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Cape Camera January/February 2021

December 2020 Outing

Both photographs by Mike de Villiers (left) Dieter Bütow, Jenny Powis & Walter Berndorfler; (right) André Mouton.
The Winjlands Motor Museum – always a huge challenge

The last photo shoot of 2020 was organised by Robert Maginely who had attached an AV challenge to those
who attended the outing. He had organised permission to stay after sunset to be able to do some light paint-
ing. Support for the outing was unfortunately not that great due to the general Covid scares, with only eight
members attending.

“On arrival we were greeted by one of the
representatives who gave us a bit of back-
ground and history about the place. He
surprised us with the information that they
regularly re-build cars for specific purposes,
such as a typical American police car that
was used in a recent movie that was shot
in Bellville; or a glamorous Rolls Royce that
is frequently hired out for wedding events.
We were also shown some work in progress - from a completely Photographs by Robert Maginely
rusted shell to a driveable vehicle.
Since our last visit a few years ago, the owners have added many “Half of the exhibits are cars from the 50s and 60s which are
more interesting items, and not only cars, but also an ancient kept under cover. Those take us back to the time when these
school bus, some motorcycles, hearses, utility vehicles, an ar- were the cars that we grew up with and were driven around
moured army vehicle as well as a complete aeroplane that now by our parents. The main indoor exhibit contains a number of
catches the eyes of motorists driving along the N1 on the way to notable classic cars in-
Paarl.” Robert Maginely reports. cluding a Rolls Royce,
A reminiscing Mike de Villiers had this to say: “For me, the Wijn- a Jaguar and a Mus-
land Auto Museum is a fascinating trip down memory lane with tang. There is also a
so many of the cars being in a far worse condition than they classic Harley David-
were during our first outing some two years ago. son motor bike and
almost every other
It is a dynamic environment and presents many photographic make of old cars, bak-
challenges, as well as opportunities, especially when it comes to kies and trucks imagi-
macro shots of old metal, covered with severely degraded paint nable - all in different
and a wealth of textures. stages of disrepair.” Photograph by Mike De Villiers

Dieter Bütow was most impressed about the
owner of the car museum, Les Boshoff, having
accumulated such a vast range of vehicles on
display. “In some areas one may be under the
impression of being on a scrapyard, in other lo-
cations and halls we were faced with sparkling
vehicles of more recent vintage.
“We had the freedom of roaming around for a
few hours snapping away happily. From these
shots I will take up the challenge to make a 3 - Photographs by Dieter Bütow
4 minute AV. This in itself I found to be a very creative process, sizable group off the ground. I found that making an AV of one’s
although I am a novice user of the well-known PTE AV Studio special photographs is photographs is very rewarding and a
software. I encourage other CTPS members to consider joining good way to show them to friends, family or other interested
the AV group where Ken Woods is putting in extra effort to get a parties.”
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