National Motor Museum, Birdwood
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| Established | 1964 |
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| Type | Automobile museum |
| Director | Marianne Norman |
| Website | National Motor Museum |
The National Motor Museum, Birdwood, is an automobile museum in Birdwood, South Australia.[1][2] Established in 1964 and opened to the public soon afterwards,[3] it is Australia's largest motor museum,[4] with over 300 vehicles on display.[2]
The museum was started by Jack Kaines and Len Vigar in 1964, and was purchased by the South Australian Government in 1976, holding a large and historically important collection of cars, motorcycles and commercial vehicles.
The museum is housed in a modern complex adjacent to its original home, the "Old Mill" in Shannon Street, Birdwood.[1][4]
It is the endpoint of the annual Bay to Birdwood run [1], in which vintage motor vehicles are driven by their owners from Glenelg past the city and through the hills to finish at the museum where a festival is held.
Contents
Exhibits
The following is a non-exhaustive list of motorvehicles on display:
- 1904 Ohlmeyer 'Jigger' Tourer
- 1897 Peugeot Type 17 chassis
- 1899 Shearer Steam Carriage
- 1900 De Dion-Bouton Type E Vis-a-Vis
- 1907 Rover 6hp
- 1908 Talbot
- 1909 Merryweather Fire Engine
- 1910 Daimler Laundalette
- 1913 Newton Bennett 12hp Tourer
- 1913 Renault Two Seater
- 1914 Dixi R12 Tourer
- 1919 Lincoln Six Tourer
- 1920 Palm Tourer
- 1921 Ford Model T
- 1924 Summit Tourer
- 1925 Straker Squire
- 1925 Rolls Royce 20hp coupe with Carrosserie Vanvooren body
- 1925 Hudson Super Six Phaeton
- 1926 Graham Brothers truck
- 1926 Garford flat top truck
- 1927 Packard 5.26 sedan
- 1928 Erskine Model 50 Coupe
- 1928 Dodge Series 128 'Fast Four'
- 1928 Ford Model A Tourer
- 1929 Essex Challenger sedan
- 1929 Austin 7 Tourer
- 1934 Ford V8 coupe utility (unrestored)
- 1935 Chevrolet delivery van
- 1936 Dodge LE 30 Drapers van
- 1936 Leyland Badger
- 1937 Chevrolet Standard sedan
- 1937 Morris 8/40 Series II sedan
- 1939 Willys Overland Model 77 sedan
- 1939 Diamond T Bus
- 1941 Ford One Tonne Utility
- 1948 Chevrolet Stylemaster
- 1948 Hartnett prototype
- 1949 Hillman Minx
- 1952 Vanguard Overland custom rebodied off-roader
- 1952 Edith 197cc Villiers (unrestored shell)
- 1956 Land Rover Series 1 LWB Station Wagon
- 1956 Rover Model 75
- 1958 Holden FC Special wagon
- 1958 Land Rover Series 1 short wheelbase off-roader
- 1959 Chevrolet Bel-Air sedan
- 1959 Chrysler Royal AP2
- 1961 Toyota Tiara RT20 sedan
- 1962 Ford Anglia 105E
- 1963 Zeta Runabout
- 1963 Lightburn Zeta Sports
- 1963 Lightburn Station sedan
- 1965 Zeta Sports
- 1966 Ford Falcon 500 sedan
- 1968 Holden Brougham
- 1969 Holden Panel Van 'Midnight Express'
- 1971 Chrysler Valiant Charger R/T38 coupe racer
- 1972 Kenworth W902 truck
- 1974 Holden Kingswood
- 1974 Datsun 260Z
- 1974 Holden Torana supercharged drag car
- 1976 Holden Sandman
- 1976 Datsun 120Y sedan
- 1976 Rover 3500 P6B
- 1977 Holden Torana A9X hatchback
- 1977 Leyland Mini Moke
- 1978 Leyland Mini 1275 LS
- 1978 Leyland Mini panel van
- 1980 HDT Commodore Brock Group A
- 1982 Mitsubishi L300 people mover van
- 1983 Mitsubishi Magna sedan prototype
- 1986 Holden Piazza Turbo coupe
- 1991 Holden Caprice
- 1996 Mitsubishi Verada wagon test mule
- 1998 Toyota Prius sedan
- 2000 Chevrolet Lumina sedan (based on Holden Commodore)
- 2000 Holden eCommodore sedan (VX) concept car
- 2000 Toyota Will Vi
- 2004 Pontiac GTO (based on Holden Monaro)
- 2008 Mitsubishi 380 Series III Premier sedan
The following is a non-exhaustive list of motorbikes display:
- 1904 Minerva
- 1910 Matchless
- 1918 Favourite
- 1920 Harley Davidson Sport Twin
- 1923 Matchless H-2 with side chair
- 1923 Waratah
- 1927 Indian Scout
- 1930 BSA S30
- 1936 Brough-Superior Model SS80
- 1948 Vincent Series B Rapide
- 1949 Velocette Mk8 KTT
- 1960 Mazda Three Wheeler
- 1964 Honda Monkey CZ100
- 1966 BMW R60/2
- 1969 Benelli 250cc racer
- 1972 Honda CB 750
- 1981 Kawasaki KLX250B
- 1983 KMZ Dnepr Custom Cruzer replica
See also
References
External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
- Driven Media: Birdwood National Motor Museum – recorded interview with Marianne Norman, Director of the Museum
- National Motor Museum – official site
- National Motor Museum at Automuseums
