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This is rather a late reply but this has not been a forum I usually frequent, but I spotted this post when trawling the internet for anything new Jensen C-V8 related. I am the C-V8 Registrar for the Jensen Owners' Club so if anyone can identify the C-V8 in the photos it should be me, unfortunately there is no record of a C-V8 with the registration of this car, that probably means the car was first registered with a personal plate which would have been retained by the first owner when the car was sold to the second owner. It is possible that if I had a name for the father of the childhood friend I could find out more, though it would be odd to have a record of the name without knowing which car went with it. Is it possible to post a name? If not then perhaps a street name and town/locality for where the photos were taken.
Lovely photos by the way, they remind of when I was the age of the children in the pics.
Regards
John
Lovely photos by the way, they remind of when I was the age of the children in the pics.
Regards
John
How strange.........I have just spotted one of these looking very sorry for itself under a tarp on a driveway in Kingston upon Thames and am aiming to take a picture and post it on the 'rotting/dieing ' thread , it is definitely dark and quite likely blue, I will try and get back in daylight over the next couple of days .
roscobbc said:
What colour was the car? - I seem to recall some years back a rather tatty and patched-up CV8 in a maroon colour - also seem to remember a lincoln green one too. Romford/Hornchurch area.
I think I remember the maroon car in the late nineties - the owner also had a very ratty sunbeam alpine that I went to look at but spent more time poking around the Jensen which was also for sale...it was definitely east London/Essex borders. About a year later I saw a photo of it on a board displayed by Brian Page of Classic Assessments and had a chat to him about it - he had inspected it for a client and told him to steer well clear! Can't remember the reg but I know it was distinctive as I'd seen it around East London before I met the vendor and recognised it straight away.js68 said:
I think I remember the maroon car in the late nineties - the owner also had a very ratty sunbeam alpine that I went to look at but spent more time poking around the Jensen which was also for sale...it was definitely east London/Essex borders. About a year later I saw a photo of it on a board displayed by Brian Page of Classic Assessments and had a chat to him about it - he had inspected it for a client and told him to steer well clear! Can't remember the reg but I know it was distinctive as I'd seen it around East London before I met the vendor and recognised it straight away.
This may have been Manor or Princes Road Romford.There is someone local who may have bought this vehicle as a 'donor' car for a CV8 convertible. Saw the finished car a couple of years ago at a Havering Classic car club meeting. Will have to have a word with my laddo tomorrow as I think he knows the person.
When I was at school in the 60's , one of the govenors used to pitch up and park in the Quad for their meeting in one of these. Would have been almost new I guess, in silver. Always wanted one since.
Our French master, one Tony Tinkel (really!), had a new Mini Cooper in the classic green and white.
But the collection is getting a bit big and expanding, so a CV8 may have to wait. Possibly.
Off to the classifieds........
Our French master, one Tony Tinkel (really!), had a new Mini Cooper in the classic green and white.
But the collection is getting a bit big and expanding, so a CV8 may have to wait. Possibly.
Off to the classifieds........
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