teardrop camper
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Our final dinner was held at Fort MacArthur, at one of the old batteries above San Pedro. Neat place!
Getting ready for dinner. It was very good.
Our intrepid command team of Lt Dan and Janine McCluskey. Excellent job! They look very happy that their work is done. Thanks also to March Unit 5 leader John Gillich. He done good too, for an Army guy anyway.
Getting ready for dinner. It was very good.
Our intrepid command team of Lt Dan and Janine McCluskey. Excellent job! They look very happy that their work is done. Thanks also to March Unit 5 leader John Gillich. He done good too, for an Army guy anyway.
Alan W. Johnson
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MB, 201453, "Lt Bob"
MB, 1942, not stock
M-100, Sep 1951
MB-TD, Mar 2012
Ford 91C, 1939
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M-100, Sep 1951
MB-TD, Mar 2012
Ford 91C, 1939
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I was fortunate to get UHaul support to get my MB from Dayton to Chicago and from Los Angeles back to Dayton. I just pulled over when I got sleepy and got some shuteye in my trailer on the truck. Thanks so much to UHaul for their great support to the MVPA!
Alan W. Johnson
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MB, 201453, "Lt Bob"
MB, 1942, not stock
M-100, Sep 1951
MB-TD, Mar 2012
Ford 91C, 1939
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M-100, Sep 1951
MB-TD, Mar 2012
Ford 91C, 1939
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Just back from some great jeeping in Colorado, at the Colorado Flat Fender Club's annual Fall Color Tour. I later joined my friend 3A Stev and his son on some trails from Ouray. Here's a link to the FCT thread. The trail pics start around page 28. https://www.thecj2apage.com/forums/colo ... 41521.html
Alan W. Johnson
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MB, 201453, "Lt Bob"
MB, 1942, not stock
M-100, Sep 1951
MB-TD, Mar 2012
Ford 91C, 1939
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MB, 1942, not stock
M-100, Sep 1951
MB-TD, Mar 2012
Ford 91C, 1939
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I had a fun summer using the teardrop camper. My wife and I are moving to Oregon - we bought a fixer upper. Here's a shot of our MB on the beach and the camper. I also took the camper up on mountain trails for the first time, first in the Big Horn Mtns in NW Wyoming and then again in the Belt Mtns of central Montana. Here's a pic in Montana. I've never slept so comfortably that high in the mountains!! I also learned that the trailer needs brakes! It tends to push the jeep on steep, rocky downhill parts.
Alan W. Johnson
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MB, 201453, "Lt Bob"
MB, 1942, not stock
M-100, Sep 1951
MB-TD, Mar 2012
Ford 91C, 1939
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M-100, Sep 1951
MB-TD, Mar 2012
Ford 91C, 1939
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No new teardrop pix but a few other adventures.
Sep 2018 in Colorado
Sep 2018 in Colorado
Last edited by tamnalan on Sun Jun 09, 2019 7:05 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Alan W. Johnson
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MB, 201453, "Lt Bob"
MB, 1942, not stock
M-100, Sep 1951
MB-TD, Mar 2012
Ford 91C, 1939
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MB, 201453, "Lt Bob"
MB, 1942, not stock
M-100, Sep 1951
MB-TD, Mar 2012
Ford 91C, 1939
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My friend Steve Reichert and me in the Yankee Boy basin near Ouray, CO. Steve's father was born at a mine above Telluride. Quite a story! I was able to join Steve and some other great folks at Moab for some jeeping over Memorial Day this year.
Moab on the Poison Spider Mesa trail. This is the toughest trail I've ever done. I made it up and down in my MB without needing a tow but dang! It wasn't easy.
Some pics on Hell's Revenge. Classic Moab slickrock. We all aired down to about 10 psi. I never had a traction problem with my open-diff axles.
Moab on the Poison Spider Mesa trail. This is the toughest trail I've ever done. I made it up and down in my MB without needing a tow but dang! It wasn't easy.
Some pics on Hell's Revenge. Classic Moab slickrock. We all aired down to about 10 psi. I never had a traction problem with my open-diff axles.
Alan W. Johnson
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MB, 201453, "Lt Bob"
MB, 1942, not stock
M-100, Sep 1951
MB-TD, Mar 2012
Ford 91C, 1939
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MB, 1942, not stock
M-100, Sep 1951
MB-TD, Mar 2012
Ford 91C, 1939
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Alan....
If you are in Oregon now, you should join some of those guys up there that come down to the MVCC Spring Meet in April. We have a Fall meet in September but it's a lot less well attended than in the springtime. If you check the MVCC forum, you can check out pics and the basic reports from those who attended this, the first year in the KOA in Plymouth, CA. We are too big a club and we also have too many visitors from other states and overseas who like to come scrounge parts, take a trail ride (not like the one you were just on!) and socialize.
If you have joined the Oregon chapter of the MVPA, you can ask those guys about the good, the bad and the ugly about it....beyond the long haul up and over the Siskiyou mountains that border CA and OR.
If you are in Oregon now, you should join some of those guys up there that come down to the MVCC Spring Meet in April. We have a Fall meet in September but it's a lot less well attended than in the springtime. If you check the MVCC forum, you can check out pics and the basic reports from those who attended this, the first year in the KOA in Plymouth, CA. We are too big a club and we also have too many visitors from other states and overseas who like to come scrounge parts, take a trail ride (not like the one you were just on!) and socialize.
If you have joined the Oregon chapter of the MVPA, you can ask those guys about the good, the bad and the ugly about it....beyond the long haul up and over the Siskiyou mountains that border CA and OR.
Chuck Lutz
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Thanks - I'll do that! I would like to meet you in person, and hopefully see some of the California guys I met on the Alaska convoy.
Alan W. Johnson
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MB, 201453, "Lt Bob"
MB, 1942, not stock
M-100, Sep 1951
MB-TD, Mar 2012
Ford 91C, 1939
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M-100, Sep 1951
MB-TD, Mar 2012
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Lots of fun you've had using the ole' G503 as it was intended!
Can't get enough of Utah!
The Plymouth meet was great last April, too.
12V electric brakes will probably work fine on 6V. I had to de-tune the electric brakes on my Teardrop using an old fashioned adjustable resistor block, they were too powerful to control with the normal controller at 12V even at it's lowest setting. The resistor drops the volts seen at the brakes to around 3V. I'm running 3500 lb 10" electric brakes so I can have the HD axle and the 5 on 5.5 lug pattern. The trailer weighs about 1600 lbs, with 33" tires. 7" brakes are the normal size for that load, but you can't get the hubs to match the wheels without spacers and they only fit the light duty axle.
I used this one:
On 6 Volts, you might need it or maybe not. The electric brakes could be ran through this resistor alone, like they used to do back in the 60's. I think I paid about $25 for it on epay, in a Napa branded package, New, old stock.
e-pay search results:
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R ... itleDesc=0
Can't get enough of Utah!
The Plymouth meet was great last April, too.
12V electric brakes will probably work fine on 6V. I had to de-tune the electric brakes on my Teardrop using an old fashioned adjustable resistor block, they were too powerful to control with the normal controller at 12V even at it's lowest setting. The resistor drops the volts seen at the brakes to around 3V. I'm running 3500 lb 10" electric brakes so I can have the HD axle and the 5 on 5.5 lug pattern. The trailer weighs about 1600 lbs, with 33" tires. 7" brakes are the normal size for that load, but you can't get the hubs to match the wheels without spacers and they only fit the light duty axle.
I used this one:
On 6 Volts, you might need it or maybe not. The electric brakes could be ran through this resistor alone, like they used to do back in the 60's. I think I paid about $25 for it on epay, in a Napa branded package, New, old stock.
e-pay search results:
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R ... itleDesc=0
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Thanks Marty. That’s a good idea for brakes. Agree on Utah What a beautiful state!
Alan W. Johnson
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M-100, Sep 1951
MB-TD, Mar 2012
Ford 91C, 1939
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Another option would be to install the surge brake parts off a M-416A1 1/4T trailer! I saw a setup off one at the Plymouth meet!
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Sold: 61 CJ-5, 41 T207 WC-1 Dodge closed cab pickup
MVPA #8266
USMC Tanker (1811, 1812), 85-93
ASE Automotive Master tech, former Chrysler-Jeep Level 4 Mastertech, CA state EA smog license
53 Dunbar Kapple M100
Sold: 61 CJ-5, 41 T207 WC-1 Dodge closed cab pickup
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Alan, I camp with Paulie who went on the Alaska Highway trip with you so you'd be right at home. We have an April meet around the 3rd week each year!
Chuck Lutz
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I’ll plan on it. I would like to see him again.
Alan W. Johnson
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MB, 201453, "Lt Bob"
MB, 1942, not stock
M-100, Sep 1951
MB-TD, Mar 2012
Ford 91C, 1939
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I have a axle for sale to build a camper $150.00 + shipping call 515 442 3126 pdqf
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Some new pics.... got to join the MVPA Northwest Parks Convoy for the last two weeks, in Idaho, Wash State and Oregon. Very nice route and beautiful scenery. Pretty hot though.
heading up toward Mt Rainier
Central Oregon
heading up toward Mt Rainier
Central Oregon
Alan W. Johnson
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MB, 201453, "Lt Bob"
MB, 1942, not stock
M-100, Sep 1951
MB-TD, Mar 2012
Ford 91C, 1939
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MB, 201453, "Lt Bob"
MB, 1942, not stock
M-100, Sep 1951
MB-TD, Mar 2012
Ford 91C, 1939
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