The National Motor Museum, Australia, is an automobile museum in the Adelaide Hills in the township of Birdwood, South Australia. Established in 1964 and opened to the public soon afterwards, it is Australia's largest motor museum, with close to 400 vehicles on display.
The Museum was started by Jack Kaines and Len Vigar in 1964, and was purchased by the South Australian Government in 1976. It holds 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" on Shannon Street, Birdwood.
It is the endpoint of the annual Bay to Birdwood, in which veteran, vintage and classic motor vehicles (motorcars and motorbikes) are driven by their owners from the foreshore area of Adelaide through to the Adelaide Hills to finish at the Museum where a festival is held.
The following is a non-exhaustive list of motorvehicles on display:
1904 Ohlmeyer 'Jigger' Tourer1897 Peugeot Type 17 chassis1899 Shearer Steam Carriage1900 De Dion-Bouton Type E Vis-a-Vis1907 Rover 6hp1908 Talbot1909 Merryweather Fire Engine1910 Daimler Laundalette1913 Newton Bennett 12hp Tourer1913 Renault Two Seater1914 Dixi R12 Tourer1919 Lincoln Six Tourer1920 Palm Tourer1921 Ford Model T1924 Summit Tourer1925 Straker Squire1925 Rolls Royce 20hp coupe with Carrosserie Vanvooren body1925 Hudson Super Six Phaeton1926 Graham Brothers truck1926 Garford flat top truck1927 Packard 5.26 sedan1928 Erskine Model 50 Coupe1928 Dodge Series 128 'Fast Four'1928 Ford Model A Tourer1929 Essex Challenger sedan1929 Austin 7 Tourer1934 Ford V8 coupe utility (unrestored)1935 Chevrolet delivery van1936 Dodge LE 30 Drapers van1936 Leyland Badger1937 Chevrolet Standard sedan1937 Morris 8/40 Series II sedan1939 Willys Overland Model 77 sedan1939 Diamond T Bus1941 Ford One Tonne Utility1948 Chevrolet Stylemaster1948 Hartnett prototype1949 Hillman Minx1952 Vanguard Overland custom rebodied off-roader1952 Edith 197cc Villiers (unrestored shell)1956 Land Rover Series 1 LWB Station Wagon1956 Rover Model 751958 Holden FC Special wagon1958 Land Rover Series 1 short wheelbase off-roader1959 Chevrolet Bel-Air sedan1959 Chrysler Royal AP21961 Toyota Tiara RT20 sedan1962 Ford Anglia 105E1963 Zeta Runabout1963 Lightburn Zeta Sports1963 Lightburn Station sedan1965 Zeta Sports1966 Ford Falcon 500 sedan1968 Holden Brougham1969 Holden Panel Van 'Midnight Express'1971 Chrysler Valiant Charger R/T38 coupe racer1972 Kenworth W902 truck1974 Holden Kingswood1974 Datsun 260Z1974 Holden Torana supercharged drag car1976 Holden Sandman1976 Datsun 120Y sedan1976 Rover 3500 P6B1977 Holden Torana A9X hatchback1977 Leyland Mini Moke1978 Leyland Mini 1275 LS1978 Leyland Mini panel van1980 HDT Commodore Brock Group A1982 Mitsubishi L300 people mover van1983 Mitsubishi Magna sedan prototype1986 Holden Piazza Turbo coupe1991 Holden Caprice1996 Mitsubishi Verada wagon test mule1998 Toyota Prius sedan2000 Chevrolet Lumina sedan (based on Holden Commodore)2000 Holden eCommodore sedan (VX) concept car2000 Toyota Will Vi2004 Pontiac GTO (based on Holden Monaro)2008 Mitsubishi 380 Series III Premier sedanThe following is a non-exhaustive list of motorbikes display:
1904 Minerva1910 Matchless1918 Favourite1920 Harley Davidson Sport Twin1923 Matchless H-2 with side chair1923 Waratah1927 Indian Scout1930 BSA S301936 Brough-Superior Model SS801948 Vincent Series B Rapide1949 Velocette Mk8 KTT1960 Mazda Three Wheeler1964 Honda Monkey CZ1001966 BMW R60/21969 Benelli 250cc racer1972 Honda CB 7501981 Kawasaki KLX250B1983 KMZ Dnepr Custom Cruzer replica
