1960 Geographic “Model X” Trailer

The Super Modern 1960 Geographic “Model X” Trailer aka “Trailer For The Rich”




Evidently there were only 5 ever made, and this is the only one still in existence.  In 1960, it had a sticker price of $8,495.  This was a time when you could purchase a decent house for $13,000.  America just wasn’t ready for luxury mobile living, so after a couple of years of trying to make a sale, the showroom closed in 1962, and this trailer was purchased for $5,000 by the showroom manager.  In 1995 she passed away, and her sister sold the trailer for a couple hundred dollars.
In 1999 a Los Angeles architect named Bardy Azadmard saw the trailer along side the road with “for sale” painted in the window.  The trailer was so rat infested that you couldn’t breathe inside and all the wiring and plumbing had been chewed to bits.  However, after nearly a decade of work and careful attention to detail, he brought the project back to life in all its original glory (from the teak cabinets to the original appliances).