A former acquaintance of mine was employed by Thornton & Ross Ltd of Huddersfield (England), from leaving school in the late 1960s. The company were the producers of 'Stardrops' at that time, and he had a recollection of seeing some promotional toy vans in the offices there, although he was not interested in models and could not remember anything else about them other than that they were red. Unfortunately, we lost contact around thirty years ago, but the company is now part of the German-based Stada Group, and is still trading from the works at Linthwaite, Huddersfield. Looking at the example shown, it would seem that the transfers are a little too pristine in comparison with the rest of the paintwork, and those domes on the roof certainly look like 'pop' rivets fitted as part of an amateur conversion.
