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Supercar Company Ltd (Established 1934)

 Organisation

Dates

  • Existence: Established 1934

Biography

Supercar Company Ltd was a British amusement and fairground equipment manufacturers and dealing company. The company was established by J. Burrows in Coventry, England in 1934. In the mid-1940s the company was taken over by Mr Scothern and Mr Cole and moved to Leamington Spa during the Second World War after the bombing of Coventry. Supercar moved to Warwick, after 1969. Later it went out of business and was restarted as Supercar Leisure Ltd, by Mr Phil Bailey, who later sold it to Steve Wilkins who trades as Amusement Park Spares Ltd in Warwick. Amusement Park Spares is a company specialist in trading in spare parts for amusement rides.

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

David Braithwaite Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0053
Scope and Contents

This collection contains photographs taken by David Braithwaite from the 1950s and used towards his publications alongside older images collected from other sources as well as business records, monographs, articles, correspondence, newspaper cuttings, advertising material, bibliographies, catalogues, programmes, films and some other miscellaneous items.

Dates: c1880 - 1989

Supercar Amusement Catalogue, c1900 - 1959

 Item
Reference code: 178I7.2
Scope and Contents

Supercar Amusement Equipment catalogue of rides including Dodgem’s, Speedway car, Helter-Skelter, Dodgem track, Peter Pan railway and engine and Junior Speedway railway and car. Leamington Spa, 6p.p with ilustrations.

Dates: c1900 - 1959

Trade and Advertising Material, c1890 - 2006

 Series
Reference code: 178I7
Scope and Contents

Fairground ride manufacturing companies' ride specification and trade sheets including Lang Wheels, Savage Brothers, Schippers-Vanderville and Supercar Amusements among others and Wilson's Printers' fairground related supplies.

Dates: c1890 - 2006