Facel Vega (classic car)

Ramruma - Agreed - I wrote a short piece on this after an earlier run.  I will try to find it.

Yer tiz..............

blackbarn08 Feb 22 19:43Joined: 02 Jan 05 | Topic/replies: 13,071 | Blogger: blackbarn's blog

Clever name.   Lets hope the horse more successful than the car!!!  The company lost money on every car they built!!, but.......Prominent owners of Facel Vegas (mainly of Facel IIs) included Pablo Picasso, Ava Gardner, Christian Dior, Herb Alpert, Joan Collins, Ringo Starr, Max Factor Jr, Joan Fontaine, Stirling Moss, Tony Curtis, several Saudi princes, Dean Martin, Fred Astaire, Danny Kaye, Louis Malle, The President of Mexico, François Truffaut, Robert Wagner, Anthony Quinn, Hassan II, King of Morocco, Debbie Reynolds, the Shah of Persia, Frank Sinatra, Maurice Trintignant, Brian Rix.

Ava Gardner and Frank Sinatra, so was the car part of their divorce settlement?

Albert Camus was killed in a Facel Vega.

Sparrow - Ava Gardners Facel was bought in 1958 and Franks second hand later on. So both after the divorce.  I think the whereabouts of both cars are known if you wanted to check.

Thanks, blackbarn. I was just looking at the names you had posted and suddenly remembered Frank and Ava had been married. Not a car I had ever heard of I must admit but a fascinating list of owners.

The auction review also carried by High Peak Autos
Vega a French car!!!
Oh La La

Sold for £60k