A regular feature by senior workshop technician JP du Plessis outlining the activities of FMM’s workshop personnel who are responsible for repairing, renovating, refurbishing and restoring the museum’s large and varied collection of vehicles. This month, JP reports on a Bel Air that Wenstley Wicomb’s...
There are a number of definitions for the word ‘grenadier’, but perhaps the most apt befitting the vehicle that is on a special display in Hall B, is “a soldier assigned to a special company of a regiment on the basis of exceptional height and...
This month FMM Curator Wayne Harley does a swop and goes like a streak of lightning...
This month’s anniversary celebration is a deviation from the norm. With Cape Town hosting its inaugural Formula E race on February 25, it’s an opportunity to recall what is generally considered to be South Africa’s first motor race (including an electric car!), which took place...
We start off the New Year having a whale of a time getting to grips with Porsche’s blown 911. Mike Monk delivers a ‘whale tale’ of a one-owner 930...
South Africa's premier mile-long Weight For Age horse race, the L'Ormarins King's Plate (formerly Queen's Plate) took place at Kenilworth Race Course on January 7. It was the 162nd running of the event that was first run in honour of Queen Victoria after she gifted...
FMM is sad to report that South African motorsport legend Adrian Pheiffer passed away peacefully on Thursday 29 December, aged 91. Adrian was the man primarily responsible for the formation of the Western Province Motor Club (WPMC) and the creation of the Killarney circuit in...
South Africa's premier mile-long Weight For Age horse race was first run in honour of Queen Victoria after she gifted a silver plate and 500 sovereigns to the South African Turf Club. The inaugural contest, staged as The Queen's Plate was held in April 1861...
Both Wayne Harley and Mike Monk were recently invited to the launch of South African sporting legend Peter Lindenberg’s new book, Flat Out and Fearless. The recently retired motor racing great – who is also the man with Shelby connections and is the driving force...
A regular series about the museum’s motoring memorabilia and behind-the-scenes activities, compiled and written by FMM’s Assistant Curator Sian Theron. This month, Sian has buckets of fun fighting fires...
