Our 1965 Scad-A-Bout Teardrop Trailer Restoration Project.

After watching a TV program on PBS on TEARDROP TRAILERS, hosted by Huell Howser, we decided to start our hunt to locate one. I started going on-line and discovered one for sale. We went to Santa Ana, California, and under a car port sitting for over 20 years we found what would become our 1965 Scad-A-Bout Teardrop Trailer. Regardless of it very poor condition , it was even missing the complete rear hatch assembly we decided to buy it. The man who sold it to us, knew nothing about the trailer, he told us that it had belonged to a friend, and after not seeing him for so many years he asked the friend for the pink slip so he could rid himself of the trailer.

We loaded it onto a trailer and hauled it back to our house thought I would just make repair, and take it out of our first camping trip. On-line I met a man who restore and remanufacture teardrop trailers and he came from the desert to take a look at ours to offer his opinion. First thing he said was he had never seen one like ours, [it seems to be a rare longer 4 window model]
Dave told me that he thought that it had water damage, and if it was him he would completely restore it.

So being we we in no hurry to take the trailer out, we decide to strip it completely down and start the restoration project. I had never attempted anything like this before and have no experience restoring anything before.

After stripping the trailer down, I took the trailer to the local Big Tex trailer shop and had the trailer extended and had a new hitch installed.