The Final. Contents of Hall 4- Franschhoek Motor Museum.

I have done halls 1,2,3 and here is the last hall 4.

Hall 4 is part old cars and a special section is also allocated to South Africa's racing car history.

This old Peugeot Hillclimb Special 1953, for instance has a fascinating story behind it, as it is not a Peugeot because it was built by a private guy named Don Tout.
But due to him using the Peugeot premises to build the car, and it was built on a 1930 Peugeot 402 chassis, Peugeot claimed the car as theirs.
Interestingly the car has a Supercharger of a WWII Merlin 76 Aircraft Engine. So it might look like a piece of blue tin, but this car can go like a rocket.

At the end of the post, I have posted a small section on our racing history as South Africa has a very rich crop of champions in the car racing industry. We are also engaged in many other forms of races, such as the Dakar offroad contests and others. My first love, of course, is all the old classic cars and I have some beauties and some strange ones in here.
Come and look.

Each of the cars will tell their own stories.

Look at this strange car, as I have never seen it before, but its number plate gives it away.

Can you believe that it is a Studebaker Avanti 1964 and it was designed as a "Personal Luxury Coupe".

The James Bond car we all know as the Aston Martin, featured in his movies.

This Mazda series was a motor experiment.

I was selling ice-creams at our international Kyalami racetrack in the 60's when one of these Renault Gordini cars came second in a 24 hour race. There were heavy rain downpours, and this little car sat like a bug on a blanket on the track, especially around the corners. And it beat many of the super charged racing cars.

And now for a few faster cars.

Finally, a racing trophy showcase on display.

I could have loaded many more cars in here, as there are more than 200 cars on show at the museum, but I hope that you liked my selection. It was mind numbing to see the precious old wheels on show here and we had a very great experience.
I also took some nature photos in the area, got a hawk or two flying over, and the best of all is that they make super coffee at the restaurant of the museum. So my day was made.

I promised that I would place a list of the contents of all four halls. Kindly visit the secure link below.

https://www.fmm.co.za/on-display/

Yes, I also have photos of the bikes, and there are some great bikes to see, but I will do that in a separate future post.

I hope that you have enjoyed the pictures and the story.

And That's All Friends.

Photos by Zac Smith-All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Canon Powershot SX70HS Bridge camera.

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