Like Food Trucks For Shopping: 11 Mobile Stores To Visit (PHOTOS)

The phrase "truck shop" does not conjure images of sartorial grandeur. But call it the next iteration of the food cart phenomenon, and we bet you're intrigued.

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The phrase "truck shop" does not conjure images of sartorial grandeur. But call it the next iteration of the food cart phenomenon, and we bet you're intrigued.

These entrepreneurs are taking the concept of mobile shopping literally by souping up old buses, trailers and trucks and using them to peddle goods like records, magazines, vintage clothing and housewares.

Here are a few of the funkiest caravans around.

--by Erin Wylie, Condé Nast Traveler