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The Bubblecar Museum

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1 History 2 The collection 3 References 4 External links

History The museum was established in 19xx by mike & paula cooper to something the collection of microcars they had accumulated since xx. Sited at Byard's leap the museum from xx to 2010. The term ‘microcar’ means literally a car with an engine capacity of less than 700cc, although most are much smaller. Microcars, or bubble cars as they are often called, are a significant part of British motoring history.

The collection The Bubblecar Museum is the only public museum in the UK dedicated only to microcars. The museum has over 50 microcars on display from the 1930s through to 1980s, concentrating on the 50s anfd 60s. The museum actively restores cars and many are roadworthy and excercised often. many presented in thought provoking and entertaining period displays. The museum features a row of period shops, where you will be invited to discover our extensive collections of 50′s memorabilia, including Bakelite and china. Upstairs in the mezzanine area our comprehensive technical, advertising and article archives.

The iconic bubble cars we recognize today were born in the early 1950s, a time of austerity following the second world war. Though smaller, cheaper vehicles had always been in demand, these cars were a radical departure in their use of new technologies and futuristic design. Urged on by uncertainty over oil supplies from the Middle East, lots of small manufacturers were soon busily making strange little fuel frugal cars all over Britain and the continent. Bubblecar Museum, Bond microcar Throughout the ‘swinging’ 60s bubble cars were marketed as cheap, fun alternatives to more conventional vehicles. By the late 60s however microcar popularity was on the wane, with competition from a new generation of small cars, including the famous Mini. Itself a marvel of engineering.