old camper at a site i drove by
Just south of Michigan on Orange Ave in Orlando FL they tore down a old trailer park. This is still sitting there. It must have been a real sweet one in the day from the looks of what's left. It sa...
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mowermech has it right.
Having lived in a 'trailer camp' in the late '40s and early '50s the Vagabond was a nice "house trailer" (nothing like a camping trailer or TT) which today we call them a mobilhome made for full time living.
Camping trailers from that era were small single axle and a few tandems less than 20'.
The Airstream was made as a travel trailer with holding tanks/fresh water tanks/12v and 110v systems/converters/etc.
Lots of confusion caused by those old house trailers someone converted into a beautiful TT such as the all rivited aluminum '40s/'50s Spartan Manor and now call them a travel trailer.
Having lived in a 'trailer camp' in the late '40s and early '50s the Vagabond was a nice "house trailer" (nothing like a camping trailer or TT) which today we call them a mobilhome made for full time living.
Camping trailers from that era were small single axle and a few tandems less than 20'.
The Airstream was made as a travel trailer with holding tanks/fresh water tanks/12v and 110v systems/converters/etc.
Lots of confusion caused by those old house trailers someone converted into a beautiful TT such as the all rivited aluminum '40s/'50s Spartan Manor and now call them a travel trailer.
