How best to enjoy 2024 than with AMHF’s inaugural wall calendar featuring a range of Brian Caldersmith’s great motoring heritage artwork! With a delightfully drawn piece of art for each month, you’ll never miss a date – but get in quick, there are only limited numbers of calendars available. $22 per calendar (including GST), plus […]
AMHF 2024 calendars now available
Is the National Road Safety Strategy 2021-2030 a threat to older cars?
There has been some comment in our Australian media in support of the recently released National Road Safety Strategy or NRSS (www.roadsafety.gov.au/nrss) published in December 2021 after consultations between our several Infrastructure and Transport Ministers.
Wonderful news, and congratulations Peter!
The AMHF, through the personage of our director Peter Robinson, is honoured to have received two awards at the Newspress Australia Awards on Friday evening (19 April). Peter was awarded “Feature of the Year” for his story, Star Crossed, that detailed Mercedes’ decline in quality during the 1990s. You can read Peter’s award-winning story here. […]
Cropley Curve
by Peter Robinson Silverstone has Hamilton Straight, Scotland the Jim Clark circuit, Sydney Motor Sport Park Brabham Straight and Bahrain the Schumacher S, all named to honour the memory of famous racing drivers. And there are other corners, straights and grandstands on circuits globally called after the world’s best wheel men. But it’s not only […]
In pursuit of 200mph
by Peter Robinson Embarrassingly, I don’t remember the first time I topped 100mph on the road. Almost certainly most of you – at least those of a certain age – recall that milestone occasion with absolute clarity. I asked six AMHF members and all could recall in precise detail the car, the road and the […]
Australian Motor Sport Results
The story so far Back in mid-2021 the Australian Motor Heritage Foundation identified a gap in Australia’s motorsport history. As many would know, virtually all our car racing results since 1997 are available on the Natsoft web site. Previously, organising clubs would mail paper copies of Official Results to all competitors after their event. Many […]
Fast Female Drivers at Bathurst
by Brian Goulding A few years ago, while working for the Australian Racing Drivers Club (ARDC), I received a phone call from a journalist. The bloke was writing an magazine article on female competitors in Bathurst’s Great Race. I suspect he thought we could just press a button and print out a list for him. […]
Triumph Triumphs: A Family Legacy on Four Wheels
In February 2022, Ray Strong kindly lent the AMHF his extensive collection of official race results for scanning by Rod Chivas. Ray ran a successful mechanical repair business and started racing in the ex-Spencer Martin ‘Triumph Special’. He then went on to score many wins in an Elfin Mallala and later a Chevron B8 BMW […]
Three fine additions to our Library
Many thanks to Tony Cope, the President of the Jensen Car Club of Australia, for his recent visit to the AMHF and particularly for his donation of three rare editions to our Library, Jenson Service Bulletins, and two works by Richard Calver – A History of the Jensen: All the Models and The Jensen Genome. […]
Newsletter – January 2024
All best wishes to all our valued Supporters and the enthusiasts for this New Year! Our Christmas gathering at our AMHF was happy ….. we celebrated our progress and hosted some of our Ambassadors, Donors and many Supporters who all wish us well. We have put out some markers for the Foundation’s main activities in […]
The Mille Miglia’s Contessa
by Peter Robinson These were no ordinary family photograph albums. In the frescoed library of Contessa Camilla Maggi’s Calino home, among a stack of scrap books, you’d find a leather-bound, limited edition of photographs of her parent’s 1908 wedding. Another contains a series of aerial prints of the Calino villa and vineyards, there’s one of […]