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1947 Drexler trailer coach advertisement ~ Trailer Travel Magazine, November 1947

Selected excerpts (1921 - 1988) from Galloping Bungalows
by David A. Thornburg, Shoestring Press Inc., Connecticut, 1991:

“Indeed motor-camping is the only way in which many people can afford to travel at all.”
—Elon Jessup, The Motor Camping Book, 1921

“In Nomad’s Land … When Half the Nation Lives In Trailers” [copyright 1936 by the Chicago Tribune]

Check out this old news story from 1946. "...let's examine the record of the AUTOMOBILE AND TRAILER TRAVEL. The opening of 1946 found our printers strike-bound, resulting in a very trying time for ourselves..." Download the Article

Trailerites love to tell "war" stores about how we acquired our rigs. Like the '53 Airfloat that we pulled out of the sand in the California Desert, the '47 Westcraft that was filled with engine blocks and dead mice, of the '37 Hayes that was used as a chicken coop for the last four decades. Read the Full Article 

1937 Fortune Magazine
(Selected painting by J.W. Golinkin from “Fortune” Magazine, March 1937)

One day while scouring ebay for vintage trailer goodies, Chuck Miltenberger found an ad for a trailer he wasn't really interested in, but he noticed the front end of another trailer poking out from behind a barn. Chuck knew it was a 1950 Westcraft Coronado Pullman and he wanted it. He wrote to the seller and asked if it was for sale and got the usual answer we so often hear: "No way; I'm gonna restore that one." So, Chuck left his number, waited patiently, and about six months later got a call and made a deal...