Wendy Monk picks out some interesting historic items from FMM’s photo archives, some with a story, others without. This month, a photo taken in 1909 in what is today called Midrand in Gauteng, in a roundabout way led us to recall some racing that took...
Darting around the study, seeing the book about the history of South Africa’s sports car manufacturer, GSM, being reviewed – see Between The Covers elsewhere in the newsletter – reminded Mike Monk about his drive in FMM’s bird with a glass fibre plumage...
With business operations curtailed by the nation-wide lockdown, FMM Curator Wayne Harley continues his series of recollections of South Africa’s motorcycling heroes...
While the usual Memorabilia column is taking a short lockdown break, we are introducing this new, additional feature series that focuses on motoring literature of interest to FMM’s followers. Hosted by Wendy Monk, we start with a pair of books from the FMM library shelves...
With business operations curtailed by the nation-wide lockdown, FMM Curator Wayne Harley continues his series of recollections of South Africa’s motorcycling heroes...
Wendy Monk picks out some interesting historic items from FMM’s photo archives, some with a story, others without. This month we look at the recollections of a Dodge(y) tea salesman in the mid-1920s...
One hundred years ago, Herbert Austin decided to work on a new small car to meet the growing needs of a population wanting affordable transport. But as Mike Monk explains, it was not plain sailing...
Wendy Monk picks out some interesting historic items from FMM’s photo archives, some with a story, others with info required...
This month Assistant Curator Cheslynne Ruiters looks at the history of one of the world’s oldest motor oil companies...
With business operations curtailed by the nation-wide lockdown, FMM Curator Wayne Harley looks back on one of his motorcycling heroes...
