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HISTORY FEATURE
Jensen Motors | Managing A Struggling Company
Once the Jensen brothers has asked for help from Norcros Bank, they no longer resided ‘all powerful’ over the Company they formed. Norcros put a Managing Director in place at Jensen Motors, and this would change the Company’s destiny. The Museum looks at the various Managing Directors that tried to manage Jensen Motors. Jensen […]
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THE DRIVING SEAT SERIES
Jensen FF 119/139 | The Driving Seat
This is the second of the Museum’s The Driving Seat features. In this feature, Joerg Huesken, the current owner of Jensen FF 119/139, has explored the history of his Jensen FF, and tells the Museum who has been in The Driving Seat of his car. Jensen FF 119/139 | The Driving Seat | First […]
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HISTORY FEATURE
Quiet Day At The Office | Tony Marshall
During the summer of 1969, Jensen Motors’ Sales Manager, Tony Marshall, had a call from their public relations company Good Relations. An Interceptor was required for a static photo-shoot. It seemed like a straight-forward request, similar to many dealt with by Marshall since production of the Interceptor and FF had started. However, this seemingly […]
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FORGOTTEN HISTORY
Jensen Motors Staff Badges
Little is known about the staff badges in use at Jensen Motors. In part, it seems this is due to the fact these badges were only in use at the Carter’s Green Works, and for what ever reason were abandoned by the time the new factory was up and running at Kelvin Way. Unfortunately today […]
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HISTORY FEATURE
Jensen Owners’ Club | Their First Car Membership Badge
Unbelievably there had not been a club dedicated to Jensen cars until 1971, although it was the following year before it was officially named The Jensen Owners’ Club. Founder, Len Jackson, immediately set about creating a membership badge which could be fitted to the car. The badge design was complex, and after some years, and […]
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LIFE & TIMES OF A JENSEN EMPLOYEE
Jensen’s Top Valeter | Maud Pritchard
“No one could clean a vehicle like Maud, her attention to detail was phenomenal, and how she cleaned glass was something from a magicians act – you just didn’t know there was glass there !” John Page – Technical Service Representative, Service Department, Jensen Motors. Jensen’s Top Valeter | Maud Pritchard | Early Years […]
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HISTORY FEATURE
Jensen Healey | Jensen Parts & Service Motorsport Venture
The year was 1977, the event was Mallory Park Race Course, near Nuneaton. On the starting grid, a blue painted race spec Jensen Healey, with former Jensen Motors Technical Representative, John Page, in crash helmet, behind the wheel. But, what had led up to this moment. The Museum looks at the history of Jensen […]
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LIFE & TIMES OF A JENSEN EMPLOYEE
Duerr’s Chauffeur | Albert E. Jackson
Brought to Jensen Motors by Carl Duerr. Jackson had been working at the Albany Hotel, Birmingham, as a doorman. Duerr was staying at the Albany frequently during 1968, and found that Jackson would always go out of his way to help everyone, including Duerr himself. Taking a liking to Jackson’s calm and friendly manner, Duerr […]
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FAMOUS JENSEN OWNERS
Donald Campbell’s Jensen | Interceptor Chassis Number ’74’
Donald Campbell of Bluebird fame, is believed to have purchased an indigo blue Jensen Interceptor in 1956. However, his daughter Gina, doesn’t remember her father’s ownership of a Jensen, which inevitably casts some doubt on Campbell’s Jensen ownership. The Museum pieces together some of the life of Donald Campbell, and the history of Jensen Interceptor […]
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FAMOUS JENSEN OWNERS
Norrie Paramor | Jensen Interceptor
Perhaps today, the name, Norrie Paramor, isn’t recognised by many, outside of those into the history of pop music. Back in the swinging sixties, Paramor was one of EMI’s top producers of pop music and rock & roll, and even teenagers of the day would have known his name. The Museum looks at the epic […]
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MUSEUM FOCUS
Jensen Interceptor CMB 19F | Leo Carter’s Photo-Shoot
Back in June 1968, professional photographer, Leo Carter, was given a photographic assignment. Take a new Jensen Interceptor out into the country, and undertake a photo-shoot with a model. Kitted out in the cutting edge of 1968 fashion, the model would be photographed both standing by the Jensen, and sitting in the driving seat. Carolyn […]
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FAMOUS JENSEN OWNERS
Jensen 541 | Reg Butler | Sculptor
Reg Butler, one time assistant to Henry Moore, became one of the leading Sculptors in post-war Britain. He purchased a Jensen 541 in 1957, stating, “driving fast in a motor car that’s shaped like a piece of sculpture, gives one that sensation of speed in almost a plastic form…”. The Museum looks back at Butler’s […]
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HISTORY FEATURE
Jensen-Healey | Honeymoon With The Healey
In January 1973 Autocar magazine purchased a new Jensen Healey from Jensen Motors for long term testing. MML 158L had a specification of red along with black vinyl trim. The Museum looks at Autocar’s long term testing of the Jensen Healey. Jensen-Healey | Honeymoon With The Healey | Hutton’s Loan Sports Editor, Ray Hutton […]
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THE DRIVING SEAT SERIES
Jensen C-V8 Chassis Number 112/2379 | The Driving Seat
This is the first of the Museum’s The Driving Seat features. In this first feature, Trevor Pyman, the current owner of Jensen C-V8 112/2379, has explored the history of his Jensen, and tells the Museum who has been in The Driving Seat of his car. Jensen C-V8 Chassis Number 112/2379 | The Driving Seat […]
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THEN & NOW FEATURE
Jensen FF Press Car 119/117 | Then & Now
Jensen FF, chassis 119/117, was acquired for the Museum collection in 2007. This famous Jensen FF press car had languished in a garage since the 1970s, and had never been restored. As such it is one of the most original Jensen FF cars surviving today. Now fifty years old, the Museum has assembled a photographic […]