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COOL CONVERSION…

This story starts back in 2019 at the Austin A30/A35 Owners Club National rally held at Winchester, when the proposal to build an Austin A35 ice cream van was put to Andy Pitcher and his brother Martin by Richard Dracup, in the presence of wife Tracy, who indicated that Richard was not to purchase another vehicle! It seemed to be a non-starter until Andy offered up ‘Kenny’ as the project vehicle, thus paving the way for Richard as he was not actually buying another vehicle. ‘Kenny’ was in fact a 1956 Austin A30 Countryman (AP4).

This was a three-way venture with Andy, Martin and Richard and it was agreed that the ice cream van

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