, plus the (modified Type III) hitch. I have a lot of redwood benderboard so the side rails will be a laminated beam, and the sides will have some plan taper.