However, this was far from the truth. On the RHD car, and production cars, the ‘J’ badges were moved upwards by about 6cm.Rear view of the LHD prototype. The first completed cars were coming off the line in September, just as the Receiver was brought in.The first actual production Jensen GT was painted in silver grey, and had a trim specification of black with black cord seats. The idea of a shooting brake Jensen Healey, with close to Interceptor levels of refinement had merit, but it wasn’t going to save the Company. GT RHD prototype chassis number 19850, still had the Jensen-Healey type dashboard at this stage. Feedback from the distributors, about the GT was excellent. Han presentado un SUV de 165.000 dólares. Healey’s  name never appeared on the.For a relatively small looking vehicle, the Jensen GT had an impressive amount of space in the back, increased largely with the back seats dropped flat. The interior was finished entirely in black. The reality was that from a branding perspective, Good saw the Interceptor, and Interceptor derivatives, as being the Jensen icons, and didn’t want to waste valuable publicity moments discussing a car that to him, was fundamentally a Jensen-Healey derivative without the Healey name.David Millard’s display of positive sales for the Jensen GT wasn’t unfounded. This 1976 Jensen GT is #270 of 511 examples assembled by hand between 1975 and 1976 and has been repainted in black over a tan interior. These were changed to a more aesthetically pleasing type on the RHD prototype.The RHD prototype had the chrome rear tailgate hinges changed.

It remained in production right up until the last day the company was in operation before the liquidation in May 1976. The badge was deleted from production car 30051 onwards, as was the ‘moustache’.With prototypes assessed and agreed, work started to get them into production. Both of these would be changed on the production cars.Michael Cooper’s first Jensen GT photo-shoot. Qvale had found a special electric blue cloth, and requested that the RHD prototype (chassis 19850) was trimmed in that material with tan. Likewise, both.One of the original sales breakdown charts relating to the Jensen GT. The chart went down by distributor, and across by by chassis number. There was a Jensen Interceptor, a Jensen Convertible, and the two new cars, the Jensen Coupe, and the Jensen GT.David Millard, who by 1975 had taken on the position of Marketing & Sales Director, gave an interview with the,However, Tony Good’s reflections on the 1975 Motor Show, were totally different. The familiar Jensen GT badge as fitted to the rear bumper, was a later idea, that went onto production cars.The idea was to use the Healey platform, but to build the car up as a sporty fixed head estate car. That said, the person with the odd £4,500 in their pocket to buy a car with, could have bought a Datsun 260Z 2 + 2 at £4,598, a Reliant Scimitar GTE at £4,368, or an Italian offering of the Alfa Romeo Alfetta GT at £4,198.It was summer before production of the Jensen GT started, and at that time the Jensen GT was also launched publicly. The idea of a.Jensen GT RHD prototype (chassis number 19850), photographed by Michael Cooper from Good Relations in 1975. Note the Jensen-Healey front mats, and the ‘J’ shield badge logo to the steering wheel boss. All LHD production cars would have the squared off number plate area on the back panel. The wheel centres had a ‘J’ on a black & white F1 / Motorsport inspired chequerboard, and the same design was used as a centre horn push to the steering wheel. Although Healey’s name had been wiped off the exterior of the GT, the Company continued to use up the left-over ‘Jensen-Healey’ cam covers.Andy Hunter, one of the Development Department mechanics, remembers the initial GT development vehicle.With the overall look of the initial GT accepted and signed off, two further Healey shells were taken off track. There was also ‘GT’ badges fitted either side of the front wings.As with Vincent’s ‘moustache’, Qvale later decided to remove the chromed Interceptor type ‘Jensen’ from the rear. This would make sense, as Jensen Motors were known to change experimental / prototype chassis to the initial production number. Por ahora, el nuevo Jensen GT no ha salido del estudio de diseño,El nuevo Jensen GT tiene unas líneas que recuerdan a modelos de los 70,El Jensen FF V8 se llamó así por ser un vehículo Ferguson Formula inventor de un nuevo sistema de tracción total,El ABS del Jensen FF V8 era un sistema antibloqueo sin componentes electrónicos,El interior del Jensen FF V8 era un adelantado a su tiempo, igual que su técnica,El Jensen FF V8 es el primer vehículo que equipó ABS y un sistema de tracción total,Después de 13 años del último coche que salió de su línea de montaje, el grupo Jensen acaba de anunciar que volverá a fabricar el,En la galería de esta noticia puedes ver imágenes del Jenson FF MK II, del que este,El fabricante británico Jensen, creador del mítico Jensen GT acaba de anunciar que volverá a fabricar deportivos después de 13 años,Jay Leno presume de su Jaguar XK120 de 1951.¿Qué fabricante creó el primer híbrido de la historia?KIA presenta: KIA XCeed y Sandra Sánchez, la superación como forma de vida,Por qué el Ford Kuga Híbrido Enchufable es el coche que supera todos los retos de la movilidad eléctrica,¿Que los coches eléctricos no son divertidos?

One small change (visible in this photograph), is the ‘J’ badges mounted by the doors. In fact the Receiver came in just as production of the GT started, and finances were kept on a tight reign.Clive Kendrick, a former assembly line worker at Jensen Motors, remembers Jensen GT production at Jensen Motors.Despite these set-backs, enough GTs were being finished and sent to sales, and public opinion for the new Jensen seemed positive enough.Jensen Motors had their stand booked for the 1975 Earls Court Motor Show, and even with the Receiver holding the purse-strings, the Company were going all out, with no less than four cars being show-cased. Aside from the body shape and seating, relatively little differed from the roadster. The average salary of someone working in London was just over £2000, and the average cost of a standard new family car was just under £2000.The Jensen GT was way outside the pocket of the average buyer. These would be changed to so-called Federal bumpers, helping the car to take a 30 mph frontal impact.Jensen GT LHD prototype car chassis number 13910. This coincided with stopping production of the Jensen-Healey. This review looks at the Jensen GT, a late and little-seen development of the well-known Jensen–Healey sports car. 1975 Jensen GT Fully Restored & Superb £34,995 Finished in Original Saturn Gold with Tan Leather.

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