Atlas RV Museum

[slackercrust]

Atlas Mobile Home Museum

[Mvlawn]

There are some dandies in there. Thanks for the link.

[mythplaced]

AWESOME!

Was it truly intended for some of those 40-50 models to actually be towed down the road and used as an RV?

Seems they were designed from the beginning to be towed to a lot and "Parked".

[BA-in-Mich]

You know, you would think if times were so bad during the depression back in the 30's you would think that an extravagantz like trailers wouldn't even had a chance, Yet there were people making them.
Look at the 1935 Curtiss Aerocar. Look how far back the axle is. Could you imagine the suspension you had to have on a car to support that tongue weight.

[mythplaced]

After Lots O' reading...it seems that 1950 was the year that the industry found out there was a market for 35-50 foot "trailers" that were no longer designed as "Campers" or "RVs", but were specifically designed as lower cost semipermanent housing.

While I was but a gleam in my fathers eye in in 1950, I can imagine a 1949 Ford attempting to pull one of these 4 foot "behemoths" to a campground... Like Lucy and Ricky in "The Long Long Trailer"....I have to watch that movie again...(The Rock scene is my fave)

Talk about an overloaded tow vehicle!