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2026. 9. 23. 작업

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Back in the late 90s I did a brewery tour of a kent brewer and he had an hk500 in an outbuilding, ripe for restoration. And in kent someone I once knew called (i think) Eric had one, and an Aston V8So yes please to more of the car!

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...anyway, back to the story.So, in August 1999 I bought the HK...or at least most of it!The previous owner (Geoff) was a partner in a car restoration business. He had owned the Facel for around 12 years and during that time he had tackled the bodywork, usually the thing that causes most grief. Facels left to their own devices for too long start to disintegrate from the bottom up, so the fact this wasn't an issue was a big factor in buying the car.Unfortunately, Geoff's business partner had suffered a heart attack and could no longer work. As he was the one with the restoration skills the business was wound up and Geoff was left with the task of selling the inventory.Geoff may not have tackled the restorations himself, but he was obviously highly proficient in taking cars apart and scattering all the bits across a rather large mezzanine floor. Labelling took a back seat in this process!Picture the scene...I turn up to pick up the car. There is one large piece which has the engine, transmission and running gear attached to it. The dashboard, steering wheel and pedals are all where you would expect them to be, so this chunk of metal can be winched onto a trailer.There are also a reassuring number of fairly large, recognisable bits that are obviously part of an HK500; doors, seats, bumpers, that kind of thing.And then there are a few boxes full of smaller items right down to loose screws rattling around in the bottom.Whilst my friend Norman loaded the car up I was frantically going through the boxes trying to spot what's missing. Understanding what's not there is much, much harder than establishing what's there, if you see what I mean!It occurs to me that there is no glazing for the doors...side windows and quarter lights are missing.At this point Geoff utters the immortal words 'Oh, they might be on the mezzanine'. He then takes me upstairs and explains that scattered across the floor and on racking are most of the parts from two Maserati 3500GTs, a couple of Ponton M