Morris Minor Owners Club

The two grill badges on my MM came with the car from England. I've wondered about the "AA" badge and assume the MM Registry badge has a link to MMOC???

I'm not sure about the Morris Minor Registry, but the AA is the Automobile Association, kind of the equivalent of the AAA. There's a wikipedia page about them here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Automobile_Association

Somewhere around I've got an AA Key (for an AA emergency call box), and this is the old Viva parked in front of a traditional AA callbox up in the Lake District (very apt, given the number of times the AA had to come and rescue the benighted object).

I've got a Key and a traditional Badge! The key I have in the car in case of emergencies I am a modern-day member due to a battery failure away from home a few years ago... Just need the Morris now ..

I was looking through the garage yesterday and came across two of the old AA badges with ID numbers on.They came up a real treat with a bit of WD40 and polish. My mates mother had them for years in her old tool bag. The thing that made me smile is that on one of the badges it says "property of the AA New Coventry St London W1, this badge MUST be returned when membership ceases.

I wonder if the badge was the 'authority to provide service' rather than any paperwork. Otherwise, I can't see why they would be stamped with numbers. The more modern square design was for the member to buy for display purposes on the vehicle, no numbers on those..

You can tell a lot from the badge number. The badge pictured was originally issued between 1956 and 1967 for a motorbike.

stuart_k wrote:You can tell a lot from the badge number. The badge pictured was originally issued between 1956 and 1967 for a motorbike.

These are the numbers I have can you tell what they were for?

OR87027
35586A

even better tell us how we can decipher the numbers so we can find out for ourselves.

overider wrote:even better tell us how we can decipher the numbers so we can find out for ourselves.

http://www.theaa.com/motoring_advice/ab ... adges.html

Simples

cool cheers.