AWAKENING A BEHEMOTH - 1957 Spartan Imperial Villa Mobile Home gets ready for it's next chapter

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  • Опубліковано 15 січ 2025

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  • @pamhutzell8268
    @pamhutzell8268 Місяць тому +1

    My husbands aunt and uncle had one alot like this one. I was born in 1956 😂so this was before my time but it is so cool!

  • @karynfelix-the-Cat
    @karynfelix-the-Cat Рік тому +8

    I lived in a 1956 Midway trailer coach, 10 x 50 many years ago. That one had a hallway, but it was really narrow. The wood interior made these old trailer coaches very heavy! The one that I lived in was a triple axel! I would love to restore one of these! A piece of American history when the "mobile home" became popular right after the war and young couples and families were looking for a place to live. The country was developing and growing. The freeway system, dams, and bridges were being built across the country. Trailer parks were springing up all over to accommodate house trailers. Their popularity was aimed at the idea of being able to take your house with you as you moved on to the next construction project! Not many of these survive today. I can't wait to see this one restored!

    • @stillbuyvhs
      @stillbuyvhs 4 місяці тому

      The 50's mobile homes are kinda cool; they look like they're designed to move. By the late 60's, they began to look more like sheds.

  • @pacnoman
    @pacnoman Рік тому +4

    What an AWESOME find! Can't wait to see it fully restored, she's a beauty!!!! Love all the original appliances!

  • @heiditaylor-bn8rn
    @heiditaylor-bn8rn Рік тому +7

    I grew up in one identical to this one, sans washing machine! How fun to see! The walk through bedroom was my room until the age of 13. Our Spartan was sadly sold for a brand new trailer. Can’t wait to see this one restored!

    • @benscampers1818
      @benscampers1818  Рік тому +1

      Thanks for sharing. Not much privacy in that middle bedroom area.

    • @gayleweatherford7517
      @gayleweatherford7517 8 місяців тому +2

      I too grew up in this Spartan trailer....... everything is the same but no washing machine, no jalus windows..... Our window was a picture window. No carpet, had linoleum flooring. We moved from Pennsylvania to Arizona to California to Texas....... That trailer was rugged.😊

  • @b5846967b
    @b5846967b Рік тому +3

    I see its going to Texas. Probably a good place for it without size regulations etc. This is going to be a great guest house or big dollar ABNB etc. TOO KOOL!!!! WOW WOW WOW************

  • @mark-xx1lt
    @mark-xx1lt Рік тому +1

    Wow, looking back through your videos, you have found some great vintage camper trailers. Thanks for these videos & salvaging all these older trailers. They are kind of priceless.

  • @joianne7511
    @joianne7511 5 місяців тому +1

    I love that trailer. The space is amazing and all of the original items, Beautiful 😍 ❤

  • @daviddisandro821
    @daviddisandro821 7 місяців тому +2

    wow that stove is awesome. Thanksgiving dinner maker!

  • @albeers122
    @albeers122 6 місяців тому +2

    I think Jim Rockford lived in a unit like this one. Out in the middle of a parking lot by the beach in L.A.

  • @patriciayauger9535
    @patriciayauger9535 Рік тому +1

    Thank you for showing this 1957 Trailer, this Trailer is very nice, and the wood work is nice, and has a washer. 😊

  • @KarenJohnson27DC
    @KarenJohnson27DC Рік тому +1

    Love the woodworking in these trailers. You don't see that anymore.

  • @pinkladybikermamma3603
    @pinkladybikermamma3603 Рік тому +7

    RARE ONE IF YOU KNOW ABOUT THE SPARTANS! GOOD FIND.

    • @scottpearce8772
      @scottpearce8772 7 місяців тому

      ... I absolutely love these old trailers, this one has 2 years on me so of course it needs TLC...
      ... I grew up in SoCal, Indio, Coachella, Palm Springs area and there were trailers and trailer parks sprinkled through out the desert and I always thought they looked so cool, so "modern"...
      ... I just loved the idea that you could hitch up to your car and move anytime you wanted...
      ... To this day when I passa trailer park, if I have the time I will drive through and marvel at some of these classics of yesteryear...

    • @scottpearce8772
      @scottpearce8772 7 місяців тому

      ... I absolutely love these old trailers, this one has 2 years on me so of course it needs TLC...
      ... I grew up in SoCal, Indio, Cochilla

    • @scottpearce8772
      @scottpearce8772 7 місяців тому

      ... I absolutely love these old trailers, this one has 2 years on me so of course it needs TLC...
      ... I grew up in SoCal, Indio, Cochilla

  • @julieannesimms6236
    @julieannesimms6236 Рік тому +1

    I just brought a 1984 24ft millard fully renovated love her❤

  • @sped6954
    @sped6954 6 місяців тому

    It's not hard to imagine this one restored and liveable again. I'm really diggin this. Really nice condition given its age. Definitely something I would call home.

  • @spotsill
    @spotsill 7 місяців тому +1

    The spartan interiors were always very different and very beautiful.

  • @Brownmahfun
    @Brownmahfun 8 днів тому

    Soooo Neat.

  • @DanTheManIOM
    @DanTheManIOM 5 місяців тому

    10 by 50 ! You are going to need a bigger truck !

  • @nancycotten9788
    @nancycotten9788 Рік тому +2

    Back in 1960 we got a new moon

  • @reglook1
    @reglook1 Рік тому +2

    Wow! What state is this beautiful trailer in?

    • @benscampers1818
      @benscampers1818  Рік тому +2

      It was in Pennsylvania. It is now in Austin Texas.

  • @AllenMichael-pl6ps
    @AllenMichael-pl6ps 6 місяців тому

    QUALITY AND CRAFTSMANSHIP.
    👍

  • @susanbissell6319
    @susanbissell6319 Місяць тому

    Has it been restored yet? Love to see it restored!

    • @benscampers1818
      @benscampers1818  Місяць тому

      @@susanbissell6319 it is being restored in New Mexico!

  • @gladeslvr
    @gladeslvr Рік тому +1

    I thought my Hicks was big, but damn... I wouldn't want to tow that! Such a gorgeous trailer. It's like a museum piece.

  • @bigpaul7085
    @bigpaul7085 15 днів тому

    How do you install new flooring under the walls up to the outside metal ?

  • @lorrainehilgendorf2165
    @lorrainehilgendorf2165 Рік тому

    If you happen to find ine thats got the bathroom in the rear and a 1 bedroom ied love to see it .
    I used to own one it was pristine when i got it but a little dirty .
    Had been a bachelor pad for a few years before me ..
    Ied love to own another like it so if you happen to run across one let me know .

  • @desertedenblooms
    @desertedenblooms Рік тому

    gorgeousssssssssssssssssssss

  • @nitahiltner3348
    @nitahiltner3348 7 місяців тому +1

    Our trailer was 8x37. How wide is this? Ours laid out just the same.

    • @DanTheManIOM
      @DanTheManIOM 5 місяців тому +1

      Ben said 10 foot. 10 foot wide. 50 feet long.

  • @trappy7280
    @trappy7280 10 днів тому

    The price duh 😮

  • @grantfehlhaber1404
    @grantfehlhaber1404 7 місяців тому

    So it this a camper or more one a mobile home?