There are a number of definitions for the word ‘grenadier’, but perhaps the most apt befitting the vehicle that is on a special display in Hall B, is “a soldier assigned to a special company of a regiment on the basis of exceptional height and...
South Africa's premier mile-long Weight For Age horse race, the L'Ormarins King's Plate (formerly Queen's Plate) took place at Kenilworth Race Course on January 7. It was the 162nd running of the event that was first run in honour of Queen Victoria after she gifted...
FMM is sad to report that South African motorsport legend Adrian Pheiffer passed away peacefully on Thursday 29 December, aged 91. Adrian was the man primarily responsible for the formation of the Western Province Motor Club (WPMC) and the creation of the Killarney circuit in...
South Africa's premier mile-long Weight For Age horse race was first run in honour of Queen Victoria after she gifted a silver plate and 500 sovereigns to the South African Turf Club. The inaugural contest, staged as The Queen's Plate was held in April 1861...
Both Wayne Harley and Mike Monk were recently invited to the launch of South African sporting legend Peter Lindenberg’s new book, Flat Out and Fearless. The recently retired motor racing great – who is also the man with Shelby connections and is the driving force...
A regular series about the museum’s motoring memorabilia and behind-the-scenes activities, compiled and written by FMM’s Assistant Curator Sian Theron. This month, Sian has buckets of fun fighting fires...
A regular feature by senior workshop technician JP du Plessis outlining the activities of FMM’s workshop personnel who are responsible for repairing, renovating, refurbishing and restoring the museum’s large and varied collection of vehicles. This month, JP reports on two members of the team who...
FMM’s Mike Monk was born within a kilometre of the Alvis factory in Coventry, England, and still remembers as a child seeing the new cars and armoured vehicles running around the site. Now, the 103-year-old car company says it is making brand new vehicles using...
A regular look back at old motoring and motor sport items...
A regular series about the museum’s motoring memorabilia and behind-the-scenes activities, compiled and written by FMM’s Assistant Curator Sian Theron. This month, Sian goes picnic chic...
