Fred W B
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| posted on 13/10/11 at 06:16 PM |
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Franschoek Motor Museum near Cape Town
If you are ever near Cape Town the Franschoek Motor Museum at L'Ormarins wine farm is well worth a visit.
They have 80 cars on display (a further 300 are stored separately) in 4 large purpose built halls. Very classy with tiled floors and classical music
playing in the background.
When I visited last week Hall 1 displayed prewar cars (including 3 Bugattis) , Hall 2 was various Mercedes through the ages, Hall 3 was some more
ordinary post WW2 war family and sports cars (Jag, Austin Healy etc) and also newer sports cars including examples of Mclaren F1 and M6 GT.
Hall 4 displayed some very significant sports and race cars including an ex Fangio Maserati 250 F, ex Jody Scheckter F1 Tyrrell, no less than 10
Ferraris, an ex Le Mans Jag D type and an ex Le Mans GT 40.
And with wine tasting and good food in a Deli even the wife will enjoy the visit.
Cheers
Fred W B
[Edited on 13/10/11 by Fred W B]
[Edited on 13/10/11 by Fred W B]
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chrsgrain
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| posted on 13/10/11 at 11:13 PM |
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Aaargh - visited recently, went to Franschoek and didn't know it was there!!
Chris
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FASTdan
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| posted on 14/10/11 at 06:19 AM |
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I too went recently, I even knew it was there - but from the flyer it looked like nothing special so didnt bother.....bugger lol.
Amazing region 
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Ivan
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| posted on 14/10/11 at 06:49 AM |
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Had a special day there a while back with the Cobra Club - the Curator took us around the museum an gave us a talk about many of the exhibits,
explaining their history, quirks and what they are like to drive etc, he started up the D Type Jag, the 289 Cobra, Jackie Stewart's Mclaren F1
with it's tartan badging and others - also took us through their maintenance workshops where their engineer had some interesting titbits of
information. Overall a great day was had by all.
Once a year they have a "Track" day where our top racing drivers get a chance to stretch the legs of some of the cars on their own track -
always worth seeing and hearing - although nothing like the Goodwood day I am sure.
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Fred W B
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| posted on 14/10/11 at 04:34 PM |
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Hi Ivan, lucky for you to see / hear all that
Hi Chris, I haven't been able to get in the garage for a month now. The usual life, universe and everything getting in the way at the moment.
Cheers
Fred W B
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