Porky Cutter recounts his family's adventures in their homemade motorhome.
When Bess and I were young with our first son, Randy, we thought we wanted a motor home. They were almost unheard of at the time. As the Cutters are known to do the unusual, we made our own. We purchased a used Metro milk delivery truck and with the help of my dad, we started building our motor home.
The van was a half-ton International Metro cab over engine (milk truck). It had sliding doors in the front sides and split open doors in the rear. Since there was no air-conditioning, we installed folding gates in front of the doors so Randy couldn't fall out. We installed a baby crib over the engine for Randy to play and sleep in. We built a kitchen cabinet complete with a sink. There was a closet on each side in the rear and a foldout couch opposite the sink. We also had a fold-up table that could be removed and mounted on the outside under the awning, as we even had built a roll-up awning on the right side. We didn't have toilet facilities and had to use gas stations. You have to remember this is before rest stops and campgrounds.