The Cape is known for having some of the worst wild fires in South Africa that often leave vast areas destroyed, homes and businesses destroyed and animals maimed or even killed. Government, nature conservation and local farmers cannot fight these fires alone and that’s where...
On 27 January I was privileged to be involved in the filming of a 5th Gear programme for the BBC’s North-One television channel. Theme of the episode was the museum and its collection of South African cars. The Protea, GSM Dart and the Ford Capri...
Following last year’s non-event in the wake of Renault’s withdrawal of support, Jaguar has stepped in and signed-up as headline sponsor for the annual Knysna hillclimb for the next three years. No titled the Jaguar Simola Hillclimb, the event is once again earmarked to be...
It was a crazy, demanding yet fun filled two weeks filled with cars, bikes and racing heroes. It all started Zwartkops on 1 February with a rare outing of the museum’s ex-John Love Team Gunston Chevron B25 racing car – coincidentally marking FMM’s first visit...
The Franschhoek Motor Museum features in Peter Greenberg's "2 Days, 4 Adventures outside of Cape Town". [framed_video column="full-width"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ky72gRALL5c&feature=share[/framed_video]...
It appears that the Museum’s Protea 1957 has racing heritage. Ian Schwartz who is currently writing a book about South Africa’s first car made this discovery recently and has sent on this photo and information to Εναρκτ?ρια us at FMM. Needless to say...
