The newsletter’s monthly book review feature which focuses on motoring literature of interest to FMM’s followers, hosted by Wendy Monk. A pair of books that record the history of two of SA’s iconic racing circuits are the subjects of this month’s review...
Wendy Monk picks out some interesting historic items from FMM’s photo archives, some with a story, others without. This month, while the country is still governed by travel restrictions and some forms of motor sport events are still prohibited, we look back at an old...
While the museum’s business operations are slowly opening up, FMM Curator Wayne Harley continues his series of recollections of South Africa’s motorcycling heroes...
Wendy Monk picks out some interesting historic items from FMM’s photo archives, some with a story, others without. This month we look at the recollections of a Dodge(y) tea salesman in the mid-1920s...
Wendy Monk picks out some interesting historic items from FMM’s photo archives, some with a story, others with info required...
Here I sit again writing a Christmas message to all our FMM newsletter readers, and this year I would again like to start by thanking Mike Monk and our team for putting out 12 super newsletters during the past year. I’m sure everyone would agree...
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. ...
On Sunday 22 September, Garth Hendricks invited FMM to attend the Honda Hook-up world record attempt with the museum’s NSX that took place at Cape Town’s Grand West Casino parking lot in front of the conference venue. Curator Wayne Harley did the honours as the...
FMM Curator Wayne Harley’s scoots off into history on a Vespa, which owes its existence to an Italian who disliked motorcycles...
A significant event took place at FMM in July when Mercedes-Benz used the L-Ormarins Estate’s facilities as part of the international launch of its new X-Class all-terrain pick-up. The event was a major planning and logistics exercise for the combined M-B and museum teams, which...
