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£59,800
From the estate of the late Bob Dockerty 1962 Facel Vega HK500 Coupé
United Kingdom • 12 Jul 2024
Vehicle Details
AI Listing Summary
This 1962 Facel Vega HK500 Coupé, formerly owned by Bob Dockerty, is a rare right-hand drive model with a known ownership history since 1970. The car, equipped with a 6.3-liter Chrysler Typhoon V8 engine, was restored in the late 1990s but is now offered in 'garage find' condition, requiring recommissioning, including fuel system renovation.

Condition
6
The car is described as a 'garage find' condition, indicating it requires recommissioning. It was last MOT'd in 2017, and the fuel system needs renovation. While it was restored in the late 1990s and has comprehensive history files, its current state suggests moderate wear and the need for some reconditioning to bring it back to its optimal condition.
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Transmission:
Manual
Chassis No:
HK1 BX1 758
Odometer:
27,000 miles
Reg Number:
2 RPC
RHD/LHD:
RHD
• Rare right-hand drive example • Known ownership history • Present ownership since 1970 • Restored in the late 1990s • Exceptionally comprehensive history files • Includes registration number '2 RPC' The late Bob Dockerty, farmer and founder of the Larkins Brewery, was a longstanding member of The Facel Vega Car Club.
Richard Stevens, Club Historian, heard of the HK500 offered here as 'poking out of a garage' near Edenbridge, Kent in 1970 and was fascinated by the story which emerged.
This was the last of four HKs bought at approximately six-monthly intervals by a Mr H K Adam, a seemingly eccentric scrap merchant from Glasgow.
For some reason he liked to conceal that he had changed his car and to pretend that all four Facels were one-and-the-same, so the original registration number '2 RPC' was always transferred.
As the cars were bought from HWM's stock rather than ordered to Mr Adam's specification, it was necessary in a couple of cases to have them resprayed prior to purchase w...
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£38,347
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£79,374
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£172,841
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