by Paul Rogerson Legend has it that the name of Mitsubishi’s turbocharged coupe from the early 1980s came about due to a miscommunication between Japan and Adelaide. The story goes […]
Stories
Australian Motor Sport Programmes
by Brian Goulding Motor race programmes have played a vital role, even an inspiration. ever since the very early motor sport events. These printed race programmes could take the form […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The master’s last pass
Sir Stirling Moss 1929 – 2020 By Dave Williamson Auckland NZ, January 1959: I was riding my bike home from school when I saw a Jaguar saloon steaming towards me. […]
Sir Gordon Taylor GC MC – pioneering air routes for the world
by Hugh King HE PIONEERED AIR ROUTES FOR THE WORLD, AND WROTE EIGHT BOOKS ABOUT HIS WORK An important participant in building the Aviation Heritage of Australia Australians today may […]
On matters historical and the restoration of the two wheeled variety
by Phil Whitton In the current parlance of the restoration fraternity, the term “barn find” is now an indication of something uncovered from the depths of some storage unit, garage […]
Sunday Morning Drives
Dave Williamson writes about his very early morning drives around Auckland in the late 1950s Being the un-ripe age of 15 years, “let’s go next Sunday” was an excitingly whispered […]
