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Sandy
Sandy is a character in The Green Machines, a children's picture book series by David Woods. She is based on the Alvis Saracen.
Six big wheels, plenty of room inside, and a very small petrol tank.
“Running on fumes!”
Character card
- Best at
- Carrying a crowd: a whole brass band fits inside
- Quirk
- A really small petrol tank, and cracked tyres
- Usually causes
- Runs out of fuel
- Read-aloud voice
- Bright Midlands, a little out of puff
In the books
Driven by Billy, who sings from her hatch and says her cracked tyres are still good for a few miles. In Dinky's book she carries the brass band, and runs dry at just the right moment.
Appears in
Which real vehicle is Sandy based on?
- Real vehicle
- Alvis Saracen
- Era
- 1950s
- Country
- UK
- Did you know?
- Six wheels, and built to keep driving even with one wheel gone.
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