JELD-WEN team recreates Italian Job

A team from JELD-WEN “went thataway” as they completed the Keyline Italian Job challenge in an old-style Mini, and raised £2,500 for the Prostate Cancer Charity.

The JELD-WEN-sponsored car was one of 24 Minis and other cars which left the Keyline Builders Merchants branch in Northfleet, Kent, and headed to Turin in Italy, without the use of satellite navigation or motorways.

The JELD-WEN team of Kevin Edmonds and Dave Taylor covered the 1,615-mile round trip in 43.5 hours, giving an average speed of 37mph. The highlight of the challenge was a rally around the concrete roof of the former Fiat factory in Turin, recreating a scene from the The Italian Job.

All did not run smoothly and the team faced the challenge of a Mini with a split bypass hose, which meant regular stops along the way to check the hose and refill the car with water and fuel oil; however it did not dampen the team's spirits.

"This was such an exciting challenge, we loved driving around in a classic 1980s Mini and recreating the scene from the Italian Job, which is something I will never forget. There was great team spirit and we were delighted to be a part of something that raised so much money for such a worthy cause," said Mr Edmonds.

The event raised a total of £111,000 for the charity.