Al’s Trailer Sales Incorporated is one of Del Valle’s forgotten trailer parks located near Austin, Texas. This news article will explain the history behind Al’s Trailer Sales Incorporated.
John R Alagnani established Al’s Trailer Sales Incorporated/Al’s Trailer Sales Inc on the date of July 26, 1968 on Bastrop Highway in Del Valle across Bergstrom Air Force Base. The address for Al’s Trailer Sales Incorporated was 2429 Bastrop Highway, Del Valle, Texas. (Ref: https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_tx/0024965200)
Al’s Trailer Sales Incorporated was plotted and graveled in the year of 1968 on part of the land where Sunscape Apartments once stood across from Bergstrom Gate to Bergstrom Air Force Base (now Austin Bergstrom International Airport). Finley Real Estate owned some of the land where Longhorn Mobile Home Park was plotted out on. Robert Finley of Finley Real Estate owned some of the land which Longhorn Mobile Home Park was located on. (Ref: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/358020694/)
National Mobile Parks Inc. owned a portion of the land Al’s Trailer Sales was located on. National Mobile Parks Inc was a Kansas-based realty company with branches in Texas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Florida, California, Delaware, Idaho, and New Mexico. (Ref: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/386611052/)
Al’s Trailer Sales Incorporated had a second branch and another trailer park off Ben White Boulevard (Highway 71) in Austin. The address for their Austin location was 406 E. Ben White, Austin, Texas. So Al’s Trailer Sales Incorporated two trailer park in two locations, one in Del Valle and one in Austin. The phone number for their Austin location was 512-442-5998. (Ref: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/386521955/)
By 1971 Al’s Trailer Sales Incorporated had been selling and renting out fully self-contained travel trailers to customers and realtors. (Ref: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/359919955/)
Al’s Trailer Sales Incorporated had been selling mobile home parts and accessories on Bastrop Highway by the year of 1972. He had established a full-functioning landline which was a phone number that was 512-385-2186. (Ref: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/386630363/)
However Al’s Trailer Sales Incorporated was shut down by the State of Texas in 1974 due to tax forfeiture. So John was forced to close and forfeit on his business in 1974. The date Al’s Trailer Sales Incorporated was shut down was on March 22, 1974. (Ref: https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_tx/0024965200)
John R. Alegnani was named as a plaintiff in a lawsuit called The Capital National Bank in Austin vs. Al's Trailer Sales Inc. and John R. Alegnani sometime in November 1974. The judge granted a judgement note for the plaintiff. (Ref: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/362052737/)
National Mobile Parks Inc. owned the land Al’s Trailer Sales was located on. National Mobile Parks Inc was shut down by the State of Kansas, State of Missouri, and State of Texas for failing to file an A/R report in a timely manner on 11/03/1975 after being sent an Administrative Dissolution Notification for failure to file a registration report. (Ref: https://bsd.sos.mo.gov/BusinessEntity/BusinessEntityDetail.aspx?page=beSearch&ID=479862)
Tax forfeiture and failure to file a registration report were the 2 main major factors which lead to the decline of Al’s Trailer Sales Incorporated.
Al’s Trailer Sales Incorporated and National Mobile Parks Inc. sold their properties back to Finley Real Estate in early 1976. So property belonging to Al’s Trailer Sales Incorporated would be incorporated into Finley Real Estate Finley Real Estate would continue to operate Al’s Trailer Sales Incorporated as Longhorn Mobile Home Park until selling the land to California-based partnership called Sunscape Partnership LTD in 1981. A bar called El Tenampa Bar and a motel called Capitol Garden Inn are currently where Al’s Trailer Sales Incorporated once was.
The office for Al’s Trailer Sales Incorporated was turned into a lounge in 1978. The lounge was converted into a restaurant in 1980. The restaurant was converted into a bar in 1981.
Al’s Trailer Sales Incorporated was located at 2429 Bastrop Highway, Del Valle, Texas, US 78617 and 2489 Bastrop Highway, Del Valle, Texas, US 78617.
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