{"id":11840,"date":"2019-03-25T12:32:33","date_gmt":"2019-03-25T19:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/?p=11840"},"modified":"2019-03-26T17:59:54","modified_gmt":"2019-03-27T00:59:54","slug":"11840","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/?p=11840","title":{"rendered":"Minis invade 2019 VIAS to celebrate 60th anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_11844\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11844\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11844\" src=\"http:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Mini60-1-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Mini60-1-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Mini60-1-768x482.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Mini60-1-1024x643.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Mini60-1-318x200.jpg 318w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11844\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>The Jack Poole Olympic Plaza was filled with 25 classic and new Minis celebrating the 60th anniversary of the brand. Photo: Western Driver.<\/em> <em>Photo: Western Driver.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>It was a Mini invasion on Sunday March 24, the last day of the 2019 Vancouver International Auto Show (VIAS), when 23 classic Minis and 3 BMW Mini Coopers filled the Jack Poole Olympic Plaza to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the iconic and most celebrated British car.<\/p>\n<p>Mini 60 Drive-Up event began at Vanier Park and then proceeded in convoy down Burrard street to the Plaza, creating quite a sight for many bypassers. The display drew large crowds all day, with many enthusiasts sharing their Mini stories\u2014from racing to personal experiences back in the day.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11847\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11847\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11847\" src=\"http:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Mini60-3-300x194.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Mini60-3-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Mini60-3-768x496.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Mini60-3-1024x661.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Mini60-3-310x200.jpg 310w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11847\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Classic Mini race cars were part of the ABFM and BC Historic Motor Races display at the Vancouver International Auto Show. Photo: Western Driver.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>The one-day event was sponsored by the VIAS, Mini Club BC and Western Driver\u2019s Vancouver ABFM<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11846\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11846\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11846\" src=\"http:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Mini60-2-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Mini60-2-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Mini60-2-768x526.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Mini60-2-1024x702.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Mini60-2-292x200.jpg 292w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11846\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Just my size! Kids of all ages enjoyed the display of iconic Minis. Photo: Western Driver.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>event.\u00a0 To see more than 500 British classic cars, be sure to visit <em>The Greatest Show on British Wheels<\/em> Vancouver ABFM 2019 on Saturday May 18 at VanDusen Garden where both Mini and Bentley marques will be featured.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eventbrite.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Eventbrite<\/strong><\/a> and more details <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/?page_id=10937\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was a Mini invasion on Sunday March 24, the last day of the 2019 Vancouver International Auto Show (VIAS), when 23 classic Minis and 3 BMW Mini Coopers filled the Jack Poole Olympic Plaza to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the iconic and most celebrated British car. Mini 60 Drive-Up event began at Vanier<a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/?p=11840\">Read Full Story<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11846,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,43,131],"tags":[32],"class_list":["post-11840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-british-field-meet","category-mini","category-vancouver-international-auto-show","tag-slider"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11840"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11852,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11840\/revisions\/11852"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}