19 Dec On yer bike: BMW F 750 GS
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For once, FMM Curator Wayne Harley has mixed feelings about a Beemer...
19 Dec Rear-View Mirror: Mystery Photo
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Wendy Monk picks out some interesting historic items from FMM’s photo archives. This month it is another mystery photo. Again, judging by the writing on the back of the photo, this request may have been published elsewhere some years ago but no answers appear to have...
19 Dec Passion For Speed
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From 1962 to 1965, South Africa had a National Formula One Championship. All the International names of the day came and raced in South Africa. We had the Rand GP at Kyalami, the Cape GP at Killarney, the Natal GP at Westmead, the Rhodesian GP in...
19 Dec Killarney Motor Show
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FMM supported the Cape Alfa Romeo Club at the Killarney Motor Show held in hot Cape Summer weather in early December. Workshop manager Lorenzo Farella is a keen alfista and took along the museum’s 1947 6C 2500 SS Freccia d’Oro and 1972 Montreal to complement...
19 Dec License Number Change Proposal
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Arriving too late in our e-mail for prior warning, a proposal on new license plate numbers for the Western Cape has been put forward that will mean that there will no longer be individual towns identified. Any concerns should be forwarded to Shaldon.LeRoux@westerncape.gov.za. ...
29 Nov Revised Opening Times & Displays
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December is the start of the museum’s busy season and the opening times have been increased in order to accommodate the greater number of visitors. From 1 December 2019 to 31 March 2020, the opening hours are Monday to Friday 10h00 to 18h00 (last admittance...
29 Nov Scheckter Championship 40th Anniversary
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To celebrate the 40th anniversary of South African Jody Scheckter’s F1 World Championship win, his Tyrrell-Ford 007-1 will be on show in Hall D. Jody drove for Ken Tyrell from 1974 to 1976 and the car on view is the one he raced in 1975...
29 Nov Rolling In Style: Rolls-Royce & Bentley Jamboree
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In mid-November, a Rolls-Royce and Bentley Jamboree organised by the Rolls-Royce Enthusiasts Club was held at the Kelvin Grove Club in Newlands, Cape Town. At the conclusion of the event, 30 of the cars drove to FMM along what participants described as “one of the...
29 Nov Collection in action: Chev Corvette ’59
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Mike Monk goes back 60 years to one of America’s most iconic sports cars...
29 Nov On yer bike: 1904/5 Mars-Carette
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FMM Curator Wayne Harley goes to Mars on a trike...