Why do some people fail and others succeed in the auto industry? The annals of the motor industry contain numerous examples of entrepreneurs, car names and car companies that featured briefly, massively, or sometimes even ignominiously. Preston Tucker and Ferdinand Porsche were two historical contemporaries...
Why do some people fail and others succeed in the auto industry? The annals of the motor industry contain numerous examples of entrepreneurs, car names and car companies that featured briefly, massively, or sometimes even ignominiously. Preston Tucker and Ferdinand Porsche were two historical contemporaries...
Why do some people fail and others succeed in the auto industry? The annals of the motor industry contain numerous examples of entrepreneurs, car names and car companies that featured briefly, massively, or sometimes even ignominiously. Preston Tucker and Ferdinand Porsche were two historical contemporaries...
The Tyrrell 007 was designed by the team’s Chief Designer, Derek Gardner. It was used in the 1974, 1975, 1976 and 1977 Formula One seasons. Ken Tyrrell needed two new drivers for 1974 because Jackie Stewart retired from driving at the end of 1973 and François Cevert was killed at the 1973 season finale in the United States. The team had originally...
The Essex was an affordable brand of automobile introduced by the Hudson Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan, the name stemming from a department store magnate Joseph Lowthian Hudson, who, together with eight other Detroit businessmen, put up the necessary funds for the company’s formation in February 1909. In 1918,...
The popular FMM Slot Car Club has been going for two years and in September is upgrading to a new, longer, four-lane track. So, after seven rounds, the 2019 Championship, which has been run on the original two-lane track, has drawn to close. At the July...
The museum has been the delighted recipient of a Churchill automotive test and tuning bench that was designed for workshop use in the mid 1940s. The unit was donated by Charles Van der Spuy of Darling, and is in excellent condition – a real time...
As mentioned in the last newsletter, visitors to L’Ormarins and the Anthonij Rupert estates can now experience a touch of nostalgia with a ride in one of FMM’s custom-built ‘trams’, a form of public transport popular in South Africa a century ago. The new versions...
In the last newsletter we reported on the cancellation of the Century Run and the reason given centring on an insurance issue, but SAVVA chairman Dave Alexander rightly points out that the background to this important aspect needs some clarification. “There is a small percentage of...
FMM has appointed a new senior Front of House Manager, Magdaleen Wepener, who hails from Newcastle in KwaZulu Natal but has been living in Cape Town for the last nine years. Her key roles involve coordinating all of FMM’s hospitality functions as well as inter-estate...
