1956 Jensen 541 found
May 7th, 2010
I tripped over this story during a Google search … the original story has a typo and a story of another unusual non-car find, but the second link to the auctioneer’s catalogue is more interesting. It’s amazing how beautiful cars languish for years until discovered like hidden treasure.
Stourbridge clearance turns up a classic
The item was found under a pile of bin bags and boxes in a garage. And what was it? A Jensen 451, no less, a classic car from 1956. Only 500 of them were made, so it’s quite a find. The cars were built in West Bromwich and the Jensen 451 became something of an icon in British car engineering. The car had all-round disc brakes and the body panels used glass fibre and polyester resin.
The Stourbridge car had not been driven for around 40 years. It’s to go under the hammer at a Stourbridge auction house – Fieldings Auctioneers, Mill Race Lane – next Saturday, 8th May.
In perfect condition, it’s estimated that it would go for about £30,000 at auction.
Fieldings Auctioneers : Lot 781
A 1956 Jensen 541 Series saloon motor car, 3993cc, registered on the 8th October 1956, registration number OEA 920.78802 miles recorded. With damages and not running – sold as seen. ILLUSTRATED The chassis used in the 541 series was a first for Jensen and the use of glass fibre and polyester resin for the body panels and all-round disc brakes was a production first for a motor manufacturer – source – the Jensen Owners Club website. This car has been stood in storage for some time and, according to a hand-written and dated notebook kept by the previous owner, would appear to have completed just 912 miles since his last book entry of 25th May 1970.
Est: £3000 – 5000
UPDATE: May 11, 2010
Sold for £4000 hammer.
Grey-Bruce BSCCOC Meeting
May 7th, 2010
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There will be a gathering of the Grey-Bruce Chapter of the British Saloon Car Club of Canada at Queen’s Bush Pub at 451 10th St.(Hwy 4) in Hanover, ON (map) on Saturday May 29. at 11:30. The pub is on the south side of the road, excellent parking is available behind the building and next door. This is to be a casual get together to discuss possible activities for the chapter. See you there. Email Dave Allen dave@wightman.ca if you have questions. |
Jaguar’s first car in pictures
May 7th, 2010
Britain’s Telegraph.co.uk celebrates Jaguar’s 75th with a gallery of images of the SS1 Jaguar.
They have 11 images of a 1936 car, which isn’t quite 75 years old … nice try, but no cigar!
Testing BlackBird bookmarklet
May 5th, 2010
The Real-time curation blog from Publitweet (Xavier Damman) offers a practical method to aggregate Tweets into a Blog. For those of you that don’t know about Twitter, just sit back and enjoy the ride! … this is my initial test drive entry:
Classic cars & youngtimers: London to Brighton Run http://www.amklassiek.nl/london-to-brighton-run-642/
Maarten Wilbers
youngtimernews
A classic run, a mini, beer, and an article in (double?) Dutch … what better test?
Triumph – Estate Auction
April 16th, 2010
Lenhart Auctions are holding a Collector Car Auction of 14 Triumphs plus Triumph parts, manuals and books from the estate of Mark Joslyn.
The cars are : 1949 Triumph 2000 Roadster, right hand drive; 1959 TR10 Estate Wagon; 1962 HC-12 Herald Convertible; 1962 TR4; 1960s Vitesse? Sport 6 parts car; 2x 1963 Sport 6 Convertible; 2x 1963 TR4; 1963 TR Convertible w/ Ford 302 conversion; 2x 1968 GT6 Coupe ; 1973 TR6; 1980 Spitfire 1500
The auction begins Saturday, April 24, 2010 at 11:00 AM EDT at Vermillion County Fairgrounds, 4H Community Building, Cayuga, IN 47974
