After WWII, we needed houses fast. The answer was steel.
The Lustron was a prefabricated house made of enameled steel panels.
It was delivered on a truck. You could clean the walls with a garden hose. You hung pictures with magnets.
They were rust-proof and termite-proof.
The Lustron was a prefabricated house made of enameled steel panels.
It was delivered on a truck. You could clean the walls with a garden hose. You hung pictures with magnets.
They were rust-proof and termite-proof.
The houses in Fallout 4 - one of the best post-apocalyptic, alternative past sci-fi action / role playing videogame - were like these. I had no idea those were real! Thank you so much! I always learn interesting things from you!
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome! I'm simply passing along the stuff I'm learning in real time! I had never heard of this home building material until now... and thought, wow, a car connection! With a photo!
DeleteJesse, I could definitely live in that house and definitely drive the kool Chevy , hope all is well with you,
ReplyDeleteRay
it would be incredible to live like that! Even to live in that neighborhood where someone has that house, and drives that car, I'd like to be living in that neighborhood! I'd applaud as that 56 drove by!
DeleteI don't remember if we've talked before, but I see your name is Red Isetta, I guess that means you have one... and you must love that, to keep it and use that name, so, how is the gas mileage, and how is driving on highways or interstates
Yes we’ve talked before, I’m the guy who lives in Michigan near the old Packard proving ground. Unfortunately I don’t own an Isetta, I’ve always been a micro car enthusiast, a good clean one goes for around $25,000 ouch. Oh well I can still admire them. lol I build model cars and actually built one a few years ago
DeleteAh, it must have been quite a while, I can't remember it. But then, my recall hasn't been good since my 30s, and I've been cramming a LOT of info into my brains in the last 20 years. I hope you keep looking for an Isetta, and get lucky to find someone ages out and puts theirs on the market at a GOOD affordable price! Last fall I found a grand father that left an Isetta to his grand daughter, and as strange as that really is, stranger things happen, you might score a good one at a good price! I hope you do! https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2025/08/thank-you-don-for-sharing-this-isetta.html
DeleteThey were/are expensive to heat. and cool. The insulation is a thin spray on the back of the steel panels. Almost impossible to remodel or update.
ReplyDeletewouldn't that be negated by insulation in the walls? The standard used to be a 2 by 4 for wall studs, I've heard it's now 2x6, just to give insulation more room to cut down on heating and cooling costs!
Deleteand yeah, impossible to do exterior work on, or additions, but who can afford to do anything anymore?
Also never heard of steel houses, but I'd take that "55 two door hardtop in a heartbeat!
ReplyDeleteSorry Jese to be "that guy" but I guess I will be this time. The Belair is a 1955 and likely AI since the two-tone paint is not correct, not that someone couldn't have painted the hood, top and front of the front fenders white, but the roof should be white instead. I love the nostalgia, that is spot on!
ReplyDeleteOkay, they're both 55s. I can fix that, as for the way it's painted... well they didn't come from the factory with those tires and rims either. So, it's not a factory stock car, but, I didn't say it was.
DeleteSomeone painted it the way they wanted it.