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The Facel Vega, Â a leading car purchased by Albert Camus, Danny Kaye, Pablo Picasso, Tony Curtis, Max Factor, Jr., President of Monaco, Princess Grace, Frank Sinatra, Stirling Moss, Ringo Starr, and Ava Gardner had heart of a Chrysler.
Since many of the big names in French luxury faded, Jean Daninos made his move.
Daninos founded Forges and Eure Building Workshops and Loire FACEL, a metal stamping company in 1938; Business flourished with wartime controls After the war, liberated from Nazi control, Facel built civilian items such as aircraft turbine parts, scooter frame, kitchen cabinets and office furniture diversified Facel in the body specialized vehicles, including a coupe body for SIMCA 8 Sport and Panhard Dyna the last step on the way to building their own cars was the Ford ComГЁte, whose body was designed by Facel.
In 1954 Daninos launched Facel Vega, named after one of the brightest stars in the night sky Stylist stylish sleek design Jacques Brasseur†used thin pillars for a lighter look; there was little chrome, and most of these parts are stainless steel rather than chrome metal pot seats were comfortable and well padded; drivers have a complete set of gauges and intelligent controls.
Daninos chose the 276 cubic inches April 5 liter De Soto Firedome V-8 engine of the first generation Hemi This engine is reliable, with a 7 5 1 compression ratio and control OHV linkage generated about 170 horsepower at 4500 revolutions per minute, the time power to the maximum speed was 123 mPH, assisted by the aerodynamic design moderately with a ratio of 3 January 31, the maximum speed was 109 mph.
As with American Hemis, drivers could then obtain new and advanced Chrysler three-speed automatic Torqueflite with push-button controls; or they could get a fully synchronized manual transmission, wide range Pont-à-Mousson four-speed with a stiff Borg and Beck clutch transmission would end up being used in the United States, few, including the Chrysler 300F where less a dozen appear to have been ordered with the engine of 400 horses as with American Chryslers, Facel Vega used a hypoid rear axle and 15-inch wheels.
The first Facel Vega was small for a luxury car, with a wheelbase of 103 of 5 inches and a length of 180 inches front suspension uses independent coils and triangles; the back was as contemporary Chryslers, a rigid axle held in place by longitudinal semi-elliptic springs adjusting the competent suspension body roll minimized and reviewers rented agile sensation but not the drum brake body had a rigid frame with tubular side members and the two steel tubes and profiles of the cutting channel.
Despite a cost of $ 7000 at launch, orders have come in 1956, the first revision was made, resulting in the Facel Vega FVS; the FV2, FV3, FV3B and FV4 would quickly follow The main difference between VF and FVS was the newer, larger, 331-cubic-inch Chrysler Hemi engine; horsepower jumped crude 170-300.
The FV3 used Plymouth polyspherical header V8 277 cubic inches, while the FV3B used 301 the cubic inches version of this engine the FV4 went with 354 Hemi Chrysler 300B, the transition to the Chrysler Hemi 392 for the series FV4 two starting with FV3B, the company began using a wider body.
In 1959, the Facel Vega HK500 was created by hooking the famous 392 Hemi; that belted on to 375 horsepower with both carburetors four bodies 300 hp with a single carburettor A source claims the HK500 used a wedge 361 with one or two carbohydrate four body initially, moving in the second series the wedge 383 with one or two four carburettors body.
A four-door was launched shortly after the Facel Vega HK 500, using a stretched body and appointed excellence; the 12800 car to compete with Rolls Royce and Mercedes, but the rear suicide door locks tended to give way to turn, and the chassis is not rigid enough to support the “pillar-free” design only 152 have made, making them rare excellence was reported to have used 392 Hemi, 361 and 383 Wedge Wedge engine after using the Chrysler 300B engine for the prototype.
In 1960, Vega Facel is the final stage to be a car manufacturer in itself, the introduction of a new two-seater, the Facellia, using a 1 6 engine designed by Carlo Marchetti, formerly Talbot and Paul Cavalier, of Pont-à-Mousson the car to be a success story product mass, was a failure even after Daninos swapped in a Volvo P1800 engine, and only 1500 were made the investment in this car was heavy, compared to its turnover, which overshadowed the launch of the Facel II.
Sleek and trim, the Facel II used the Chrysler 383 V8 engine with optional high compression head 300CвЂ; it pumped 390 horsepower with four-speed and 0-60 times were reported to be as low as 7 seconds flat with a top speed of 150 mph TorqueFlite The automatic version had a slightly detuned engine capable of 355 horsepower Jean Daninos called “totally elegant car, ” while the HK 500 was “the most interesting car we've ever done ” the Facel II was announced as the fastest four-seat coupe in the world, outpacing the Aston Martin DB4 Ferrari 250GT and Mercedes 300SL 0-60 mph; and that was before the company has introduced an optional 413 V8 with manual transmission.
But missteps Facel Vega†pushed the company into bankruptcy; it closed in 1964, with significant warranty claims on their engines grown on site.
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