One of the driving forces behind the car named after South Africa’s national flower, the Protea, was John Myers, who passed away on September 1, aged 97. He was a remarkable individual, and as a tribute to him, Mike Monk gets behind the wheel of...
There is a smile on FMM Curator Wayne Harley’s face as he attends the reveal of BMW’s R 18...
Some interesting historic images from FMM’s and the Mike & Wendy Monk photo archives, some with a story, others without. This month a reminder of a couple of SA’s very own muscle cars that set the scene alight in the early-1970s...
The newsletter’s monthly book review feature which focuses on motoring literature of interest to FMM’s followers, hosted by Wendy Monk. One of the most prolific writers’ on South African motoring history is Greg Mills, himself a keen racing driver and grandson of Billy Mills, a...
The Ford Model T went on sale for the very first time on 1 October 1908. Even those with limited car knowledge will have, no doubt, heard of the famous Model T that pioneered many recognisable aspects of the modern car. More than a century...
Think of affordable people’s cars and one’s mind generally thinks of the Model T Ford and Volkswagen Beetle, both of which were huge sales successes. There were others that did not capture the imagination of the masses, including one carrying a Three-Pointed Star...
There is a smile on FMM Curator Wayne Harley’s face as he describes putting a long-ignored Italian machine back into action...
Some interesting historic images from FMM’s and the Mike & Wendy Monk photo archives, some with a story, others without. This month, the tale behind a South African GT nipped in the bud...
The newsletter’s monthly book review feature which focuses on motoring literature of interest to FMM’s followers, hosted by Wendy Monk. A trio of superb books that recall early South African motoring plus a travel book with a difference make up this month’s reviews...
Far more than a flight of fancy, in the early post-war years and with the help of Frazer Nash, the Bristol Aircraft Company started to build some individualistic Grand Touring cars powered by BMW. In the aftermath of World War Two, The Bristol Aeroplane Company...
