One of the most sought after vintage trailers there is this 30 ft., 1957 Airfloat Landyacht, which, even though is in very decent shape overall, would still need a full restoration to be usable. Her skin is in excellent condition, with only a couple of minor scrapes here and there. However, up at the front, where the skin is separated at the corners, she'll need some structural work. This, unfortunately, is a very common problem with all Airfloats. In fact, I have four of them and they all have the same problem and that's because Omar Suttles, the otherwise brilliant designer of this coach, thought that it would be a good idea to connect two, large, steel bars to the tongue on one end and then simply to wood on the other end. It obviously wasn't and the results pretty much speak for themselves on any Airfloat that's seen any kind of on-going road use. However, this trailer is road-worthy as it sit, and, in fact, I originally towed this coach over 400 miles with no problems. However, for anything longer than that her wheel bearings should be checked and at least re-greased, though I think her tires would be fine. Also, I have never bothered to check the electrical, water or propane systems, because those items would be covered in a full restoration.

As far as her interior goes, the Airfloat Coach Co. used bleached and varnished mahogany for the interior wood of their trailers, instead of birch (though, why I'll never know) and the finish of this coach has seen better days. That said, the floor is still solid and the interior itself is mostly complete, except for the missing fridge, original couch, one of the drawers in the kitchen and one of the twin bed frames. Also, it's rare to find the original toilet still in one of these, which as you can see, matches the sink and the tub in the bathroom. Furthermore, besides their trademark port-hole windows and gold skin, these last year Landyachts have a lot more going for them, including a lot of things that other brands didn't have. First of all, they're 8 ft. wide, which makes a surprisingly big difference in the feeling of spaciousness and comfort, and they also have a centrally placed floor furnace, which is that rectangular grille in the floor of the kitchen, and which may still work after it's cleaned up and serviced. This is definitely an added and well thought out bonus, i.e., travel and/or house type trailers are notorious for having cold floors. Besides that, as you can see in the photos, the larger Landyacht and Flagship models also featured a secretary desk with, not only glass enclosed storage above it, but a fold-out dining table as well, that, with it's two, original leaves installed, extends out almost to the other side of the trailer. However, the piece de resistance is that incredibly cool bathroom with that incredibly cool, coral colored bath tub which is bigger and deeper than what most houses have....not to mention that cool, original faux marble laminate that surrounds it. It just doesn't get much better than this, folks, when it comes to collectible, vintage trailers. In fact, consider this little scenarios. After you've got her completely restored you take her to your first vintage trailer rally and, after dinner, while you're standing around the camp fire roasting smores with a bunch of your other vintage trailer friends, you stand up and say, "Well, I guess I'll go take a nice, long, hot bath now and then hit the sack!"