This, sole surviving 5/7cwt Singer Nine van, was originally bought early in 1934 by the gentlemen’s outfitter and tailoring, business of Samuel Barrett Cole of 5&6 Regent Street, Swindon, gentleman’s outfitters ‘for father and son’, and registered on 7 November as WV 6506 with Wiltshire County Council. Traditionally, commercials left the factory with their wings and wheels finished in black, and the body left in grey primer for the new owner to have brush-painted in the gloss colour of their choice. So, it duly got blue bodywork and a cream painted radiator grille (only saloons came with that chromed). It was used for just four years making local light deliveries for the shop before being sold to a local general building contractor, Harry Kilminster.
Repainted in his livery getting a…