Binding: Paperback
Description: If there's not a nomadic revolution going on today there's certainly a nomadic movement. In the last few years either for reasons of practicality (high costs of rent or mortgages) change in lifestyle or the search for adventure people are customizing all sorts of vehicles for travel. If you search for van on Instagram you find scores of accounts such as #projectvanlife with 1.2 million followers; #vanlifecamper; 472,000 followers or #fosterhunting 930,000 followers. This book focuses on DIY vehicles with most of the 80 or so shown here fitted out for the road by their owners similar to the way that the homes in all of Shelter's building books were built by hand by the owners. There are vans sedans trucks buses and trailers with a wide array of designs and styles. A number of the units are 4 - wheel drive for off - road travel. The book is not only fun to browse through but is full of practical information (such as stoves heaters battery charging solar power refrigerators and kitchens designed for the road) for anyone wanting to create their own movable home. These owner builders describe their homes provide photos and share their secrets. There are dozens of floor plans all sorts of sleeping arrangements and some unique stealth vehicles designed to be under the radar so that passers - by have no idea that someone is sleeping in a parked vehicle. There is a European minivan outfitted by a young German woman who just graduated from architectural school and took a sabbatical to go surfing. There are a number of camper truck shells all completely different. There's a converted school bus that is used in both cold weather for skiing and in warm climates (such as Baja California) for surfing. A $200,000 Land Rover and a $300 pickup truck camper shell. There's a converted horse trailer furnished with Victorian antiques that is used at Burning Man. A tiny Geo Metro (3 - cylinder sedan) that is ingeniously designed for sleeping cooking and eating in the stealth mode. This is the the latest addition to The Shelter Library of Building Books which started with Shelter in 1973 and includes Home Work Builders of the Pacific Coast Tiny Homes and more. This book couldn t be more timely. Nothing behind me everything ahead of me Jack Kerouac On the Road
Title: Rolling Homes Shelter On Wheels
Author(s): Kahn Lloyd
Publisher: Shelter Publications Inc. U. S.
Barcode: 9780936070896
Pages: 256 Pages, Colour Photos Throughout
Publication Date: 8/23/2022
Category: Transport: General Interest