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The Facel Vega HK 500 was considered by Jean Daninos himself as the best Facel ever built. The HK 500 was, for a long time, the fastest fourseater production line automobile in the world with a top speed of an amazing 240 kilometres per hour (manual gear shift). The Facel Vega HK 500 is an extremely luxurious car with a gorgeous finish and beautiful details. The interior is majestic with it’s mock walnut (in the French tradition) dashboard and beautifully chromed handles and switches. The leather upholstery is of an exceptionally high quality the comfort it offers reflects this. The car comes with all of the novelties which were common on the American market at the time. The robustly built automatic windows and the gear shift with it’s stylish buttons are extremely reliable and never fail. Chrome was used sparingly on the HK 500; the bumpers, mirrors and side strips are all constructed of stainless steel. The vehicle is built upon a welded steel chassis within which the strong 6.2 litre Chrysler V8 is mounted. The undercarriage has independent wheel suspension with coil springs at the front and a live axle leaf spring suspension system at the rear. From 1960 onwards, the HK 500 was equipped with disc brakes all round. 6.2 litre
Chrysler V8 engine Facel Vega HK 500 (HK-1 CC-3) year 1961. Colour: torch red with a black leather interior. This HK 500 is equipped with all options: disk wheels with knock offs, automatic gearbox, powersteering, airconditioning, electric operated windows, HMV radio with automatic antenna. This HK 500 was the Facel Vega showcar at the 1961 New York Motorshow. This
HK 500 was skillfully fully restored, ten years ago, in the United
States. Until the year 1999 the car was carefully stored. This
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