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We love vintage mobile homes and like to share articles about their history. From tents to the huge manufactured homes we have today, there were a lot of cool models and awkward steps in between. Learn about a few of them here.
If you enjoy vintage mobile homes, RVs’s, and campers you’re going to love this video, ‘MOBILE MANSIONS: The History of RV’s and Trailers Full One Hour Version by Douglas Keister.’ This video travels the timeline of mobile homes with great historical accuracy. The narrator walks through the decades on a beautifully visual road of photos, advertisements, and quotes. It’s … Read more
A Spartan Mobile Home is a favorite of most vintage mobile home fans and for good reason. The story of the company is as fascinating as the homes they produced. It’s a true American tale of innovation and the ability to adapt during difficult times. Related: Check out this Shabby-Chic Spartan. Did I mention how awesome Spartan … Read more
Awesome Airstream Remodel This Airstream remodel will curl your hair! Literally! One of the greatest benefits of mobile homes, campers, travel trailers, and RV’s is unlimited potential. They can become anything you can imagine and in this case the owner imagined an upscale business that could be easily transported. We’ve seen lots of great Airstream remodels. Some have … Read more
Mobile homes come in all shapes and size, so do vintage buses. These vintage buses have all been converted into beautiful mobile homes! In my opinion, you can call anything a mobile home as long as the unit is mobile and has an area for sleeping, eating, and/or living and buses are a great option for anyone … Read more
Please welcome Dianna Wood. She has completely remodeled a vintage single wide mobile home with amazing DIY projects and was kind enough to write a bit about her single wide mobile home here on Mobile Home Living. Related: A Look at a 1978 Fleetwood Single Wide Remodel. By Dianna Wood Mobile Home Owner at Mobile … Read more
Back in the good ole’ days mobile homes were more prone to design innovation and experimentation. With hundreds of mobile home manufacturers competing for sales the first company to come up with bigger and better was more likely to succeed and become a nationally known brand. A popular design concept was two story mobile homes, aka the … Read more
Those that take the time and money to renovate and remodel vintage mobile homes are my favorite kind of people. Bringing back the past is not an easy thing to do especially if you try to be as original as possible. Those that do this work, that takes the time and money to renovate a vintage mobile … Read more
The early 1940’s was a challenging time for United States of America and trailers industry. Our country was headed to WWII and rations were put in place in order to produce the necessities needed for the war. The mass-produced trailer was still in its infancy – factories had just begun producing trailers in 1936 so there … Read more
Over the years we have collected quite a few great Vintage Trailer Parks and Campground Images. So we thought we would share them with you! Related: A look at some Unique Vintage Motor Homes. The following images were found on Flickr. The poster describes the photos as being in Fort Benning, GA in 1953 or 1955. … Read more
The modern mobile home came immediately after the first automobile was introduced. People had been carrying their homes around with them for centuries in the form of carriages, covered wagons, and vargos so it was only natural that these concepts be modified for automobile travel. When a history-changing invention like the automobile is made it takes a few years … Read more