Jensen Interceptor restoration
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The car does sit high with new springs all round, im waiting to see if it settles after a couple of hundred miles.
From what ive read the back will be too low before long and I may have to swap the front springs for slightly lower MK11 springs.
The MK111 springs were longer to raise the front to meet USA specs.
Thats my Vauxhall FE 2300s behind it which is my main car and daily driver ive had that for a couple of months and put 1000 miles on it
whereas ive had the Jensen for nearly 3 years and put less than 10 miles and all my money on it.
From what ive read the back will be too low before long and I may have to swap the front springs for slightly lower MK11 springs.
The MK111 springs were longer to raise the front to meet USA specs.
Thats my Vauxhall FE 2300s behind it which is my main car and daily driver ive had that for a couple of months and put 1000 miles on it
whereas ive had the Jensen for nearly 3 years and put less than 10 miles and all my money on it.
Its been a while since I posted and I have now completed 200 miles test driving the car which included an outing to a pub last night.
Although there are still bits to finish it is now a usable car should the urge for a V8 blast take my fancy.
Here it is at the pub
And this shot is with a friends car which he has only just got back on the road recently
Although there are still bits to finish it is now a usable car should the urge for a V8 blast take my fancy.
Here it is at the pub
And this shot is with a friends car which he has only just got back on the road recently
Thanks guys, I'm already having lots of fun it's so nice to know I can take it out whenever the urge takes me as it's been in bits for 2 years since I bought it as a wreck.
This weekend will be spent finishing off some of the trim and maybe fitting the s/s sill covers ready to take my daughter out for her 18th birthday as I promised if the car was ready.
This weekend will be spent finishing off some of the trim and maybe fitting the s/s sill covers ready to take my daughter out for her 18th birthday as I promised if the car was ready.
Here are some photos of the completed car to close off this restoration thread as the car is now finished (with a bit of tweaking to be carried out over winter).
I have covered 900 miles since it was finished some of them in high temperatures and standing traffic which my standard cooling system coped with perfectly.
I hope to get plenty more miles in before the winter and have a busy August planned with it and shows and events around the Northwest.
I have covered 900 miles since it was finished some of them in high temperatures and standing traffic which my standard cooling system coped with perfectly.
I hope to get plenty more miles in before the winter and have a busy August planned with it and shows and events around the Northwest.
Stunning! Just stunning!
I drove an identical model (MKIII, 440, blue with red interior) at the weekend and fell hopelessly in-love with it.
Amazed how comfortable the seats were. Easily a match for my modern Range Rover.
More than that, though, it's such an accomplished car as a whole. Utterly beguiling.
I drove an identical model (MKIII, 440, blue with red interior) at the weekend and fell hopelessly in-love with it.
Amazed how comfortable the seats were. Easily a match for my modern Range Rover.
More than that, though, it's such an accomplished car as a whole. Utterly beguiling.
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