Dinky Toys 470 Austin Van

[@theaussienurseflipper.8113]

Great restore, very clean looking cheers Graham

[@frasermartin6728]

Shedding a bit of light on the rearlight, Andy, it is likely that the indicator and brakelight lenses on your reference picture are later additions, probably during restoration, for compliance: the A40 Devons would have had trafficators in the B-post of the pop-out arm type. The single rear lamp would more likely have been a tail-light/numberplate light - a bit of a carryover from before the war. It would likely have been black, and maybe made of Bakelite, and the front 'indicators' would have been sidelights. I do like the livery and it suits the period of the van quite well, too, even with the more modern lettering. Love the rims! NEAT, and a great thought.

[@ThePhosphater]

what a great job you made of that Van, hope it gets pride of place in Jerry's shop

[@andysgaragediecastrestorations]

Thank you John. I believe it’s on display somewhere 👍

[@ianhow100]

Nice one Andy. Looks good in white. Love the one off as not commercially recognised

[@andysgaragediecastrestorations]

Thank you Ian. Yes a one off until I do another one but a different charity next time. Thank you for watching and commenting very much appreciated 👍

[@terrybeechener5992]

now thats cool, Andy.looking at the casting as was,I thought it was going to end up as a BP service van.

[@andysgaragediecastrestorations]

I was going to do it back to original at first but I’d had the idea for a charity van for a while. I was running out of time before I went on holiday so it had to be one colour too. Thanks for watching and commenting 👍