Rust in peace

I note a wide variety of machinery from all eras and corners of the world, many of which are rusting away in a slow death, from 1960s Mercedes-Benz coupés and VW buses to American muscle cars and bakkies.

As a rookie to the game, Les learnt some lessons the hard way: not every car is worth restoring and not every old car is considered valuable. One of the more unusual exhibits is this Convair 580 aircraft, poised in a landing pose. Picture: KIAN ERIKSEN“I fell in love with it the moment I saw it on the showroom floor and knew I had to have it, that was in 1963. I have owned it since then.”The first car that Oom Les ever bought to actually restore was a 1930s Hudson Terraplane. Thirty years later it still sits untouched, but he is adamant that one day he’ll get to rebuilding it.

Cape Town is well known as a destination for shooting movies and adverts, and with such a large and diverse collection it wasn’t long before people were calling up the museum to rent vehicles. Nowadays that is what keeps the museum’s staff members and Les busy, preparing vehicles for the movie and advertising industries.

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