Trailers

Only a few here, but check 'em out!

Gypsy Wagon in transit, Port Orford, Oregon

I spent a considerable amount of time on the Housetruck, replacing the engine, radiator, transmission, clutch, u-joints, wheel bearings, brakes, etc, before actually getting to the house building part. In 24 years, I have only put 6,600 miles on all of those new parts. I always wondered if a trailer would be a smarter way to go, one could then use the tractor to either pull it around, or for other jobs when the house is stationary.

A trailer at the 1997 Gypsy Fair in New Zealand.
Note the other various rigs in the background.
Photo courtesy of Roadhome NZ

This home-built Gypsy trailer was featured on pages 48-49 of Rolling Homes
Photo copyright, Jane Lidz

An idyllic truck-and-housetrailer image from Terry Gilliam's
otherwise wildly bizarre 1985 motion picture, Brazil.

These photos are from the 1996 Neiman-Marcus Christmas catalog.

The husband/wife team of Victoria and Richard MacKenzie-Childs remodeled this ordinary-looking Airstream into a fantasy trailer home. Asking price is $195.000.00 (!) You'd think for that price they would include some hubcaps !!

Interior features include: walls that are painted with romantic outdoor scenes; ceilings painted to resemble a blue sky with clouds; doorways with hanging beadwork; tables with a marquetry design. Other touches include rich fabrics, oil painted murals, antique rugs, and custom cabinetry.

The bathroom ceiling appears to have shells, pasta, sticks, nuts, hardware, and other unidentifiable objects glued to it in a sort of mosaic. Personally, I find much of this trailer to be a bit overdone, but it does point out that even a ratty old travel trailer is a suitable candidate for a complete remodel in the Rolling Home fashion.

A special note for those of you who are interested in classic travel trailers -
See the 'Links' page for the URL to Vintage Vacations!