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1960 Rare Facellia Coupé 'short cabin' one of 48 - & a TV star For Sale

From 1953 to 1964, Facel-Vega was the last French luxury car manufacturer. The V8-powered ''Facel II'' was the world's fastest 4-seater of its time...

Facel-Vega was the choice of VIPs, artists & race drivers : Ringo Starr (Beatles), Stirling Moss, Maurice Trintignant, Rob Walker, Hassan II King of Morocco, Prince Charles of Belgium, Prince Saud (of Arabia), Prince of Orléans-Bourbon, President of Mexico, Shah of Iran, Count Volpi and many Ambassadors & Ministers...

The Facellia coupé took a GT Class victory at the Monte-Carlo Rally in 1961, and then again at the Tour de France, and Rallye de Lorraine... With 20 % more power than the contemporary Porsche 356 SC, the new Facel was an immediate success.
Early engines suffered from overheating problems, but this was corrected by a successful re-egineering by Le Moteur Moderne, a high-tech Company also involved in the development of the Mata V12 engine.

This short-cabin version, designated as 2+2 but actually more a two-seater, is by far the rarest and the most elegant. It combines the only Facel-Vega engine ever made, a beautiful 1, 6-litre Twin-Cam, with a bodywork of timeless beauty.

Our example is fitted with the distinctive early vertical & slim door handles. However the front fenders were updated to the Megalux headlights of the late version. We find the final shape the best-looking for the model. Also, the dashboard is the first, leather-upholstered version. Interior is in black leather, with original steering wheel and instruments.

The history of our Facellia, delivered in the North of France by Imperial Garage, is famous for starring in the French TV fimls "Agatha Christie's Little Murders"... She has been kept in the same hands (a French collector and mechanic) for 32 years, a very interesting history indeed.

This fine automobile drives very well, delivering all the great period sports-car sensations, with a patina of the interior and of the paintwork that suits perfectly this precious legacy of a Golden Age of Grand Tourisme ''à la Française''.

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