68 years old... that surprises me, as I still think of these as a lot newer. But there it is, 68 years old and this Spartan Manor just sold for 351,000 dollars at auction

https://www.hagerty.com/articles-videos/articles/2019/01/20/1951-spartan-royal-mansion-travel-trailer

Wow, someone threw a bus chassis under a 1951 Spartan!

 

http://steampunkvehicles.com/post/135609831596/spotted-this-motorhome-made-from-what-appears-to

The Spartan Carousel and it's 1960s cool funky design

above, a fully furnished trailer, and below, one that is empty, and one that is nearly empty

above and below are 3 similar trailers, but not the photos of the same one

again, above and below, different trailers

http://kristivadiva.tumblr.com/post/176357621100/the-spartan-carousel-was-a-marvelous-rarityit

Wolfson Trailer House is a 1949 house in Salt Point, New York, and commissioned by the artist Sydney Wolfson. It is among the most distinctive of pioneering modernist Marcel Breuer's residential designs, as Wolfson requested that Breuer integrate his 37-foot 1948 Spartan Royal Mansion trailer as one wing of the house

Manhattan-based artist Sidney Wolfson twice asked Marcel Breuer to design an addition to the aluminum trailer he’d permanently moored atop a knoll in Pleasant Valley, not far from Poughkeepsie. Twice Breuer turned him down. The architect finally relented once he secured the Vassar commission, producing in 1949 what may be the most unusual work of his career.

What did Breuer have against this job? It’s not clear. Current owner David Diao, also an artist who has owned and lovingly tended the house since 1996, surmised that the architect just “didn’t want to deal with a trailer.” Or maybe Breuer feared that in head-to-head competition with the trailer, his work would come out second best?

For even then, this wasn’t your average home on wheels. Sleek and shiny, it resembles a plane shorn of its wings — not surprising, since it was manufactured by the Spartan Aircraft Company of Oklahoma, owned by tycoon J. Paul Getty. One of Spartan’s top-of-the-line Royal Mansion models, it’s considered the Rolls-Royce of vintage trailers, itself a masterpiece of contemporary design.

The Hungarian-born Breuer, a mainstay of the Bauhaus school, was perhaps best known for his furniture, particularly his simple, tubular steel chair. He also designed institutional buildings, such as the Whitney and the curving UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, as well as two dozen homes in the United States.

http://www.hvmag.com/Hudson-Valley-Magazine/March-2012/Wolfson-Trailer-House-Pleasant-Valley-NY/
http://www.olesondresen.com/woflson-trailer-home/
https://mobilehomeliving.org/the-wolfson-house/
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-breuerhouse3-2008jun03-story.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfson_Trailer_House
http://poulwebb.blogspot.com/2010/06/marcel-breuer.html

A Cadillac pulling a Spartanette Tandem

1946 spartanette on a 1968 Chevy motor home chassis. Custom built in 1969. It traveled 70,000 miles around the U.S. Until 1999.

https://www.facebook.com/vintagecampertrailers/posts/1559680317406898

Whoa, project trailer up for grabs cheap - only 8 thou for this 1946 Spartan manor 25 ft that is already stripped and started on reconstruction

https://www.vintagecampertrailers.com/for-sale/1946-spartan-manor

Larry's 1951 Spartan mansion, up for sale again already, so if you missed your chance in 2014, you're in luck again! Still selling at 60k

https://www.vintagecampertrailers.com/for-sale/1951-spartan-custom-5th-wheel

Lawson's Landing at Dillon Beach, home to some 60 and 70 year old trailers. Or it was, until rich people discovered this trailer park on the Pacific shore, and want to kick middle class people out so they can build Malibu mansions

the above is a Spartan Royal Mansion

Images from  https://picasaweb.google.com/100867831844798886713/FirstVisitToLawsonSLanding02?

Via http://lloydkahn-ongoing.blogspot.com/2011/06/lawsons-landing-under-threat-by.html

BEAUTIFUL and rare 1951 Spartan Imperial Mansion rv is up for sale

https://www.facebook.com/vintagecampertrailers

Elwood's Spartan trailer, finally gets a feature in Street Rodder

Back in 2013 I found this incredible COE and Spartan trailer, http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2013/05/most-impressive-hot-rod-truck-and.html  and they were up for sale in 2014 at the LARS.

But, in a better late than never effort, Street Rodder Nov 2015 issue did a 4 page feature on the truck, and the trailer and a bit of info about Larry Wood, also known as ElWood, has earned the nickname Mr. Hot Wheels, because he has been designing Hot Wheels toys since 1969.

 He has created some of the most iconic Hot Wheels cars ever, including the Bone Shaker, the 1949 Mercury, the Boyd Coddington collector set, and the Ramblin' Wagon.

http://www.hotrod.com/cars/featured/1504-larry-woods-1938-ford-coe-and-vintage-1951-spartan-trailer/

it was taken to a new level... just kidding, I couldn't resist. Where in the world did they find two of these trailers to make this double decker 1953 Spartan Manor?

Found on https://www.facebook.com/CaravanTurkey?fref=nf

Thanks to Big Billy! He sent me a link to the Youtbe video! The owner is the daughter of the buyer, who bought the upper deck from Spartan in 1957 because his girls outgrew the front bedroom. The owner now lives in California, and before graduating high school had always lived in this trailer, in many cities in So Cal from San Diego county to Ventura county

I just learned of an annual trailer show, in Palm Springs, in February.

photos from https://www.facebook.com/VintageTrailerShowModernismWeek2013?fref=photo

The most amazing vehicles were for sale today at the LA Roadster show and swap meet, wow x 2... vehicle and price combos were astonishing

For the gallery from the Edelbrock open house show: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2013/05/most-impressive-hot-rod-truck-and.html

a Kurtis midget with a Offy! If they'd only take a kidney in trade!

for the gallery of this Hudson from SEMA http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/11/ever-seen-hot-rod-hudson-800-hp.html