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UPDATE: May, 2022: Shirley and her trailer are doing fine.
Shirley Wallace' lived in this two-story Spartan Manor trailer from age three until she went off to college 16 years later in 1969. Her father, Merrill Williams, was a finishing carpenter. His job took him all over California. When he moved, the trailer and his family came along. . . He bought the aluminum, 40-foot trailer new in 1953. It was adequate for the family at first, but then Shirley and her sister grew too big to sleep on the couch in the living room. So in 1957 Merrill added a second story with two bedrooms for the girls. At only 13 feet five inches high, the trailer would pass easily under freeway bridges. . . Sign up for our RVtravel.com newsletter: rvtravel.com/s... .
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@benvasilinda9729 5 лет назад

Her dad is the reason we celebrate Fathers Day.

@eveningstar8581 23 дня назад

This is the truest statement!❤

@Ntyler01mil 5 месяцев назад

A 3-bedroom, two-story travel trailer is simply amazing. Even more amazing that her father built on the second story himself.

@shandelebroyles1099 2 месяца назад

It's not a travel trailer. It's a mobile home. Camper's are travel trailers.

@DavidSmith-fr1uz 9 лет назад

A genuine example of true craftsmanship. More importantly is the commitment by her father to keep the family together instead of him being away for an extended period of time for his work.

@MrAzrancher 9 лет назад

DAD was pretty talented it appears. This must have been awesome in the 60's.

@hardythomas2217 7 лет назад

MrAzrancher m

@kylee1738 7 лет назад

MrAzrancher that was probably a really modern trailer at the time

@moniquesalazar7778 6 лет назад

MrAzrancher super talented

@kenyettaready 5 лет назад

He was pretty handsome too

@Crackerjacks420 5 лет назад

he new nobody else was gonna do it for him. These kids today dont relize that yet. they get everything handed to them and want everything for free and dont think they need to work for it .

@ruthsheller2911 8 лет назад

What a great dad! He kept everyone together and took care of them! Love it! He even made a way for his wife to have an organ! Wow! What happy memories she must have!

@popiscoolnow 8 лет назад

Ruth Sheller much better guy than me.i would have got her a harmonica.

@staceyezell9685 7 лет назад

Ruth Sheller I cried at this tru definition of a great dad and family

@d.vaughn8990 5 лет назад

Rollo Larson too funny - you got me cry’in here!!

@rubencohen2936 2 года назад

The dad was way ahead of his time.

@petemavus2948 Год назад

@@popiscoolnow 😂 An honest man is a good man. 👍

@AngelLuisTrinidad 10 лет назад

I really hope somebody restores it, and it ends up in some kind of museum. It's a treasure, please don't let it disappear.

@cameronwright8634 5 лет назад

I second that.

@angelrvbajacenter5047 5 лет назад

Wow amazing history thanks for sharing.

@DennisMoore664 5 лет назад

@eclemensen Where? On the road again! Just can't wait to see it on the road again. Cruising the highways and byways of this old land, my friend, and I can't wait to see it on the road again. I'd love to be driving along the Interstate and pass by that beauty taking it slow in the right-hand lane. I'd slow down too just to get a better look.

@kschleic9053 5 лет назад

@eclemensen publish an itinerary of where it will be, let Interested people come find it on their own road trip!

@Dutronnium 5 лет назад

Yes. An interesting piece of Americana with that styling.

@RangKlos 8 лет назад

Heaps of respect to her father. What an adventurous soul.

@syedadeelhassan8590 8 лет назад

Rang Klos agree i really want to see her dad pix he is awesom man

@jerrybear3081 8 лет назад

would have been a humble upbringing

@2degucitas 8 лет назад

ok look at 03:24 old pic of mom dad and baby

@alien69420 5 лет назад

Genius of a father. If she wouldn't of said what he built I would of guessed it was all original. Great job

@derekmmmm 9 лет назад

Merrill Williams. Innovator, craftsman and Dad. R.I.P. sir

@moosefactory133 8 лет назад

I know people some times poke fun at living in a trailer but I have to say, this is really cool. I admire all the hard work that went into this to make it a home.

@albertreynoso2864 8 лет назад

+j1978 yes exactly many different ways OF BEING HAPPY

@emvilecross6947 7 лет назад

good and decent people do not live in trailer parks you say?? that's just plan dumb.

@TheBikemaster94 7 лет назад

Puckles100 apology accepted, thanks brughe

@debbideanna8818 7 лет назад

Her father did an amazing job!

@robingagan6288 6 лет назад

Danny DeVito trailer park boys is not reality. I've never watched it because I assume it makes fun of people in trailer parks

@tracybrown4941 8 лет назад

This is really cool. Love the fact that she has kept it after all these years. She must have fond memories. What an awesome dad.

@virginiawatson9598 8 лет назад

4640jds

@Handlebarrz 5 лет назад

Unique one of a kind

@JohnCRV 10 лет назад

This is amazing, not just the workmanship but the history behind it. Thanks for sharing, your Dad must have been a very skilled artist.

@TheTaxburden 5 лет назад

The top floor seems roomy. This is cool now. Must've been amazing back in the 60s. Her dad did a great job!

@lauriedennis7256 2 года назад

I grew up in a two story trailer. It was purchased this way. Had 2 bedrooms and a half bath upstairs a full bedroom downstairs and a full bathroom with a washing machine! This was in 1960 we were the envy of the trailer park.

@DougCanney1 6 лет назад

This is a great testament to a man that only had his trade and his hands to support the family he loved. He made it so he could move where the work was located. And be comfortable for his family, so he could make a living. This is a long lost psychology in today’s morality. I enjoyed hearing this story and seeing the structural work of art.

@MultiRabe 9 лет назад

Even in the condition she's in (exterior wise), that rig is a bonafide classic BEAUTY! Cheers

@rah62 5 лет назад

...and the trailer's pretty nice too!

@sunnyfayezz1843 5 лет назад

Your dad was pretty inventive and talented... I hope it ends up in a museum...

@Ruth-zs3rs 5 лет назад

I'm Not sure why this popped up on my list in 2019; But I am glad it did. Fascinating.

@kawaiikawaiianimegirl4144 5 лет назад

Same

@Jasondirt 5 лет назад

Me 2. Very cool story. I would actually like to her about her mom and dad more. Sounds like he would or could do anything to keep them all together

@CrystalVanner 5 лет назад

*Mine also!*

@SINternetEntertainment 5 лет назад

Ruth same here. Her dad could have been rich today with the trailers I have seen.

@ironhell813 2 месяца назад

It’s popped up on mine in 2024…

@camd.4923 8 лет назад

SHE IS SOOOO LUCKY ....HER STORY REAMS OF HAPPINESS... HER MOTHER/FATHER WERE GREAT PARENTS...THEY HAD JUST ENOUGH TO MAKE LIFE THE GREATEST..... BLESS THIS FAMILY.. THANK YOU FOR THIS VID......

@sinner7947 8 лет назад

I'm 25 and I want to live in this SO bad!!!!!

@DainaSancho 5 месяцев назад

I live in a mediocre motorhome because I lost my home in Hurricane Ida & I've loved Spartan for at least a decade. I've seen photos of this one on Pinterest and have been dying to see the inside. Thank you so much for this! It's so amazing! Her dad improved it while maintaining the original look, no easy feat! What a treasure! 🏆 ❤

@juergeneichermueller7953 9 лет назад

I know Shirley Wallace. She is a great person! I am glad to see your two-story Spartan featured here. Her Dad was a genius in how he re-built this 1953 Spartan. It is a one of a kind mobile home and well worth placing in a museum. Actually the first two-story or double-decker trailers showed up in about 1950. Spartan never built one so this is a rare double-decker. Other companies like Pacemaker and Stewart built double-deckers from about 1955 and well into the 1960s. The first pull-out appeared in about 1950 on the Rollohome mobile home. A couple of manufacutered experimented with pull-outs even earlier.

@shirleywallace9975 7 лет назад

I want it to go to a museum some day.

@MsRobinG 7 лет назад

Have you made arrangements? It would be a shame for your trailer not to go to a museum.

@soniacortez4135 6 лет назад

Ms shirley Wallace, Oh my! Absolutely lovely and wonderful and man i would love to have something like this! Spectacular! I am in visalia too and work for a medical transport company and am all over the valley and have never seen anything as great and as show stoppin as this here! Thank you for sharing and may God bless you with more memories in this. I wonder tho, have your own children or grandchildren ever expressed interest in being the proud owners of this one day?! I wouldve been begging for the pinkslip from day one lol ! Bye now!

@crxdelsolsir 2 года назад

Proof workmanship back in the day was better than today. Aluminum outlasts any new materials today. Their joints, load bearing designs etc were spot on. The products were honest and didn't have planned obsolescence.

@lorenzeman6544 9 лет назад

Your dad was one hell of a craftsmen looks great.

@danzigmcnaniel5226 5 лет назад

I love that her dad was committed to keeping the look of the factory in which the trailer was built. Super talented

@sumlittlepunk 5 лет назад

It really is like a land yacht. Beautiful workmanship. Her father was a clever man.

@chrispate4512 2 года назад

Shirley's dad was a legend!

@CrystalVanner 5 лет назад

*JUST AWESOME AND BEAUTIFUL! Please restore it and use it as an Airbnb or to travel in!* 👍🏾

@awalk56 8 лет назад

Love it. Shirley: Your Father had one of those brains that was always 'working'. Genius.

@LifeIsGay1 6 лет назад

How could anyone hate this? I mean if they only listen to her and her story they would of really enjoy it plus a little history.

@SharonBaxter12 8 лет назад

WOW!! True Blue Americans!! When Fathers worked hard for their families and didn't mind being the " sole provider ". Like my own father!!

@phatkatracing 5 лет назад

That's a pretty insensitive thing to say.

@Chris_Troxler 5 лет назад

@@phatkatracing How?

@phatkatracing 5 лет назад

@@Chris_Troxler "True Americans" "When fathers worked hard" and that "sole provider" shit. Fuck that. That's insulting as fuck. It's also ignorant as fuck.

@Chris_Troxler 5 лет назад

@@phatkatracing I'm not trying start a flame war, or whatever it's called, but I still don't see how her statement is insensitive, insulting or ignorant. Just saying that something is offensive doesn't make it true. Please expand upon your reasoning. Again, not trying to argue, just trying to get a better understanding.

@phatkatracing 5 лет назад

@@Chris_Troxler She's saying that fathers don't work today, and that multi-income households are in some way wrong. She posted rhetoric. Rhetoric about "the good 'ol days." The good 'ol days are bullshit.

@kimberlynelson4200 3 месяца назад

There is nothing to be ashamed of when living in a mobile home. I grew up in one and I loved it. Lived in houses and apartments too. Now I’m 57 and my daughter and I live in a beautiful 3 bedroom, 2 full bath mobile home. My sister and brother-in-law live in a 4 bedroom, 2 full bath doublewide that is gorgeous. They’ve been in theirs less time than I have mine and have already paid it off. Hoping to be able to get mine paid off soon as well.

@thomasucc 10 лет назад

American social history at it's best

@RobertBohnen 15 дней назад

Necessity is the Mother of Invention. I've told kids at work for years: "Sometimes you just gotta get creative." Great Idea!!

@madambutterfly7513 5 лет назад

It looks like a two-story boat, very nice interior

@tompinion4138 6 лет назад

Super cool! It is very special to get to interview this woman who grew up in this trailer. She had a very talented father.

@kb9847 8 лет назад

way ahead of the tiny house movement!! Awesome to be able to live in so many places, but never having to pack up and move houses. Great video!

@wordswritteninred7171 6 лет назад

Wow! You can see she must have had such a close and loving family. And she still cherishes it. Shows that money and material things do not equal love or happiness. Would love to hear stories of her life.

@CrystalDraco2005 10 лет назад

How cool to be able to take one's childhood home with them wherever they might go.

@ginadelsasso288 5 лет назад

Please keep it in california where it wont get rusted out and destroyed. Such an awesome story and build. Your dad was awesome! The bump out for your mom, addition for you girls. He really tried to do his best for you all.

@LQOTW 8 лет назад

What an adventuresome life your childhood was! Thank you for sharing your awesome home with us, Ms. Wallace - I love how your dad modified the trailer.

@skigdividerx4991 2 месяца назад

I'm back four years later. SO COOL!

@captrodgers4273 9 лет назад

that travel trailer did alot of traveling in its time.....her dad was a great builder to make that addition look like it was built from the factory like that

@curlyanneb1973 6 лет назад

Love it. Dad was an engineering, body man, carpenter, Plumbing, genius. I would love to redecoratethis

@rudytexas6825 5 лет назад

That's the kind of dads we had in those gone days , I always tried to be half the dad my dad was I would be a great dad hopefully I succeed.

@ct4cf 8 лет назад

Daddy Williams was one hell of an innovator for his time. His work was neat and well thought out. His background as a finishing carpenter shows through in his work. Remembering the absence of prevalent color TV, cell phones, advanced polymers, carbon fiber and modern adhesives and sealants make his work all the more celebrated. Daddy Williams lives on through his work, his children and You Tube Shirley.

@truckertom3323 9 лет назад

An amazing work of Art,a true Craftsman. The lady looks like she had a good childhood living in the Trailer, very easy to pick up and move on,no need to worry about where you have to live at the next job site,park up and go to work,clear a little piece of ground and plant some vegetables. Good life.

@wallacesheckells9280 5 лет назад

Her Dad was a true craftsman to do this. He was truly ahead of his time. Treasure that thing Ms. Wallace!

@betsycollins601 8 лет назад

Nothing as creative as this is built today, at least not in a price range for the average person.

@Fanzindel 8 лет назад

This wouldn't have been in the price range of a regular person at the time. The guy built it himself. Feel free to go out and build something yourself, everything is there!! 😊

@juliorubi8126 8 лет назад

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@juliorubi8126 8 лет назад

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@2degucitas 8 лет назад

After the war airplane factories switched to building these. They had the equipment materials and labor. There was a large consumer pool of young marrieds waiting to buy. Very smart!!! I suppose a GI bill could pay it off .

@rogercamp6071 5 лет назад

The Spartan trailers were built by the Spartan Aircraft Co.in Tulsa, Oklahoma in the late forties and early fifties,I knew a man who owned a smaller one in the early eighties,this one is super cool!!!

@DawnStr8 4 года назад

I could spend hours talking to her and asking dumb questions. Fascinating!

@CarrieGerenScogginsOfficial 3 года назад

I just now noticed that it has a "walk beside bed," on the second floor, because she does not describe it very well, I thought that the second floor was only loft beds. Your father did a great job with the walk beside bed, or lowering the floor to make a small walk way beside the beds. It is the same design as the 1953 Lighthouse Duplex 2 story mobile home, the Ventoura 1950's model mobile home, and the Heinz 2 story mobile homes. This one is really better than the others, as it gave it 3 bedrooms, and the design layout is perfect.

@StuartOliver83 5 лет назад

Wow that’s lovely and what a clever bloke the dad was👍🏻

@floridadronz1284 8 лет назад

I drove an OTR tractor/trailer for years that was 13'6" --I wouldn't bat an eye towing this trailer across country with my old McNally maps and avoiding low overheads. Her father was a smart man and talented craftsman.

@donnahelps4867 Год назад

Love these old trailers, they have so much character.

@BeeKool__113 4 года назад

Wow! Dad created a living masterpiece! So many memories! So much history! This place is spectacular! I absolutely adore this lovely home. ❤️

@aa64912 5 лет назад

A practical work of art and craftsmanship. Bet people would pay to tour it.

@lynnmoore2664 10 лет назад

How awesome her dad was way ahead of his time and in so many ways! Thanks for sharing the story and trailers. A real keepsake & historical treasure.

@whatadollslife 2 года назад

her Dad was very creative and provided a good life for his family

@JuNaSoSt 8 лет назад

What a dream! To have a home that you travelled in and enough space for your growing family. Her father was awesome! My stepdad can barely build a garden box.

@soniacortez4135 6 лет назад

Lol aww poor lil stepdad! O:•}

@Johnsmith-1224 5 лет назад

Fantastic story. It appears mom and dad were pretty interesting people.

@gitanoespana7694 5 лет назад

Wow your Dad sure did love you guys and showed it in a wonderful way. Thanks for the video. May your Dad RIP

@catreader9733 2 года назад

I lived in an 1950-ish house trailer from birth to age 7, without any extensions. I would joke in later years that I learned to walk early because I could just extend my arms to either side and touch furniture or walls for stability. But we actually found ample space for comfortable living. I remember quite a bit of playtime and events from my preschool years that occurred in that small space. My parents would later recall entertaining up to four other adults for an evening, often with dinner. We transferred from the trailer when my father constructed a small 2-bedroom apartment inside our commercial buiding; we found the new quarters spacious. I found it very novel that there were now corners to turn to go from end to end in the new home.

@krissander1 9 лет назад

wow her father was a genius

@angelabroman18 3 года назад

Such a Lovely story, genius father, and a good one to keep the family together. I would be willing to lose a limb for a trailer such as this!

@treehouseinparadise5563 9 лет назад

So glad Shirley got the old girl back. So rare to be able to do something like that. We lived in trailers too, for much of my child hood. Smaller and no facilities. Now I wish I had one of those trailers or even the railroad boxcar we lived in. Hope you get some use out of it again and can pass it on to a good caretaker. It's a gem. Especially that your dad built it up. Enjoy.

@Sabrina-01 2 года назад

She was so happy until you hear her loss . Your home is amazing. . I'm sorry for your loss

@blackorchidwx7626 5 лет назад

I love my 1947 Spartan Manor. I always see people taking pictures when I’m hauling it down the road. Built to last too.

@1973noxqses 5 лет назад

I work on mobile homes and I miss seeing the older ones. The ones with the cool 50s / 60s vibe. This one is truly unique and I hope it is preserved.

@JenuineAirbrushTan 7 лет назад

I keep returning to this video as an example of ingenuity and craftsmanship. Thank you for sharing your home and stories. ❤️✌🏼️

@catheyahannas3240 4 года назад

They don't make them like that anymore, you have a diamond in the ruff! I hope that when you're done with it someone will love it like your talented Dad did. It's amazing that it survived all these years, it's a true gem.

@patrickantony 5 лет назад

If that thing was for sale I'd buy it in a minute! Wow that's amazing.

@markoredano9141 5 лет назад

I hope she never sells it

@JacindaH 2 месяца назад

Her dad was a legend! Sent his girls to college too! ❤

@RVFreeDa 10 лет назад

Very interesting and what a great story! Nice lady too!

@micjam1986 10 лет назад

perfectly said!!

@nitacruise9993 4 года назад

Your dad was ahead of his time! Brilliant!! They must have stole his ideas for slide outs! I own 11 houses. Add choose to live in an RV. I really enjoy my RV. Whether you live in a house our trailer are Rv doesn't make the person!

@renatamitchell519 2 года назад

I've never seen a two story trailer before 😊 it's cool. Her father was so smart.

@cindyhatch5062 5 лет назад

Has society lost desire to keep & pass down treasures from one's life to the next gen? Everytime I give my daughter say her baby things, she doesn't keep them. What's up with that? We can only pass along family stories, unique goodies, etc if others are willing. Lovely home, hope you have family that will luv it as much as u do

@CenturyHomeProject 2 месяца назад

Her father was an artist.

@georei 5 лет назад

What a beautiful trailer. All the wood, and built in shelves and cabinets. That's a piece of history and should be preserved.

@Eduarditooo 5 лет назад

Amazing history!! Your home is not defined by the structure but by the love of that people around you!!

@blackbeard6861 5 лет назад

Your dad is an amazing carpenter! That is the best camper I've ever seen

@johnfarnel 8 лет назад

That guy had to be insanely smart to be able to do that in the 50s/60s.

@2busysecretary 4 года назад

I love when people are creative and go "outside the box"

@charlesdyer2376 10 лет назад

that lady should write a book about her life in that trailer.

@missyallthat6207 7 лет назад

I was thinking how cool it is to still have your childhood home! Most people end selling when their parents pass but because she could move it she is able to keep it and pass it down to other generations

@krystallightv.8727 8 лет назад

Wow! Santa Maria ca. My grandmother told me one that she had seen a two story trailer and she was amazed by it now I see why.💕

@studiokohl1 5 лет назад

It is beautiful just how it is. I would totally live in it. Something about living in something from another era always appeals to me. If the old truck, from the picture of it being moved, came with it it would sure be a head Turner.

@1533ramsay 8 лет назад

look at the size of the truck that pulled it. What a great story. That needs to go into a Museum.

@Franaflyby 6 лет назад

The coolest coziest hidden closet staircase Ive ever seen . Wow how lucky she was to have had a nice content happy family . Her Daddy must of had a whole lotta love for his family to do all that work . Im sure it wasn't easy.

@christopherg9806 8 лет назад

That's really clever! Her dad was very skilled.

@margaritoespinoza6457 4 года назад

Wow! Dad had skills! What a craftsman! Lost art now days. Wish he was my dad.

@LWJCarroll 8 лет назад

Amazing to see what he did back then.....heaps of room...Rgds...Laurie

@patihopkins5190 5 лет назад

Oh wow this is just amazing. Im drooling! Dad sure was talented!!!

@AsTheWheelsTurn 8 лет назад

this is awesome. and to the people who are just ignorantly saying its too tall to move or too heavy.....first of all watch the damnd video, they moved it many times with what looked like a ordinary 3/4 or 1 ton truck. second, have you never heard of a semi truck or double decker tour bus? both are as tall or possibly a bit taller than this is so why is it that it would be "unwise" or dangerous to haul this thing around? If you are aware of what you are doing and plan your trip it would be fine. if you have never towed a trailer and you are lacking in common sense then yes it would be best for YOU not to be hauling something like this. It wouldnt be something you'd take out every weekend camping or something but I would not feel uncomfortable towing this from city to city seasonally or whatever. I love it!

@shirleywallace9975 7 лет назад

Being all Aluminum frame keeps down the weight.

@danielyounger9543 6 лет назад

AsTheWheelsTurn exactly if its 13'6 or less or will fit under overpasses on the interstate.

@robingagan6288 6 лет назад

Can't you also put trailer on a flat bed transport trailer or something

@robingagan6288 6 лет назад

AsTheWheelsTurn I would love to read comments sometime and not see one negative comment wouldn't you. There is always someone on the attack

@darrylnichols9747 6 лет назад

AsTheWheelsTurn They move 2 story houses. This trailer would be simple by comparison. Also some 5th campers are almost as tall.

@bushelandpeck1501 24 дня назад

Wow, i'm so impressed with you dad's craftmanship of making your family home larger! In those days, they were built to last & last it did. I live in my 2005 40 ft one level, lol, 2 slide out motorhome. It's tiny home, but it's built a whole lot more duriable than some newer pull behind campers we've had.

@whidbeyhiker4364 8 лет назад

Now we have this tiny house revolution going on, like it was something new. I love this, would love to own it.

@vegasjill21 8 лет назад

I agree! This trailer looks very cool, I could live in something like that very easily. And, first things first, I would paint that exterior and it would look fabulous!!! I love that shape!!! :) I love hearing her fond memories of her childhood and living there.

@2degucitas 8 лет назад

I want so bad to see it cleaned up on the outside. So dull looking.

@lavenarussell6363 7 лет назад

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@lavenarussell6363 7 лет назад

I love the fact that her Dad was so creative and fixed a really neat home for his family! I It reminds me of my Dad, we camped on a nearby lake a lot during my childhood. Over the years our "campers" grew from a two room tent to a converted school bus. We also expanded our watercraft from a two man rubber raft to a six passenger ski rig. We have many good memories and delightful stories about our lake homes and the people we met in those "good ole days". Lol gotta love the 60's and 70's

@vegasjill21 7 лет назад

Lavena Russell Oh how cool to have a school bus!! Just like the Partridge Family!! lol It sure would be a lot more comfortable and roomy!! Yea,,it was fun being a teenager in the 70's. :) I have lots of great memories, too! Take care.