Vehicle Description
1976 Jensen Interceptor Convertible
7.3 Liter V-8 Engine
3-Speed TorqueFlight Automatic Transmission
Silver Exterior over Tan and Silver Exterior
Tan Convertible Soft Top
Only 56 Total Convertibles Produced in 1976 and it was their Last
Year for Production
Previously Owned by Well Known and Regarded Artist and Sculptor
Wendell Castle and his Wife for Many Years
The Jensen Interceptor is a Grand Touring Car that was Hand-Built
at the Kelvin Way Factory in West Bromwich England
Body designed by an Outside firm, Carrozzeria Touring of Italy
This stylish mid-70's British roadster has an Overhead-Valve
Chrysler 440 V-8 with a 4-Barrel Carburetor Under the Hood
All of this Delivers the Manufacturer's Claim of a 7.5 sec 0-60 MPH
Time and 135-142 MPH Top Speed
This Model was One of the Last for Jensen Motors Ltd, Jensen had
Fallen on Hard Times by 1975, owing to the then World-Wide
Recession and Oil Crisis thus its Plant Closed in August 1976 and
Production Seized
Unfortunately for Historians, the Paper Trail on Convertibles Runs
Remarkably Thin in the Later Period, Chiefly because the Factory
was then Operating Under the Exigencies of Receivership but also
because Most of the Cars were Exported
The Final Number of Convertibles Produced could turn out to be 512
of all the Years Made, which Makes them Extremely Rare
This Jensen comes with a Complete Service Book, Convertible Top
Boot, Jack and Tool Kit.
Located in New York