Regarding " Mr Hancock & Load Of Grapes - Possibly around 1930 -- Dennis Gaudie Collection "
From the UK De Dion Bouton Club:
Good morning Alan
As your message came through I was just flicking through some photographs of commercial vehicles, so the timing could not have been better !
Yes it is a De Dion Bouton truck - you will notice that the name of the company also appears on the nearside of the radiator too. In truth, there is very little knowledge within the Club of commercial vehicles, primarily because you would not need all the fingers of one hand to count the survivors.
This vehicle is of 1920’s date, indicated by the style of the radiator, and if I were to stick my neck out I would say 1926 (ish), four cylinder, and around 20hp. By this time, most vehicles had pneumatic tyres, but it was not unknown for vehicles to have solid tyres.
I hope this is of some use to you.
Kindest regards
Michael