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"Every car enthusiast has daydreamed about going for a drive in the country, spotting their favorite vintage car poking its nose out of an old barn, and restoring it to its former glory. It&amp;#039;s not often, though, that you find a car once driven by the likes of Frank Sinatra, Ava Gardner, and Pablo Picasso retired to a barn in Missouri. Today&amp;#039;s 1962 Facel Vega II is the perfect opportunity to buy and restore one of the more rare and decadent cars of the early 1960s. The Vega II combined elegant French coachwork with American muscle. Under the hood of this Facel resides a Chrysler 383 cubic inch (6.3-liter) V8 with a TorqueFlite automatic transmission, which provided enough power for the company to claim that the Vega II was the fastest four-seat production coupe in the world at the time. Standard features included Dunlop disc brakes, a limited-slip differential, a wraparound metal dashboard meticulously painted to look like wood, and aircraft-inspired instruments and levers. The Vega&amp;#039;s beauty, exclusivity, and price\u2014comparable to Rolls Royces sold at the time\u2014made it highly sought-after among elites in Europe and the United States alike. Once thought to be lost, this particular example has had one owner since 1971 and a low 31,152 miles on the odometer. You can find this handsome, well-weathered example rolling across the block at the Bonhams auction in Paris.  After you&amp;#039;ve restored your Facel Vega II to its 1960s glory, it would only be appropriate to commemorate its rebirth with a fine drink of the same vintage. This 1962 Hine cognac was aged to Thomas Hine &amp;amp;amp; Co.&amp;#039;s exacting specifications using grapes from the Grand Champagne region that surrounds the town of Cognac itself. The aged patina of the exterior of this particular bottle goes well with the barn-find Facel, but a glass of its contents will be something to savor when you&amp;#039;re celebrating the restoration of such an elegant automobile. You&amp;#039;ll find the cognac on the virtual shelves of oldliquors.com for \u00A3450 (about $730). "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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