Seen at the RV/MH Hall of Fame. The 1968 Carriage Travel Trailer, an early model with one-piece fiberglass end caps. Carriage, Inc. was founded in 1968 and is located in Millersburg, Indiana on a 72-acre campus that contains nearly 25 buildings of various capacities, nearly all of which are still used in some fashion to build luxury fifth wheels. Carriage's first products were two lines of travel trailers, named the Carriage and the Rolls International. Over the years they also built conversion vans, Class C motorhomes, and even a few custom park models for Anheuser-Busch. They built their last travel trailer in the 2005 model year and now focus strictly on high-end fifth wheels. The RV/MH Hall of Fame is a museum in Elkhart, Indiana that features a variety of historical recreational vehicles from Airstream, Winnebago and other American makers. Founded in 1972 as the Recreational Vehicle/Manufactured Housing Heritage Foundation, the museum opened in 1991 and in 2007, moved into its current location. The foundation is a non-profit organization. The primary building, Founders Hall, is complete with artificial trees and other plants to create a simulated RV campground. The museum features a variety of recreation vehicles dating back 100 years and continuing through the 1980s. The oldest vehicle on display is a 1913 Earl Travel Trailer and is the oldest surviving specimen known. The oldest Winnebago and the smallest Airstream ever built are also to be found in the museum.—Wikipedia
Seen at the RV/MH Hall of Fame. The 1937 Hunt Housecar is one of several very unique early housecars built by Hollywood cinematographer J. Roy Hunt between 1935 and 1945. Hunt acquired a 1937 Ford truck chassis and commissioned an auto-body specialist in Southern California to fabricate a fuselage-type skin from 16-gauge steel. In other aircraft touches, the Housecar also had a flush-fitting side hatch and a multi-panel front windshield. The 1937 Hunt Housecar is considered the first mobile home with a functional shower. Hunt continued to build experimental RVs throughout his film career, which lasted until shortly before he died in 1972. Today, Hunt is venerated as the founding father of the RV industry. The RV/MH Hall of Fame is a museum in Elkhart, Indiana that features a variety of historical recreational vehicles from Airstream, Winnebago and other American makers. Founded in 1972 as the Recreational Vehicle/Manufactured Housing Heritage Foundation, the museum opened in 1991 and in 2007, moved into its current location. The foundation is a non-profit organization. The primary building, Founders Hall, is complete with artificial trees and other plants to create a simulated RV campground. The museum features a variety of recreation vehicles dating back 100 years and continuing through the 1980s. The oldest vehicle on display is a 1913 Earl Travel Trailer and is the oldest surviving specimen known. The oldest Winnebago and the smallest Airstream ever built are also to be found in the museum.—Wikipedia
