A day out for classics

10:20am Monday 16th April 2012 in News

John Bellinger John Bellinger

A convoy of Cowley classics made their way from Oxford to Longbridge in Birmingham on Saturday.

About 45 vehicles set off from the Mini plant to the Pride of Longbridge event to celebrate cars connected to the Midlands and Oxford factories.

John Bellinger, pictured, made the journey in a police-livery Rover SD1 from the Met’s historic vehicles collection.

The serving officer, who also has his own SD1, said: “It was a good way to celebrate the amount of vehicles produced at Longbridge. The police-livery SD1 is something a bit different for people to look at, and it was good to give it a run because it doesn’t get too much use.

“People were all over it, especially the kids who seemed to love playing with all the buttons and turning the lights on.”

The Pride of Longbridge events have been running since 2006, the first anniversary of the plant’s closure.

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Tanya Field says...
11:48am Mon 16 Apr 12

We had a great day out and in the convoy we had Montegos, Maestros, Morris Minors, Princesses, Marinas, Metros, Rover SD1s, Rover 75s, Rover 800s, an Austin Westminster, an MG ZT-T, an Ital, a Rover 200, an Austin A60 Cambridge, a liberal sprinkling of Minis and a couple of Triumphs for good measure! A 1953 Morris Oxford Series MO was our lead car. If you have a Cowley (built up to 2000) or Longbridge built car or any BMC car and would like to join us next year, please email me tanyafield@supanet.c
om or find us on Facebook – THE COWLEY CONVOY.

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Dilligaf2010 says...
5:22pm Mon 16 Apr 12

There's a few in the list that I wouldn't necessarily call "classics" LOL, but it must've been an impressive convoy ;)

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