28 Mar Memorabilia: Car radio
Posted at 10:06h
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Assistant Curator Cheslynne Ruiters gets tuned in with the history of the car radio...
27 Mar Rear-view mirror: some early record breakers
Posted at 10:17h
in Uncategorized
Wendy Monk picks out some interesting historic items from FMM’s photo archives, some with a story, others with info required...
02 Mar Mazda Centenary
Posted at 14:25h
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Mazda Motor Corporation celebrated the 100th anniversary of its founding on 30 January 2020. Akira Marumoto, Representative Director, President and CEO said: "Mazda originated as a company producing cork and then took the path to manufacturing automobiles. Now, our cars have found friends with many customers...
02 Mar Slot Car Championship
Posted at 14:24h
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FMM’s Slot Car gatherings resumed in February but with the championship’s main category switching to non-magnetic slot cars for 2020, the evening was deemed a practice night so that members could try out their slot cars in this more challenging format. Many new cars appeared...
02 Mar Passion For Speed
Posted at 14:22h
in Killarney Raceway
The Historic Grand Prix Cars Association’s Passion for Speed double-header at the beginning of February provided some superb classic single-seater motor racing. The two rounds were held at Zwartkops on February 1 and at Killarney on February 8 and the nostalgic grid of 18 pre-1966...
02 Mar Rear-view mirror: Ansaldo
Posted at 14:15h
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Wendy Monk picks out some interesting historic items from FMM’s photo archives, some with a story, others with info required...
02 Mar On yer bike: Harley 500 Street
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in Motorcycle
While on holiday in the USA, FMM Curator Wayne Harley decided to take a two-day bike ride and see how they do things on the other side of the planet. As one does in the USA, I rented a Harley-Davidson from an excellent company in Marina...
02 Mar Collection in action: Oldsmobile
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in Collection in Action
Mike Monk relates the story of when a 5 hp Oldsmobile ‘dashed’ up Snowdon...
30 Jan By 6×6 to the Namib and back
Posted at 11:52h
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During what was a busy January for the museum Curator Wayne Harley and Workshop Manager Lorenzo Farella were tasked with delivering FMM’s two Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG 6x6’s to Walvis Bay Airport for the museum’s owner, Mr Johann Rupert, to use on a trip he had...
30 Jan Season Attendance Increase
Posted at 11:38h
in Museum
The Franschhoek Motor Museum continues to be a key attraction to the Cape, especially during holiday periods, and the December 2019 Christmas season was no exception. Despite the current hard economic times, there was a small increase in attendance figures when 9 089 paying guests passed...