Tough to Crack Car Puzzle #202

A beautiful photo of a car driving in the mountains, we see that more often. But as far as we know, we haven’t seen this particular type before. The make is easy as it is one of the most luxurious makes you see at many car shows and this car is only built in a small number.

Shouldn’t be too hard for you to tell us the make and the type. But please tell us a bit more. Things that we cannot easily find online or in the books. Good luck!

The rules:

Please send in your answer in a comment, in maximum 100 words. Do this before Monday evening and do not forget to give us your sources so we can check them. See next week if you are the winner of the full 5 points in the six months competition, sponsored by Hans Compter Rare Cars.

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Saturday February 16th, 2019

Neil Beadle

18 February 2019, 16:31

This pretty car, sans hubcaps, is a Facel Vega Facellia 2+2 coupe. Powered by Facel Vega's own twin cam 4 cylinder 1646 cc engine developing around 115 hp. The Facellia was unveiled by Stirling Moss at the Jacquemart-Andre art museum in Paris in 1959. The small car was a departure from Facel Vega's large V8 engined luxury coupes and saloons, competing with some success in motorsport, notably when Maurice Gatsonides and Louis Van Noordwijk came first in their class on the 1961 Monte Carlo Rally.

Sources:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facel_Vega_Facellia
http://car-from-uk.com/sale.php?id=144490
https://forums.motorlegend.com/vb/showthread.php?t=20803

Robbie Marenzi

18 February 2019, 02:41

1964 Facel 6 Hard Top Roadster.
The car(Cordon Rouge) belongs to renowned sculptor Dr. Neil Lawson Baker, who with Andrew Powell came second in class 1999 Montecarlo Challenge(car number 74) and first in class 1999 The Marathon (car number 42- puzzle picture) and fourth 2000 London-Istanbul Rally. It was found in a Paris bodyshop and for years damaged on purpose to teach apprentices how to lead fill dents.
Facel 6 was a Facel III with a, for tax reasons, slightly reduced Austin Healey engine, according to various sources, 30 to 42 cars were built. Prices US$6,000

http://forum-auto.caradisiac.com/automobiles-mythiques-exception/voitures-anciennes/sujet378277-1085.htm
https://auta5p.eu/katalog/facel_vega/facel6_01.php
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Lawson_Baker
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facel_Vega

Steve Kupferman

18 February 2019, 02:13

This is an early 60’s (1960-62) Facel Vega Facellia. It was Facel Vega’s move into the small sports car market to compete with Alfa Romeo and Porsche. Styling was similar to the bigger Facel HK500. The car’s designer, Jean Daninos took styling cues from the Mercedes 190SL. The Facellia had a 4 cylinder 1.6L DOHC engine built by French company Pont-a-Mousson (Paul Cavallier). This engine had serious reliability issues, resulting in numerous warranty repairs. The engine was a disaster and ultimately lead to Facel Vega’s failure. About 1,100 Facellias were produced. The Facellia appeared in a music video and in an Agatha Christie tv series in France.

Herve Smagghe

17 February 2019, 21:09

I think she is a Facel Facellia 6 end of "60 years.
It's a cab wearing a Hard Top.
And she has probably the Austin Heley L6 motor
Hervé

Gerd Klioba

17 February 2019, 20:47

This is the Facel-Véga Facel 6, the last new Facel-Véga model, only available from July to October 1964, when Facel-Véga closed down. Meant to fill the gap between the four-cylinder III and the eight-cylinder II, it was basically a Facel III with elongated front, but identical wheelbase, to accommodate an Austin-Healey 3000 engine, which was slightly reduced in bore (82.55 x 88.9 mm) to avoid the penalty tax for cars beyond 16 CV. A projected new V6 engine by Harry Mundy never saw the light of day, as only 32 Facel 6 were built, 25 coupes and 7 convertibles.

Sources:
Jean Daninos, Facel-Véga
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facel_Vega_Facel_6

George Giese

17 February 2019, 13:10

Very obviously a Facel Vega Facelia and the unhappy driver has stopped to consider his fate for he is in Arizona's Superstition Mountains on a Friday 13 and he has just run over a black cat so he fears the fate that may be fall him. I think it is that the lovely little French twin cam motor will likely explode, leaving him with no choice to replace it as no Facelia parts are to be found!

Larry A. Lewis

16 February 2019, 17:31

It's a Facel Vega Facellia, powered by a four-cylinder Volvo engine. I almost bought one many years ago until I found that the frame was broken and repaired with welded-on concrete rebar.

Anders Svenfelt

16 February 2019, 07:26

1962-64 Facel Vega Facellia F2 Coupé. This 2-passenger model is in fact a hardtop welded to a the convertible body. Hand built and expensive . In fact, the smaller Facellia led to the downfall of the company, and it was the engine that was the fault. The overhead camshafts hadn't sufficent bearings and cooling was bad. The foundry Pont-à-Mousson hadn't got that much experience of engine casting either. It was swapped for a slightly larger pushror engine from Volvo 1800, alas to late.

My soruces:
https://tekniikanmaailma.fi/viikon-kaytetty-vuoden-1962-facel-vega-facellia-coupe/
http://fabwheelsdigest.blogspot.com/2015/07/facel-vega-facellia-f2.html

Tough to Crack Car Puzzle #202

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