Jensen Interceptor restoration
Discussion
I didn't achieve much whilst the car was away for paint but I did manage to strip and clean the gauges which had a slightly crusty look to them
All that was required was some paint and new rubber seals along with some elbow grease and they were looking much better
Steve completed the paintwork in 12 weeks as promised and the car looks great in its new paint, this is not the original colour which was a dark blue, I finally decided after months of looking at other cars and buying lots of aerosols to have it painted the colour of a small model my wife had bought me, so Steve had his paint supplier mix this colour which is not specific to any car and has a little mica in it to lift the colour.
As you will also see my OCD meant that I had the ramp arms powdercoated whilst the car was away
All that was required was some paint and new rubber seals along with some elbow grease and they were looking much better
Steve completed the paintwork in 12 weeks as promised and the car looks great in its new paint, this is not the original colour which was a dark blue, I finally decided after months of looking at other cars and buying lots of aerosols to have it painted the colour of a small model my wife had bought me, so Steve had his paint supplier mix this colour which is not specific to any car and has a little mica in it to lift the colour.
As you will also see my OCD meant that I had the ramp arms powdercoated whilst the car was away
POORCARDEALER said:
Breadvan72 said:
Iso Grifo yes please!
Yes please too.....or what about a Monteverdi Hai?
Two further 'replicas' were built up from left over parts and some new build, some years later.
Evil thing to drive by all accounts.
VinceFox said:
As an aside, the grifo was another favourite of mine as a kid. I had a matchbox one and remember thinking it was a perfect shape. Never seen one in the flesh though.
Only one I can remember seeing in the flesh was this one at Goodwood Revival a few years ago.....lovely 
Oh, and OP, that blue looks great on the Interceptor
aeropilot said:
POORCARDEALER said:
Breadvan72 said:
Iso Grifo yes please!
Yes please too.....or what about a Monteverdi Hai?Two further 'replicas' were built up from left over parts and some new build, some years later.
Evil thing to drive by all accounts.
P5Nij said:
dpp said:
This is the model my wife bought which was a great inspiration whilst looking at a rusty shell.
The colour does change depending on the light levels which is nice.
Info please Sir! I can just see one of those sitting on the mantlepiece... ;O)The colour does change depending on the light levels which is nice.
classiqo said:
quick point of Jensen Car interest...Think it was Hugh Wainwright?(Jensen Cars) who fitted / produced a few hemi motors in them... Very rare.
As I understand it, during Hugh Wainwrights ownership of Jensen Cars in the late 80's, he had fitted a set of the Stage V conversion heads fitted to the 440 engine in his own Mk3 Interceptor. These heads were developed in 1986 by a company called Stage V to convert a 440 wedge into a Hemi style engine. This was in the days when real decent condition, 426 Hemi's were starting to become quite rare (long before Chrysler put them back into production again a decade or so ago)The 440 block needed some machining and other mods, and I suspect lots of other engine bays mods were needed to the Mk3 to fit them as well.
These conversion heads I believe are still available in the USA, but, probably don't sell that well given the fact you can buy a brand new proper crate 426 Hemi.
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