Ted's Lorry is Ted Glen's transportation. He uses it to transport various building materials around Greendale and Pencaster. The lorry first appeared with Ted in the special episode, Postman Pat and the Toy Soldiers.
Several times Ted has left it unattended and no one has known what to do with it. Once it caused a traffic jam outside the post office and no one could get through until he came back and moved it. Another time, when Ted went away to Scotland to attend Caroline's wedding, and he left it by itself in the middle of the village. The villagers had to cover it up and turn it into a small garden to help them win the best village competition. No one told Ted of this when he returned and it was a while before he found the lorry again.
When Pat's van once broke down. Pat had to ride on the back of Ted's lorry on his way to pick up the post bus. Pat would have sat in the front with Ted and Jess, but Ted did not want him to distract him with his tuba playing. So Pat sat at the back of the lorry and scared the passers-by instead.
Technical Details[]
Design[]
It is a vintage lorry with a retractable wooden bed on its back, and has small wheels. It carries the number KJL 678 on its registration plate. It also has a sign that says "BUILDER" on its roof.
Livery[]
It is painted in a weathered brown-to-grey livery all over the cab. Its wheels are red and it has a dark grey lorry bed.
Basis[]
It appears to be based on a Morris LG commercial drop-side pickup truck.
Trivia[]
- It came third place in the Great Greendale Race.
- In Postman Pat takes the Bus (which was the lorry's technical first appearance), it was driven by Peter Fogg. In Postman Pat: The Movie, it was driven by another man.
- In some of the early books Ted owned a green land rover registered TED 1.
- Unlike the other vehicles in the series, it has a front number plate with white background and rear number plate with yellow background like real British vehicles. However, the other vehicles in the series are shown with yellow front and rear number plates.
- On some occasions, the lorry is often referred erroneously as a "truck", which is mostly an American English term.