Last month, the Foundation was fortunate to borrow a large number of Victorianhillclimb results from the Gippsland Car Club for scanning. The Morwell hillclimb(later known as Gippsland Park) operated between 1965 and 2008. We now have240 additional Official Results in our “Results” collection, including many Victorianand Australian Championship events. Some may be unaware that a […]
Library Acquisitions
Official Race Results project at AMHF
August saw another milestone moment with over 2,000 Australian race meetingsnow covered in our collection. Competitors would be aware that after 1999, themajority of meetings are captured and accessible in the excellent Natsoft database.But there is no equivalent National or State archive for any events prior to that. Asjust one example, more than 50 Australian […]
Review of The 1978 Ford Falcon XC Cobra Hardtop Register
by Peter Robinson – – – Wheels magazine’s Steve Cropley was trusted with ferrying a new Ford Falcon XC Cobra from the company’s Broadmeadows headquarters to Bathurst for the 1978 Hardie Ferodo 1000. No, it wasn’t one of the Moffat/Bond race cars, but Cobra no. 027, one of 30 race specials, which was to be […]
Film, Video, DVD and Digital Archives
“Looking to the Future with our Legendary Past” AMHF volunteer Peter Tomlinson, already a collector of motor racing film footage, took on the daunting task of developing what we believe is Australia’s finest archive of our moving visual motoring history. An extensive range of materials has been added to the Archive Database through the development […]
‘Valentine’s Superfine Colors for Automobile Coach and Car’
Library Acquisitions Paint colours – Manufacturer’s guide for Veteran & Vintage body paint Donated by Hugh King, 2023 This pristine hard-bound book measures 22×11.5cm. Thin A4 size, 83 pages with glued cloth binding and a ‘floating’ cardboard reference sheet to assist viewing across open pages. Publisher is Valentine & Company ‘Established 1832’ in New York, […]
The Archeological Automobile – Understanding and Living with Historical Automobiles
This is the first book by Miles Collier, the renowned founder of the Revs Institute in Naples, Florida www.revsinstitute.org and it is a massive, beautiful work of art.
1925 Morris Cowley: Chassis 82308
Library Acquisitions Collection of Manufacturer’s delivery papers, Sydney NSW 1925 Donated by Hugh King, 2023 Hugh acquired this material in 1978 from a Mr Clifford McFadyen of East Lindfield NSW. Mr McFadyen was the son of the first owner, who purchased the car in 1925 at Williams Bros. Limited, 255-259 Elizabeth Street, Sydney named as […]
