Detroiter Mobile Homes, of St. Louis, Michigan, was renowned throughout the industry for their finely-crafted rigs. The CUSTOM DELUXE URBAN line for 1958 featured fifteen different models, which were available in lengths of 35, 40, 45 and 50 feet and widths of 8 and 10. The Colorama promotion offered the mobile home buyer the option of color-coordinated kitchen and bathroom fixtures (for an additional fee).
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The floor plan of the two bedroom -front living room- 10 by 50 URBAN rig is depicted here. Some of the standard features were birch-paneled walls, linoleum tile flooring, an 11.5 cubic foot refrigerator, 4-burner range with glass panel oven door and 43,000 BTU oil furnace. Some of the optional equipment included the aforementioned colored fixtures and appliances, storm windows, a rotating TV antenna and garbage disposal unit.
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The Magnolia Trailer Sales Corporation was based in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Their 45 foot MANOR 10-WIDE rig is depicted in the drawing above.
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Here we see the floor plan of Magnolia's 45 footer. Its layout was a something of a departure from the orthodox bedroom-bath-kitchen-living room house trailer arrangement of the time.
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