![]() Research and development was serious business for the mobile home industry in the golden years. As each element used in mobile home construction like windows, hitches, brakes, and new lumber products allowed the homes to improve as well. 1955 was a year of innovation in window designs for the mobile home industry. The 1955 Glider ad displays the unique window design they offered. Their advertisements always seemed to have an air of luxury or sophistication about them. The Chevvy Mobile Home was a division of the Pontiac Coach Company.Ĭolonial Coach Manufacturing Corporation used great marketing techniques in their print ads. This Terra-Cruiser ad really hits home! The headline makes you realize just how long ago 1955 was! We covered the many kitchen designs from the era in our article titled’ Mobile Home Kitchens From 1955 to 1960.’ The straight line kitchen below was a popular design but so was the circular. ![]() Kitchen designs were available in every shape you could imagine. Separation and focus opened the industry to a whole new world in 1955 and the designs proved it!ġ955 was a year of many designs (as were many other years). Each product had its own market and selling opportunities. Two different needs were being filled with two completely different concepts in movable home design – the travel trailer for short vacations and the mobile home for permanent year-round living. The two products were very different even if they didn’t appear to be. The majority of the companies would no longer produce vacation homes just for weekends and summers, they would build year-round homes.Ĭhanging the focus from travel trailer to mobile home added a much-needed separation between companies that were essentially building two different products. Not only was the name changed, but the entire focus of the industry seemed to change as well. The trailer coach association had rebranded themselves completely. The industry had just went through a huge change. The clean, sleek exterior lines and contemporary interiors were taking over the neighborhood and the public loved it. The homes were transitioning from bubbly curves to mean and lean. The vintage mobile homes were going through its adolescence, trying to find itself in a sense. 1955 was a great year for the mobile home.
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