Facel Vega HK 500, 1961 information

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Technical data

   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.

Technical data

6.2 litre Chrysler V8 engine
1 four-barrel "twin quadrajet" carburettor
capacity: 355 bhp. at 5000 rpm.
top-speed (automatic): 135 mph. - 216 km/h.
acceleration 0-60 mph. - 0-96 km/h: 8 seconds
gearbox: 3 speed, automatic
brakesystem: diskbrakes all round
weight: 1880 kg.

Information on the presented HK-500

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.
Amicale Facel imported the car in that year to the Netherlands. The car was fully checked and serviced. The parts that suffered from non- usage over the years were renewed and other parts were taken apart for service and lubrication. Renewed were the: radiator, waterhoses, tyres, battery and all fluids. 
Refurbished and/ or lubed were the: brake system, steering components, ignition system, starterengine, dynamo, carburettor and the wheel bearings.
Additionally an airconditioning system was fitted to original factory standards but with exclusive use of modern components.

A "Gran Routier" in excellent condition!

This classic Facel Vega HK-500
was sold by Amicale Facel Holland

info@amicalefacel.nl 
Amicale Facel Holland
Phone: +31 70 324 80 84 or: +31 70 306 29 44


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