They were very local to me...... later at Boars Hill too. Used to sell ex WD minis and vans too. So there were always plenty of deep bronze green minis in Oxford!
The last Champs I saw in service was in 1965. The last Bedford tankers, the OY's was in the early 70's, same as the QL's althpough the radio/command QL's atayed until a bit later. The old Austin K2 ambulances, in Malaya up until 1969 with 25 Company in Singapore