1949 Daimler DC27 Ambulance Barker & Co

1949 Daimler DC27 Ambulance in Danger Man, TV Series, 1960-1961 Ep. 5

Class: Cars, Ambulance — Model origin:

00:15:50 Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

Author	Message
stronghold ◊ 2005-12-23 16:34	I think I still have this as a Dinky toy..somewhere.! -- Last edit: 2005-12-23 16:35:17
stronghold ◊ 2005-12-23 18:13	From what i can find...it's called a DC27 & has Hooper bodywork. (started production around 1949/50?) -- Last edit: 2005-12-23 18:26:51
Ddey65 ◊ 2006-11-01 20:16	stronghold wrote I think I still have this as a Dinky toy..somewhere.! So THAT'S who made those. I remember seeing toy cars modeled after this ambulance, then years later I saw the cover of a book on National Health Service Ambulances between 1948-1973, with another one just like it.
Animatronixx ◊ 2008-09-05 01:03	Many sources of the internet list these bodies as being made by Hooper, but otherwise you will mostly find Barker & Co being credited for these ambulances. Plausible reason of this popular confusion might be, that Hooper once had bought out Barker, before both companies were bought out together a few years later. I came to the conclusion Barker & Co were the real makers of these bodies. Please delete "Hooper" and make it a "Barker & Co." instead.
dinkycollect ◊ 2010-04-12 22:22	The Daimler leaflet states that the body is from Barker. That is evidence. But it appears that some were also build by Hooper. -- Last edit: 2010-04-12 22:31:28