01 Mar Collection In Action: Austin Mini Cooper
Mike Monk has a sense of déjà vu behind the wheel of a rare-in-SA Mini Cooper...
30 Jan West Coast Car Show
The annual West Coast Car Show took place in hot sunny weather at the Curro Sports Field in Langebaan on January 22. Bigger than ever before, there were 328 vehicles on show including classic cars and pick-ups, moderns, hot and rat rods and motorcycles. Amongst...
30 Jan Back To The Future with the Porsche Taycan
Museums are defined as “a building or institution where objects of artistic, historical, or scientific importance and value are kept, studied, and put on display”. FMM is no exception, but also keeps up with the times. FMM recently spent time with a Porsche Taycan Turbo...
30 Jan Stories From the Stacks – Shedding Light on Memorabilia
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 looks brightly ahead to the New Year...
30 Jan Spanner Works: Wenstley Wicomb
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...
30 Jan Grenadier 4X4 arrives in SA
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...
30 Jan On Yer Bike: 2014 Honda CBR1000RR SP Fireblade
This month FMM Curator Wayne Harley does a swop and goes like a streak of lightning...
30 Jan Anniversary Celebration: South Africa’s first motor race
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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...
30 Jan Collection In Action: 1979 Porsche 911 (930) Turbo
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...
30 Jan L’Ormarins King’s Plate Success
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...