Jensen Interceptor

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383C2B04-34E5-48E3-8DA1-2343D116F997.jpeg 749CDAAE-CF89-474F-9646-9E8BFDE03AE1.jpeg A2B1D9C1-F4DD-45A1-80A4-093B34654784.jpeg parked in front of me in Banbury Aldi today , looked completely original , even had the obligatory oil leak, no obvious rust though . My dad had one when I was about 10 , a very very long time ago.
Large dollops of respect to whoever is keeping this beauty on the road
 

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Thanks.
I think these were fibre glass bodied.
 

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Back in the early 60's I was a salesman at a top end sports car dealership and these were always my favourites, I think that big old iron Chrysler V8 that was the attraction :D
 

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Yes, because they rust badly…

Are you thinking of the Reliant Scimitar-they had a glass fibre body
and Princess Anne had one ;)

I believe she had eight in total :)
 

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A very beautiful and futuristic car of its era.
7.2 litre V8...what's not to like. :cool:
 

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They had a very expensive rear window as I recall about £3k in the day to replace
 

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The sills had to be perfect as they held the reserve vacuum for the brake servo..... My father had the predecessor - the CV8, He bought a 4 year old one back in 1968 ish for about £1200. Brilliant car but some thought them ugly..
 

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a colleague of mine has owned a Jensen for 25 years now , its even been used in films and TV work , certainly one of my fave cars from that era , such a cool name for a car
 

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are they the panels that rot .... ? ;)
No, I couldn't get them all on, file size too big.

They were one of those cars that should have been vaccinated in the factory to prevent the spread of rust !
 

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my uncle worked there in west-brom,he was a welder,thats how i know the panels were steel
 


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