Splurged
I don't buy that many antiques any more-- a consequence of clutter is that you realize how bad many such decisions are-- but when this came up for only $6,000 (very cheap for what it is, and it'll be very useful and fun), I could not resist:
Back in 1936, a desperate Pierce-Arrow Motor Company decided to try to take advantage of the fast-growing travel trailer business to save the company, and began producing the Travelodge in their almost-empty plant in Buffalo, New York. The interiors were beautifully made (quality was a habit with Pierce-Arrow), with gumwood paneling, a tiled bathroom with a beveled-glass mirror, china cabinet doors with leaded-glass windows and a woodburning stove. The trailers, however, were priced competitively with middle-class trailers. Only a few hundred were made, sales volume was not what they had hoped for, and the company folded.
It doesn't have the wind generator on it any more (they knocked a thousand dollars off the price, and no way was it worth that to me) but I think it's incredibly cool. And one of only a few dozen survivors-- you know I love rare stuff.
Back in 1936, a desperate Pierce-Arrow Motor Company decided to try to take advantage of the fast-growing travel trailer business to save the company, and began producing the Travelodge in their almost-empty plant in Buffalo, New York. The interiors were beautifully made (quality was a habit with Pierce-Arrow), with gumwood paneling, a tiled bathroom with a beveled-glass mirror, china cabinet doors with leaded-glass windows and a woodburning stove. The trailers, however, were priced competitively with middle-class trailers. Only a few hundred were made, sales volume was not what they had hoped for, and the company folded.
It doesn't have the wind generator on it any more (they knocked a thousand dollars off the price, and no way was it worth that to me) but I think it's incredibly cool. And one of only a few dozen survivors-- you know I love rare stuff.