Posts Tagged ‘AA Minivan’
Strict Standards: mktime(): It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Europe/Berlin' for 'CET/1.0/no DST' instead in /homepages/34/d278744955/htdocs/benmillemiglia/wp-includes/functions.php on line 41
Strict Standards: date(): It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Europe/Berlin' for 'CET/1.0/no DST' instead in /homepages/34/d278744955/htdocs/benmillemiglia/wp-includes/functions.php on line 50
Strict Standards: date(): It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Europe/Berlin' for 'CET/1.0/no DST' instead in /homepages/34/d278744955/htdocs/benmillemiglia/wp-includes/functions.php on line 52
Strict Standards: date(): It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Europe/Berlin' for 'CET/1.0/no DST' instead in /homepages/34/d278744955/htdocs/benmillemiglia/wp-includes/functions.php on line 54
Strict Standards: date(): It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Europe/Berlin' for 'CET/1.0/no DST' instead in /homepages/34/d278744955/htdocs/benmillemiglia/wp-includes/functions.php on line 55
Strict Standards: mktime(): It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Europe/Berlin' for 'CET/1.0/no DST' instead in /homepages/34/d278744955/htdocs/benmillemiglia/wp-includes/functions.php on line 41
Strict Standards: date(): It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Europe/Berlin' for 'CET/1.0/no DST' instead in /homepages/34/d278744955/htdocs/benmillemiglia/wp-includes/functions.php on line 50
Strict Standards: date(): It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Europe/Berlin' for 'CET/1.0/no DST' instead in /homepages/34/d278744955/htdocs/benmillemiglia/wp-includes/functions.php on line 52
Strict Standards: date(): It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Europe/Berlin' for 'CET/1.0/no DST' instead in /homepages/34/d278744955/htdocs/benmillemiglia/wp-includes/functions.php on line 54
Strict Standards: date(): It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Europe/Berlin' for 'CET/1.0/no DST' instead in /homepages/34/d278744955/htdocs/benmillemiglia/wp-includes/functions.php on line 55
1963 AA Minivan Joins BEN on the Rally
Not only are we being joined by a number of employees from The AA who are taking part in the BEN Mille Miglia Rally, they’re also bringing along a 1963 AA Minivan!
The AA started using Minivans in 1962, and by 1965 they were the standard issue patrol vehicle. Until the early 1970s Minivans were used in their thousands, but genuine ex-AA Minivans are now extremely rare. Which is why we’re so excited that The AA are bringing one along for the Rally!
In fact they’ll be driving the same Minivan that took part in our Trafalgar to Red Square Rally in 2007, which raised over £25,000 for BEN. You can view the photos on Flickr.
This particular Minivan was first registered in March 1963, and is powered by the ubiquitous 850cc A-series engine. It’s one of a huge batch of consecutively-registered Minivans which appeared in a publicity film, being driven in convoy past AA and Austin top brass at the Longbridge factory prior to delivery.
It was used as a patrol vehicle in the Midlands until retirement, when it was put into storage. In 1984 the Minivan was fully restored to roadworthy condition, and remained so until the late 1990s, when it was put on display with other AA vehicles at the Milestones Museum in Basingstoke. It has since been restored again by Bristol patrols Steve Neath and Nick Kirman and is regularly used at shows around the country.
