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…
A tale of two twos from Crawley Headline writers are obscure people, aren’t they? I suppose I must include myself in that description, therefore, for the above. But basically this is about two Facel 11s which both began life in Crawley in West Sussex, GB, or nearby. The first was originally owned by Jack Bowthorpe…
I’ve been leafing through the May Classic and Sports Car and it looks like the only mentions of Facels are in ads, but there’s a few of them and some might be of interest. The first is the Thiesen advertisement on page 50, right at the start of the big display ads, and the German…
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
FVCC member Adam Sherring has told me that the ex-Maurice Trintignant Facel Vega FV3B is currently for sale in the UK at the top quality JD Classics dealership. This car was only recently sold at Retromobile by Artcurial for a price quoted in Classic & Sports Car at £149,872, but according to Adam it is…
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…
Found one of those websites that advertises every classic car that is for sale worldwide, and it included three Facels from the well known St Louis, Missouri classic car dealer Mark Hyman at Hyman Ltd. One of them, however is right hand drive, so it was worth further investigation. Hyman is quite a Facel specialist…
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