1950\'s SUPERCAR Space Car Rocket Ship Battery Op RUNS!
Open Cockpit with Pilot...Three Wheels 2-Rubber 1-Wood Removable Top Panel...D-Cell Battery...No Corrosion Seems to Run OK...No Makers Name? No Parts Missing...Nice Display ToyThis is avery cool old plastic \"Supercar\" rocket toy from the late 1950\'-early 1960\'s era.The hard plasticspace car measures 10 inches long and seems to be complete!Runson a single -D- size battery. On-OFFswitch is on the right hand side and the motor runs therear wheels! The wheels however include thin rubber tires which aredeteriorating. The oldrubber kinda gets in the way andwon\'t let the wheels turn properly. This rubber could easilybe replaced. The little electric motor inside runs good! Many small detail mechanisms underthe hood which do something? Not sure what? Maybe it bounces when running along?
Alsothe clear plastic canopy has just a couple of small cracks in it. (see finger pointing photos)All in all a great old space toy for display. Easy to fix up and run...Sold AS-IS in very good conditionfor 60 years old! Winner adds only $9.00 for shipping in the USA. Overseas is extra.
On Jul-14-16 at 09:25:42 PDT, seller added the following information:
1962 Gerry Anderson \"SUPERCAR\" by Remco ToysFrom the 1960\'s kids TV show of the same name! The adventures of pilot Mike Mercury and scientist Dr. Beaker. THIS VINTAGE TOY IS NOW 54 YEARS OLD!!!
Supercarwas a children\'s TV show produced byGerry Andersonand Arthur Provis\'sAP FilmsforATVandITC Entertainment. 39 episodes were produced between 1961 and 1962,[1]and it was Anderson\'s first half-hour series. In the UK it was seen onITVand in the US insyndication(the first Anderson series to be shown overseas) debuting in January 1962. The series usesSupermarionation, based on the complex and difficultCzech style of marionette puppetry.
The plot of the show consisted of Supercar, avertical takeoff and landingcraft invented by Prof. Rudolph Popkiss and Dr. Horatio Beaker, and piloted by Mike Mercury. On land it rode on a cushion of air rather than wheels. Jets in the rear allowed it to fly like a jet and retractable wings were incorporated in the back of the car.Retrorocketson the side of the car slowed the vehicle. The car used \"Clear-Vu\", which included an inside television monitor allowing the occupant to see through fog and smoke. The vehicle was housed in a laboratory and living facility at Black Rock, Nevada, U.S.A. In the show\'s first episode, \"Rescue\", the Supercar crew\'s first mission is to save the passengers of a downed private plane. Two of the rescued, young Jimmy Gibson and his pet monkey, Mitch, are invited to live at the facility and share in the adventures.
The series inaugurated what would become an Anderson trademark, the launch sequence. Every one of his series up untilSpace: 1999would include these– inSupercar\'s case, the charging and firing of port and starboard engines, the activation of an interlock, the opening of (overhead) hangar doors, and finally the vertical take-off.
