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Club Arnage => So You Think You Know About Le Mans => Topic started by: nopanic - neil on April 17, 2008, 11:14:24 pm

Title: Whats the car
Post by: nopanic - neil on April 17, 2008, 11:14:24 pm

Found a nice old pic,

simple question what is the car?

(http://www.insertcredit.com/archives/thefatladysings.jpg)

Title: Re: Whats the car
Post by: termietermite on April 18, 2008, 10:08:27 am

My first thought was a Facel?

Title: Re: Whats the car
Post by: Nordic on April 18, 2008, 10:42:16 am

Mine was Russian, Zil maybe?

However I would expect the girl to be wearing a long wollen coat, scarf and holding a turnip.

Title: Re: Whats the car
Post by: nopanic - neil on April 18, 2008, 01:36:07 pm

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/95/Facelvegexebk.jpg)(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d1/Facelvegexefr.jpg)

(http://www.facel-vega.com/fvpix/hifrog603.jpg)(http://www.channel4.com/4car/media/features/2005/crap-cars/03-large/facel-vega-excellence.jpg)

Termi - well I'm impressed,

it is a Facel Vega Excellence. They only made them for 4 years (58-62) and not sure how many they made but was not big, about 156.

Note - no "B post" how many other cars were made with out a B post ? (and I do not know the answer)

Was told by a owner once, if you jacked up the car or parked the car on a kerb, the car would twist so much that you could not close the door easily, if not at all.

Have to try and find a hard one next time.