If you've found this page, and you're either looking to buy or building your own teardrop, you already know that factory-made teardrops are a rare breed. We wanted to get started teardrop camping while we built our "dream" teardrop from scratch. We searched first for a truly vintage teardrop that could be used immediately, as-is. Not many in that herd either we discovered. So, we turned to new teardrops being built by four or five different manufacturers for a quick solution to our dilemma. To make a long story short, we could only find one trailer that was pretty widely available, right now, and reasonably priced to boot. We decided on the LITTLE GUY DELUXE shown here.

Here is the LITTLE GUY Deluxe we ended up buying (above left) trying to hide behind the potted plant in front of it and blend in with the
$200,000 motorhome(s) behind it. Fat chance! We had three trailers to choose from at the Johnnie Walker RV dealership in Las Vegas, NV.
You can just see the tent attachment sleeve (above right) along the roofline of the Little Guy that secures the stand-alone tent to the trailer.

The classic "teardrop" profile of the LITTLE GUY (above left) appealed to us, as did the fact there was a selection of factory-made trailers at
an RV dealership in town. Instant gratification! The hatch (above right) in the secured position showing the two locking latches and aluminum
 diamond plate that protects the rear edge of the frame and fiberglass body. The underbelly is completely covered in 'glass mat too.

An inside cabin view, kind of, (above left) shows the double cabinets hung from the galley bulkhead. There is a blank space in the center,
 you can see it between the two doors, that we're considering for a number of electronics and a small battery to power them. With the roadside
door propped open (above right) you can see the standard air mattress that we'll be replacing with a Knox Foam mattress immediately.

The "galley" is more like a "galley area" with a flip-up shelf (above left) that locks with a sliding bolt (not visible) underneath. There is only a
 single battery powered light in the galley. The galley hatch (above right) is very well constructed of welded aluminum tubing covered with wood
and fiberglass. The hatch is secured with two locking latches and is supported by two gas filled struts that make opening it a snap.

All we need to get started camping in the LITTLE GUY. The double propane stove (above left) and 13-piece enamelware set were purchased at
 Wal-Mart as was the collapsible 5-gallon water buffalo (above right) and single-mantle lantern. It all cost way less than $75.00. All of these
 pieces will be organized into a "slide-in" trail kitchen that will be semi-permanently mounted to the galley shelf. Look for more photos soon.

Too early to make a definitive judgement on the value of the LITTLE GUY --- we are V-E-R-Y disappointed with the lack of documentation for the trailer and especially for the optional tent we bought. I've sent an e-mail to the factory for some help, but I shouldn't have to! Pictures will follow as soon as we can figure out how to assemble the self-standing tent unit. Other than that, we are very pleased!
An update on the tent issue mentioned above. I didn't get an acknowlegement of the e-mail I sent to the factory after 48 hours, so I called Little Guy Worldwide directly. Spoke with a representative named Joe Kicos who promised to fax some written help for setting up the tent. Joe also said a gentleman named Dan Hoover might be calling to follow up on my progress. Sure enough, by late the same morning Mr. Hoover and I were talking about the tent and our LITTLE GUY teardrop.

Come to find out, Mr. Dan Hoover is the LITTLE GUY distributor for our neck of the woods (his dealership is located in central California, we're in Las Vegas) and wanted to make sure I had whatever I needed to get the tent set up --- and anything else to enjoy our new trailer. We spent about 15 minutes talking about the LITTLE GUY in particular and teardropping in general.
In keeping with the patriotic interior furnishings, our personalized Nevada license plate arrived in late January 2005, as seen above. With a maximum of only five characters and the number of vanity plates already taken in the ego capital of the world, our choices were limited. Kind of like the tone and message the plate sends and "T-E-E-N-Y" aptly describes the accomodations of a four foot wide trailer!
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