A hefty bout of jet lag means that I’ve had plenty of time to trawl through the latest Classic and Sports Car for mentions of Facel Vegas. There are a few, but they are a touch meagre. First mention is in the news pages and the report of Retromobile, including a rather small picture of…
I hope you don’t mind if I occasionally re-cycle Facel material that I’ve found elsewhere. One constant source of Facel information is the French site mentioned in the links menu and this is where I found news of an HK500 being restored by Pitt Lane Restorations at Winchester which is around 30 miles from me!…
You’ve probably noticed that the site has gone a bit quiet after the initial burst of enthusiasm with the Retromobile sales but I’ve been writing profiles of the some of the cars (FVs, Excellence, little cars) which will be posted early next week, and I’m also skiing in Austria. Which reminds me that the inspiration…
One of the things I want to do regularly on this site is review whatever press outlets come my way, and on a regular basis, that means scouring Classic and Sports Car for Facel mentions. I will probably do this every month, and include, for your delectation, whatever mentions there are and anything else I…
The final two Facels came up at Artcurial’s auction in Paris this afternoon, Friday, and made for interesting reading. One easily made its estimate, the other just fell short by about €10,000 – so might have sold. As I mentioned, the sale started late and included many desirable motor cars, among these a Ferrari Dino…
The Facel Vega Excellence from the Roger Baillon collection – a car that needs completely re-commissioning – made €120,000 at Artcurial’s in Paris this afternoon. The car was one of 59 that were deemed worth saving in the collection revealed last autumn. Given that it therefore needs a lot of work, €120,000 seems a lot…
Neither the ex-UK Facel 11 nor the ex-Ava Gardner Excellence reached their reserves at Bonhams auction at Retromobile on Thursday afternoon. Both were left hand drive. The 1962 Facel 11, which had been imported into the UK in left hand drive form from the USA over 10 years ago, was estimated at €275-375,000 which was…
RM Auctions Lot 170 Facel Vega HK500 The Facel Vega HK500 at RM Auctions in Paris sold for exactly its low estimate: €120,000 on Wednesday evening. This was a good looking car but it came up at 22.21 in the evening, the third last lot of the auction and in just one minute, rose from…
Most Facel fans are aware that Facellias in particular and one or two Facel 111s and even 6s had a certain competition history, the most famous being sometime Monte Carlo rally class winner Maurice Gatsonides – he of Gatso speed camera fame – in a works Facellia. But apart from Neil Lawson-Baker’s efforts to take…
I was unaware that there was a third auction at Retromobile and this one by RM comes first on February 4. They have this HK500 up for sale, which means that there’s an HK500, a Facel 11, three Excellences and a Facel FV3B available at Retromobile – quite apart from all the other delectable machines.…
Facel Vega Car Club 