The Old Depot
Danny
Danny is the star of Book Two of The Green Machines, a children's picture book series by David Woods. He is based on the Leyland DAF 4-tonner (T244).
Character card
- Best at
- Reliable everyday truck: four tonnes on his back and all four wheels driving
- Quirk
- Needs a list for everything
- Usually causes
- Lost without instructions
- Read-aloud voice
- Lancashire, precise
In the books
Lives in Farmer Geoff's barn, just down the road from where he was made. Always drawn with his canvas tent-like back and his name below the windscreen. In Fiona's book he organises the surprise party with a very long list.
Appears in
Danny, Book Two
Which real vehicle is Danny based on?
- Real vehicle
- Leyland DAF 4-tonner (T244)
- Era
- 1990s
- Country
- UK
- Did you know?
- Built in Leyland, Lancashire: the ordinary workhorse of the depot for decades.
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