As of the date this newsletter is issued, plans have not been finalised regarding the running of the annual L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate on Friday 7th and Saturday 8th January 2022 due to uncertainty of what Covid restrictions will be in force at that time. Although...
A regular look back at old motoring and motor sport items...
A regular feature, 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, technician JP du Plessis reports on a budget-beating revival of nonagenarian Hupmobile...
The latest car to join the FMM collection is an executive saloon with the genes of a raging bull under the bonnet. Donated by a long-time friend of FMM, it is quite a rare machine and Mike Monk takes a drive and recalls its introduction...
This month, FMM Curator Wayne Harley catches up with a report on his recent hog ride on the Reef, where nothing was finer than riding a Dyna...
A little battered and bruised maybe, but the attraction of this original 95-year-old Talbot is hard to resist, as Mike Monk explains...
FMM het met trots ‘n BMW motorfiets skenking ontvang van wyle Martin Johan de Hart, wat dit entoesiasties herbou het. Sy vrou Alet, bring hulde aan haar man. Martin is gebore 8 Mei 1949 en het groot geword op ‘n plot Vogelstruisfontein, in Roodepoort. Daar het...
A regular look back at old motoring and motor sport items...
A regular feature, 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, technician JP du Plessis reports on fixing a leak in FMM’s famous ex-John Love LDS F1...
This month, FMM Curator Wayne Harley reports on an exciting new pedal power initiative involving the museum ...
