Proud of our past, passionate about our future.
RELEASE OF ECONOMIC VALUE STUDY
Survey reveals Australia’s historic vehicle owners spend over $9.9 billion annually
To read our press release and download a copy of the Executive Summary and Full Report, visit our EVS page
Welcome to the AMHF
Our vision is to preserve and promote Australia’s motor heritage
Located at Sydney Motorsport Park, Eastern Creek, Australia’s heart of motoring passion, the AMHF is a strategic partner of the Australian Racing Drivers Club (ARDC).
The AMHF’s collection started with our chair Hugh King’s personal collection and has already attracted other special material including the late historian Graham Howard’s unique motor racing archive collection.
Curated and managed solely by volunteers, the AMHF is a registered charity, with Deductible Gift Recipient status for the Library. We depend on the generosity of our friends and supporters, and greatly value your support to enable us to expand our archive and champion Australia’s motoring heritage.
If you would like to join us, volunteer or provide the Foundation with a gift, please let us know.
The AMHF’s Mission
The Australian Motor Heritage Foundation is dedicated to to maintaining a comprehensive archive and library of materials about Australia’s motor heritage for the benefit of all Australians through preservation, education and research as we’re proud of our past and passionate about our future.
Preservation
We are particularly keen to help preserve the historical knowledge that exists in the thousands of motor clubs across Australia and we’re also eager to preserve our history of motor racing, of motor cycling, of aviation in all its forms, and of road haulage by truck or bus.
We have established a library and archive for this purpose. It is a research library and we are aiming to make our information available in digital form as widely as possible. Our book and magazine collection has tens of thousands of volumes. We also have a substantial and growing collection of audio-visual items that includes photos, brochures, prints and videos.
Education
We would like to assist anyone who has an interest in Australia’s motor heritage. We are open to requests from primary, secondary and tertiary educational institutions and we are currently seeking government support for our program for primary and secondary school projects.
We are not ‘just a library’ (although that is a significant part of who we are). We are also seeking to foster social cohesion through public seminars, lectures and informal gatherings so we can share our passion for motoring with the widest possible audience.
Research
We also welcome approaches from those who have an academic interest in our collection. We would also like to become a source of information for the automotive and advertising industries, journalists, preservationists and inventive entrepreneurs.
We also intend to connect with and participate digitally with the many overseas foundations and heritage centres having similar objectives.
Partner Organisations and Foundations
The AMHF is part of an extended group of organisations all over the world who share common goals and values.
Recent Posts
ZA Fairlane from Design to Driveway
Retro Stories by David Burrell The ZA Ford Fairlane was released in March 1967 and created the market segment, and the template, for locally built, long wheelbase luxury cars that endured until 2017, when the last Holden Statesman was built. …
How GM and Ford produced the same size engines
by Peter Robinson This is a coincidence that stretches beyond the imagination. In late 1950 and early 1952, General Motors and Ford – sworn rivals as the world’s two biggest car makers – launched totally new four- and six-cylinder engines…
Sketch to Street: David Bentley and the Austin Tasman/Kimberley – Part 5
by David Burrell This is final instalment of the Australian Motor Heritage Foundation’s (AMHF) series which showcases the automotive design work of David Bentley when he worked in the styling studios of BMC Australia (BMCA) and BMC in the UK…
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GM: Thinking for Design
by Peter Robinson Thinking time: that vital period when a CEO or senior manager is free to reflect, to contemplate the future, and hopefully come up with strategies that drive a company forward. Sadly, too many leaders ignore the importance…
Ford L’Avion: Could have been a small 1950s Mercury?
Retro Stories by David Burrell The startlingly shaped L’Avion could have been Ford’s first compact sized car in the USA, two years before the Falcon. It was championed by Lewis Crusoe, who was vice president in charge of all of…
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Sketch to Street: David Bentley and the Austin Tasman/Kimberley – Part 4
by David Burrell This is part four of the five-part series from the Australian Motor Heritage Foundation (AMHF) which celebrates the automotive design work of David Bentley, and his close involvement in shaping the Austin Tasman and Kimberley. This instalment…
Read More Sketch to Street: David Bentley and the Austin Tasman/Kimberley – Part 4
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