Project started: May 1999
Maiden voyage: March 2000

In September of 1947, Howard Warren of Riverside, California published his "do-it-yourself" plans for a very similar (4’ X 9’7" floor plan) teardrop in Mechanix Illustrated magazine.

No one really knows how many "teardrops" have been built by the "do-it-yourself" crowd who purchased Mechanix Illustrated and other plans over the years. The design remains popular around the world.

Kit Manufacturing Co. remains a hugely successful manufacturer of recreational vehicles and mobile home equipment and today (2000) has some 14 manufacturing plants in operation around the United States.