AA Breakdown Cover Blog Information

Collecting AA memorabilia is quite popular for many motoring enthusiasts who want to remember the golden age of motoring. What people are not aware of is that the AA themselves gave a collection of around 30 vehicle representing the history of the AA and its breakdown cover background even though the AA was originally formed in 1905 to combat the police speeding fines. Believe it or not, it was not until 7 years later that The AA used motorised vehicles, before this it had all been pedal power.

Some of these vehicles are in museums but some are maintained by volunteers of the AA and driven to shows around the country. Key times in the AA’s history are 1912, with introduction of motcycles, 1949 the arrival of four wheels, or Land Rovers to be exact, then vans as we know now from 1962.

We just couldn’t imagine the AA breakdown cover service operation without modern vans now, to get us within the hour. Of course the AA has loads of specialist vehicles to support the current service, but will these vehicles be deemed as part of history in say 50 years time?

To learn more about Historic AA vehicles visit here.

We have all heard of the wonderful work the resuce and emergency teams have done in Cumbria but what hasn’t been mentioned much is the support the AA have offeref during this difficult time. The AA put in place 4 flood bursting Land Rovers as part of its Sort’s team (Specialist Operations Response team) its aim to rescue drivers within the flood areas.

These specialist Land Rovers work alongside the normal breakdown cover vans helping drivers in areas where normaly recovery vans would not be able to drive. These Land Rovers are equiped with all the right gear for such weather conditions or work within an RNLI enviroment and 2 trainied engineers.

This is not your normal breakdown cover stuff, but you can read the SORT Team in Cumbria story here