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Old 03-12-2017, 08:50 AM
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Default Facel Vega Buck Again: But in Detail

Photos of this buck at AUTOWORLD in Brussels have been posted before, by me, and one or two others. However, the buck is now on the other side of the museum and is easier to photograph. When I visited last week, I tried to do a more detailed examination of it to better understand it. Here is what I found.


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Original Facel Vegas buck with different style nose buck lying flat on the right of photo.

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Toggle clamps to hold strapping down on panel as deails such as wheel arches are hammered in. Wheel arch lip is steel strap, @ 1/4" or 6mm thick.

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Close-up of headlight pod. Aluminum panel is clamped to it. See later photo showing a custom fit clamp.

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Door jambs are steel. I couldn't determine if they were cast, or built-up from sheet. I believe they are built-up.

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On optional front end, one of the head lamp pod clamps.

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Gas filler door detail. Would be caulked/corked in. NOTE THE STEEL SPINE running along the fender ridge.

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Indentation for convertible top.

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Close-up of steel fender ridge spine. Panel clamp would have been covered in padded cloth.

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Close-up of fabricated panel clamp.

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