Kamva kulo nyaka, nge-1 kaDisemba, ifandesi iya kubanjelwa eLondon kwindlu yefandesi ehloniphekileyo i-Bonhams, eya kubonisa, phakathi kwamanye amaqhekeza exabiso eliphezulu lembali kunye nexabiso lemali, i-1964 Facel Vega Facel II enqabileyo kakhulu ye-1964 eyayiyeye-iconic Beatles. umbethi wegubu uRingo Starr.
Emva kokuba iFerrari 330GT entle yeqela lakhe, uJohn Lennon, ithengiswe kwifandesi ngoJulayi kulo nyaka “ngexabiso eliphantsi” leeuro ezingama-413,000, ngoku lithuba le-1964 Facel Vega Facel II ekufuneka ithengiswe ngexabiso phakathi kwe-355,000 kunye ne-415,000 iiyuro.
Kwakungeminyaka yama-60s, kanye kanye ngonyaka ka-1964, xa umdlali wegubu u-Ringo Starr wafumana le kopi intle “entsha kraca” kumnyhadala wemoto, yaza kamva yaziswa kuye eSurrey, eNgilani. I-Starr igcine "intsebenziswano" nale Facel Vega Facel II iminyaka emine kuphela ngaphambi kokuba ithengise.
![URingo Starr kunye nobuso bakhe beVega Facel II](/userfiles/310/26291_1.webp)
Kwaye ngoku "kwisifundo sembali", le 1964 ye-Facel Vega Facel II - imodeli eveliswe phakathi kweminyaka ye-1962 kunye ne-1964 - ngumenzi wemoto waseFransi uFacel, uxhotyiswe (ngesicelo sikaRingo Starr) nge-6-intshi enkulu ye-V8, Iilitha ezisi-7 zeChrysler yantlandlolo ekwaziyo ukuzisa i-390 hp kunye nokufikelela malunga ne-240 km/h kunye nebhokisi yegiya yesandla, ngaloo ndlela yaba sesona zihlalo zine zikhawulezayo emhlabeni ngelo xesha…
I-Facel, eneneni, yayinembali emfutshane kakhulu (1954 ukuya ku-1964), ivelise kuphela malunga neemoto ze-2900, kodwa le Facel Vega Facel II nguRingo Starr ngokuqinisekileyo imbeko enhle kulo menzi waseFransi, ngelo xesha "wakhuphisana" abanye abavelisi beemoto, abanje ngeRolls-Royce, ngoku isithethantonye sobunewunewu kunye nophuculo kuShishino lweZithuthi.