1970 Jensen Interceptor Mk II

“ The supercar from the Black Country. This fine example has had circa £50k spent on it, including a bare metal respray. ”
Dry stored for over a decade, prior to having extensive re-commissioning.

Background
The Jensen Interceptor might just be the ultimate 60’s/70’s bruiser: originally fitted with a 6.3-litre Golden Commando V8 engine and an automatic gearbox called the TorqueFlite, the Interceptor – Interceptor! – is as brutal as it is handsome.

Styled by Carrozzeria Touring of Italy, it was handbuilt in the West Midlands between 1966 and 1976 from steel girders by men with proper names like Bob and Steve and George. Hell, even the rear axle was named after an English city that attracts Russian assassins like flies to honey.

Still not man enough for you? Aside from the sheer joy of a world in which we can buy a car with an engine called Golden Commando, we also joyfully point out the fact that Jensen offered a 7.2-litre/440cu/in V8 option, the so-called TNT engine for those of you for whom 6.3-litre/383cu/in is too lily-livered.

Still not satisfied? How about the fact that the FF, or Ferguson Formula, was the first road-going four-wheel-drive production car in the world?

And the first to offer anti-lock brakes and traction control courtesy of the wonderfully named Dunlop Maxaret, a system so advanced it was modelled on that used on the English Electric Lightning, among others.

Yup, you could buy a Jensen with the braking system of a fighter plane.

Just 6,408 were built and the attrition rate was high, which means that survivors will inevitably have been treasured and restored.

Like this unique example.

Overview
Having had a significant sum invested in recommissioning it following more than a decade in dry storage, ‘R 140’ is an unusually good example of the ever-popular Jensen Interceptor.

Built on the 3rd of April 1970 and fitted with the 6.3-litre V8 and an automatic gearbox, the odometer shows just 67,000 miles and it comes with servicing and maintenance records dating back to the year of its birth.

The accompanying Statement of Origin confirms the Cassis Red with black leather it features today is its original colour scheme, something the seller was keen to preserve when he invested £8,000 in a respray only a couple of months ago.

Estimate £35,000 - £45,000

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