Amicale Facel Holland 2014 news
Restorations - Book 'Facel Vega Grand Luxe Sportif'
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September 24 Today we
added a photo reportage of a beautiful Facel Vega restoration. For a
client we restored a scarce 1964 Facel Vega Facel 6 cabriolet to
top condition! The car has also been added to the Facel Vega
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September 21 Last Friday CineCars presented a beautiful video on the firm of Amicale Facel Holland / Classic Job. The video is an introduction to the company and the people behind the firm. Hans Ruhe and Job Brouwers tell their stories about the make Facel Vega. In the film you will see the just restored Facel Vega FV 2B and a very original Facel Vega HK 500 in action! Click here to watch the video. English subtitles are availabe!
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June 27 On 21 and 22 June we were present at the Concours d'Élégance Paleis het Loo in Apeldoorn. Amicale Facel Holland had arranged a stunning collection of rare Facel Vega automobiles which competed in a special Facel Vega class. On show were the Facel Vega FV1, FV2B, FV3B, HK-500, Excellence, Facel 2 and Facel 6. The class winner was the magnificent black 1963 Facel Vega Facel II which we restored in 2009/2010. Click here to view a reportage of the Facel Vega automobiles on the 'basse court' in front of Paleis het Loo. |
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June 14 We added
photo reportages of three current Facel Vega restoration projects to our
restoration pages. Of all three projects we present the mating of the
restored chassis and body work. You can see the restoration of the 1958 Facel
Vega FV3B, the
restoration of the 1960 Facel Vega HK 500 and the restoration of
the 1962 Facel Vega Facel II. |
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June 12 On Saturday and Sunday, 21 and 22 June 2014, you can visit us at the Concours d'Élégance Paleis het Loo in Apeldoorn. At the 'Concours d’Élégance Paleis het Loo' Amicale Facel Holland arranged a stunning collection of rare Facel Vega automobiles which will compete at the concours in a special class. Expect the Facel Vega FV1, FV2B, FV3B, HK-500, Excellence, Facel 2 and Facel 6! The 11th 'Concours
d’Élégance Paleis het Loo' will be held in the majestic palace gardens
of 'Paleis het Loo' in Apeldoorn the Netherlands. New and unique in this
eleventh edition is the inclusion of the 'basse cour', the 'royal
square' in front of the palace, to show and judge the fine automobiles.
The organizing committee has traced some really remarkable automobiles
which have not been at the concours before. Amongst others Renault will
present a unique 40CV and Maserati will exhibit a few very special
thoroughbreds from their rich history. |
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Older news items
June 10,
2013 - We
added some photo's of the 1958 Facel
Vega FV3B which is being restored in our workshop. This Facel Vega
was originally owned by
Prince Charles of Belgium. The chassis is ready after full rebuild! |
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January 9, 2013 - We updated the news page. Click here to read about new electric power steering systems for Facel Vega automobiles. Click here to view a list of current restoration projects!
October 18,
2012 - Faithfull visitors of our site are well aware, that Hans Ruhé started a co-operation with Jasper Beukenkamp some time ago.
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June 15,
2012 - Today we added the 1959 BMW 503 coupe photo reportage. This
rare and special automobile is fully restored at our workshop. |
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June 3,
2012 - We updated two photo reportages. The red 1956 Facel Vega FV2B
which is being restored in our workshop is almost finished! Click
here to view the new photo reportage. We also added a new sales
reportage of the fabulous 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray convertible.
This beautiful automobile is in very good original condition! Click
here to view the reportage! |
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May 2,
2012 - We added a rare and historically important Lagonda LG6 DHC to our sales collection.
This fabulous Lagonda was fully restored by us 3500 miles ago. The
automobile is in stunning top condition, concours!
Electric power steering for Facel Vega automobiles.
Restoration projects at AFH
New reportage: 1958 Facel
Vega FV3B, 5 L Chrysler Poly V-8, automatic. The chassis is finished after full rebuild.
The bodywork has been smoothened
to perfection in the body shop. After that the body has been perfectly
painted in the original factory colour “Bleu Jean Bart” (very dark
blue). The chassis and the body have recently been mated.
New reportage:
1960 Facel Vega HK-500, stripped and the body and chassis
were taken apart. The bodywork is mounted on a special very rigid support
frame and almost fully being reconstructed. From the front scuttle to the
rear almost every lower panel had to be reconstructed: full floor, sills,
inner wings, rear scuttle, boot floor and the spare wheel tub. Parts of
the rear wings were renewed and have been perfectly lined up with a beautiful
straight rear bumper. The body work restoration and the chassis
restoration were completed. Recently the body work and chassis have been
mated.
New reportage:
1962 Facel Vega Facel II, the automobile was fully stripped. Body and chassis detached. The body has been sand blasted with
extreme care. After the blasting process a lot of rusted parts came to
surface. The body has been reconstructed completely. Newly made sheet metal parts
have been fabricated and were perfectly welded in place. The body work
restoration and the chassis restoration were recently competed. Chassis
and body work have been mated recently. 1956
Facel Vega FV2B, 5,4 L Chrysler Hemi engine, manual gearbox, torch red with black (mostly original !) leather interior. This is the oldest Facel Vega registered in Holland and it has a nice historical license number. This car is nearly completed and is for sale
too. 1958 Facel Vega FV4, 6,4 L Chrysler Hemi engine, manual gearbox. Black with 'rouge vif' leather interior. The body and chassis of this car have been mated together some time ago. The car is currently being built up. 1963 Facel Vega Facel II, the chassis is fully rebuilt to better
than new condition. The sheet metal work on the body has been finished.
Currently the body is being smoothened to perfection in the body shop.
This in preparation for the paintjob in the factory colour “Torch
Red”.
A fantastic book about Facel Vega has been published; "Facel Vega Grand Luxe Sportif" by the renown writer Martin Buckley. Click here for more information!
Hans Ruhé/ AMICALE FACEL HOLLAND. |
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