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Freddie
Freddie is a character in The Green Machines, a children's picture book series by David Woods. He is based on the Land Rover 101 Forward Control.
Nose-less, keen, sees everything first.
“Eyes on the road!”
Character card
- Best at
- Sits right over the front wheels for a perfect view
- Quirk
- No bonnet, so he bumps everything
- Usually causes
- Misjudges distance
- Read-aloud voice
- Chirpy, slightly nasal
In the books
In the books he tows a trailer.
Appears in
Which real vehicle is Freddie based on?
- Real vehicle
- Land Rover 101 Forward Control
- Era
- 1970s
- Country
- UK
- Did you know?
- The driver sits on top of the engine, over the front wheels, so there is no bonnet at all.
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