The Sun Coach

	7% of the population is living in trailers
Trailers	Levittown is booming providing GIs with permanent housing

Sun Coach Elcar	Patricia Rhee
The Elcar Suncoach had a "fold out" porch extending the overall living area of the unit. The porch extension and the overall styling of the unit alluded to more permanent housing types. (Note: the fence around the unit in the illustration) The Sun Coach presages the split between mobile homes (now called manufactured homes) and travel trailers, in its resemblance to a conventional home, as opposed to an alliance with a car Wheel Estate, Allan Wallis, Oxford University Press, 1991 Image Credit: Trailer Topics, 8:8, 1947
The modernist trope of a techy future, has always had a hard time convincing North Americans. Following World War Two, trailers began to take on a more stable appearance, appealing to a population upset by the upheavals of War. The white picket fence in the manufacturer's drawing, as well as the fold down porch all speak of a more permanent in residence, reflecting the shift in the use of the mobile home.