Animation motor in online auction

By Ben Cook, Third Sector, 24 October 2007

Wallace & Gromit creator Nick Park is to raise money for his children's foundation by selling the vehicle that inspired the 'Anti-Pesto' van that Wallace drives in the animated films. The green 1958 Austin A35 is available on eBay.

The proceeds from the sale will be donated to Wallace & Gromit's Children's Foundation, which supports children's hospitals and hospices across the UK. Bids had reached £6,000 when Third Sector went to press. The van has no MOT and has been left in a garage since being restored in 2005. "I've always been a...

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