One owner since 1963 is generally a great thing for any car, especially if the car is a rare Facel Vega HK 500. This car could even be exactly as it looked in 1963, unfortunately the past owner decided to repaint it in 1974 but the job was never completed. Of course the good is… Read More 55 years ownership: 1961 Facel Vega HK 500
We have always had a soft spot for these little coupés and the reason is simple: they’re small, cute, classy, nimble and very well made. That’s quite a good recipe. Indeed that’s not the first time we publish one and it will not be the last one: unfortunately, lately, it’s not easy to find one… Read More Small greatness: 1971 Simca 1200 S Coupé by Bertone
The Panhard CD is a car designed by Charles Deutsch and built by Panhard from 1963 to 1965. It was the road going version of the car that raced he 1962 edition of Le Mans. Only 179 of these cars were built and indeed that’s a very rare car: its sleek profile was designed in… Read More White lightning: 1960 Panhard CD
This Simca Aronde Plein Ciel seems a very dry car which have been never abused in its life: other than being almost rustless it is also complete, with one exception. Indeed it looks a perfect candidate for a restoration which it’s not difficult if all the parts are with the car: unfortunately this car has a… Read More Half windshield: 1957 Simca Aronde Plein Ciel by Facel
These Simca 8 and 9 once were basically outsider in the classic cars world, however since few years they have regained their proper place in the market as they were rare, cute and properly built. The design of this cars is Pininfarina stuff but they were actually built by the french Facel Metallon even though… Read More Black aluminium: 1951 Simca 8 Sport Coupé
We have published, a couple of years ago, another Le Mans like this one which was in worse conditions than this: it has a beautiful color and a shining paint. The color is indeed beautiful and the overall conditions look quite good: more than the other one we’ve found, this one has also the… Read More Finned french: 1964 René Bonnet Le Mans
Two is not the number of the cars offered, but the number of the photos posted by the seller: we believe that a car like this is worth more than a couple of low-res pictures. Also because this Facel-Vega HK500 looks like a beautiful survivor which has to be seen in depth. That’s because the… Read More Two are enough: 1959 Facel-Vega HK500
French car builders often used fiberglass to build their sports cars: it’s not a “noble” material such as aluminium, used mostly by italian coachbilders, but it’s light, cheap and easy to use. The DB (which is for Deutsch-Bonnet) HBR5 was a car built from 1955 to 1961 with a fiberglass body and a Panhard derived… Read More French fiberglass: 1960 DB HBR 5
This Citroen SM is one of the few seen so far with a black livery which, actually, fits extremely good the odd lines of this car. This car combines the extreme design of the Citroen with the Maserati V6 engine with a displacement up to 3000 c.c: this particular car has a 2.7 litre engine… Read More Black tie: 1972 Citroen SM
This Simca 8 Cabriolet (chassis #867363) has its typical aluminium body which can’t rust, of course, but it needs a lot of work ayway, along with other parts which are missing. The seller says that this car is to restore or it can be used as parts car: maybe ten years ago he would have… Read More Disunited unity: 1952 Simca 8 Sport Cabriolet by Farina
