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Our Philosophy is based on the following
ideas.
FACEL
VEGA was the last prestigious French car, offering class, quality and high
performance in the sadly extinct tradition of Bugatti, Delahaye, Hispano
Suiza and Lago Talbot.
If only
for this reason, these cars and their creator Jean Daninos deserve our
greatest respect.
In our
philosophy these automobiles deserve to survive while preserving the same
style of grandeur. What's more even today they can live with contemporary
traffic – better still, their performance remains superior to most.
Luckily
this is recognised worldwide and the number of devotees and admirers, even
amongst the younger generation, is increasing.
Unfortunately
FACEL VEGA is not an easy car when it comes to restoration; serious rust
damage may be involved. Because these cars were built by hand individually,
each one of them shows differences when you look carefully; a lot of parts
cannot be interchanged and although technical aspects seem uncomplicated at
first sight, in fact they are not. This makes every restoration a difficult
project to get every detail perfect in the overall scheme ; it
really takes experience and expertise to rebuild a FV in all aspects to its
former glory.
AMICALE
FACEL VEGA intends to have the capability and the persistence to go for
this aim.
It is
also in the light of this philosophy that we manufacture spare parts to the
original standard (sometimes even better), both parts needed for
maintenance and those whose production costs are hardly remunerative.
Another
principle , at least in our opinion, is to restore FACEL VEGA's as much as
possible to their original specifications; alternatives are acceptable only
when technically inevitable; but such solutions should always be reversible.
A high
standard restoration never comes cheap (in spite of our modest rates), but
the same applies to other prestigious marques and presumably you recognise
the Rolls Royce slogan "the quality is still there long after the
price is forgotten".
Unfortunately
there are people who think they can fix up a Facel Vega on the cheap, working
without the necessary degree of skill and care or producing a shoddy piece
of work. If someone rigs up a car for himself and enjoys it , that’s
his choice; but whoever fiddles with
these cars, claiming to be a specialist, is just a crook. Such people
should keep their hands off Facel Vega; they don't contribute to
the image of this marque.
Our
philosophy is to accomplish a high level of restoration. We don't compromise
as far as originality or quality is concerned.
In the
past years our company has restored more Facel Vega's than anyone else, and it
is self-evident that the know-how we have built up is in keeping with this
experience.
We are
fortunate to have customers and clients who value our philosophy and the
way we work; they seem to find us from all over the world.
Deservedly
the Facel Vega's restored by us realise
prices that exceed the market value as shown in some magazines.
Another
aspect of our philosophy is that we gladly share our knowledge and
experience with all enthusiasts and well-wishing devotees. We have assisted
many professional and amateur projects by word and deed.
Our
know-how and experience comes in handy when in buying or selling FACEL
VEGA's; most of the time we know all the odds and ends of these cars all
over the world
Without
being arrogant, we sure are proud of our creations.
Part of
our philosophy is also, that we don't work on cars that other restoration
shops have specialised in and earned their spurs.
Yet we
do have experience with other marques such as American cars (from the
fifties), BMW (fifties 8 cylinders), Bristol (from 409), Iso, Lagonda (V12
and LG6), Lago Talbot (T26) and Monica
Finally
it is important to aim for continuity to secure working methods, knowledge,
and experience for the future. We expect to give more information later
this year.
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