The discovery of a car thought to be lost is always a momentous occasion, and this is the case of the right hand drive HK500 chassis number G8 which has appeared for sale in the States, offered by Hyman Ltd of St Louis, Missouri. The manual car was originally sold in the UK in late…
The scene above is the result of a tragic fire in France a couple of weeks ago which has destroyed two right hand drive Facel Vegas and left the owner seriously ill in hospital. It took place around 340 kilometers south of Paris on a very hot day and has left the Facel 11 and …
What with various motor racing commitments and research for the upcoming Le Mans 24 hrs, I seem to have been a little lax in my Facel Vega work, even if I have updated various things recently, including a list of articles that have appeared on e-Bay. But things are rarely completely static on the Facel…
End of May e-Bay summary There are 17 pages of items listed under Facel Vega on e-Bay as I write this at the end of May. Most of them are the usual models, magazine articles, Fred Hobbs books, road test reprints, the occasional badge, even clocks and mugs, the kind of stuff that’s on there…
The picture of Ava Gardner walking away from her HK500 is one cherished by all Facel owners, but it’s not all that it seems. A wonderful bit of super sleuthing by Robert Gel on the French site has uncovered the real story behind the pic. He writes: ‘Yes, it’s an HK500, no doubt but…
There are some people who make modifications to their Facels for real, and some who just imagine them. I rather like this site because they’ve come up with fantastic modifications for Facels and then asked the public to vote for them – at least, I think that’s what they want. Have a look here: http://skipmasta.de/phpBB2/ftopic24911.html
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