Trucking Tales
Follow along with our trucking tales to learn more about housetrucks, housebuses, and housecars! We will detail stories of Roger’s housetrucking, the history of his housetrucks, and give helpful tips and tricks to future generations of housetruckers. Our readers will enjoy special housetruck stories from over the years with inside information about Roger’s housetrucks.
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My First Housetruck
At this point in time in my life, I rented a small studio apartment with a vacant lot next to it. It made it easy for me to have a place to park my housecar and a place to start building a small housetruck. I found a used 1952 Ford 3/4 ton flatbed for sale. I had started selling my wire jewelry at the Eugene Saturday Market. That gave me enough money to buy the truck and still be able to pay my rent! In addition to selling my jewelry at the Saturday Market and a couple of head shops, a young...
My First Housecar
My journey to building my first housecar began in 1968, when I bought my first transportation car. Working at Warner Brothers as an apprentice prop-maker helped me purchase my first car, a 1955 Mercury. I learned a lot while working for Warner Bros, but I had never worked in a union shop where big egos existed. During this time, I started modifying my ’55 Mercury into a hippie housecar, where I now had a place to live and not pay rent. After six months, I could not take it anymore. I decided...
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