The website featured new model information, warranty information, a company store for apparel, and a customer photos section. Sunline's first website was launched in 1997, as was the first email address. The Saturn non-slide models saw a mild visual redesign that allowed the Slide Rooms to rebrand. With the Slide Room models gaining popularity, the Slide Room idea was moved into its own model for 19, simply called the Sunline Slide Room. The largest Slide Room trailers, the T-32SS and T-36SS, became common choices for destination trailers at a campground seasonal site, and had a new optional sliding glass patio door to encourage more permanent use. All Sunline Slide Rooms at this time were large couch/dinette combo. Most notably, the new 1996 Sunline Saturn line had multiple floorplan options with slide rooms, ranging from 28' to 36' in length. It was an economical/entry level travel trailer, built with the same materials as the rest, just with less features and a lower price point.
The Saturn travel trailer line was launched in 1996. The slide room concept had been around in the RV industry since the 1970s and power slide outs since 1990, but this was Sunline's first application of them.ĥ0,000th Sunline, a 2000 T-2370. An especially notable feature of 1995 model Sunlines was the addition of power slide rooms to two fifth wheel models. Sunline's 30th anniversary was in 1995, with trailers featuring all new decal packages.
The new polar white aluminum had Krystal Kote coating, designed to help prevent scratches and dents. The beige exterior of the 1980s was replaced with an all-new light gray in 1990, but it was quickly replaced with polar white in 1992. ġ990 was Sunline's 25th anniversary, with a road ahead theme. The last Leola built Sunline left the plant in 2004, as a 2005 model. It was a considerably smaller facility than Sunline's main campus, but this facility assumed most production of the larger trailers and fifth wheels. With the trend toward larger trailers and needing more room to manufacture, Sunline acquired the former Shasta Industries plant at 40 Hess Road in Leola. Sunline also introduced two entry level models in the late 1980s, the SunRay, and StarRay to attract younger and budget minded customers. Hardwood cabinet doors and other wood accents became optional and standard in the uplevel Seville line of travel trailers and truck campers. Luxuries such as air conditioning and plush velour furniture became popular options never available before.
While the small, lightweight floorplans remained, Sunline began to offer larger floorplans in the mid 1980s, with more luxurious fabrics and option choices. The new facility was located at 985 Stone Hill Road. In 1983, the company expanded operations by acquiring the property directly across the street for a new production, parts, R&D, and customer service facility. The Solaris, a new motorhome built on a Datsun EHL620 chassis, featured a 119 cubic inch four cylinder engine designed for fuel economy. The Sunspot, a small, lightweight, teardrop style trailer with a rear opening chuckwagon kitchen, could be towed by small economy cars such as the Volkswagen Rabbit. Notable products of the late 1970s were the Sunline Sunspot and the Sunline Solaris. Product lines changed to align with the smaller cars and trucks of the time due to the fuel crisis and Sunline focused on lightweight construction methods that could be towed by these new, less powerful vehicles joined the team from nearby RV manufacturer Shasta Industries. In 1975, Wayne Weaver left Sunline, thus breaking the partnership. The first Sunline travel trailer was built in 1971, with fifth wheels following shortly after. The factory was recognizable along the turnpike from a large travel trailer shaped billboard, complete with hubcaps, mounted up on the hill. in 1969, near the junction of Route 222 and the Pennsylvania Turnpike. The company officially incorporated in 1968 and moved to their final location at 245 S. Production outgrew that facility and prompted a move to Akron in 1967. After the trip, they decided to expand the business and build more truck campers in Schoeneck. The pair started with building backyard storage sheds in the early 1960s, and then later built a truck camper for Wayne Weaver's cross-country honeymoon trip in 1964. The company was founded by Wayne Weaver and Lewis Martin, in a small garage in Hinkletown, Pennsylvania.
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