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RUST IN PEACE, PART ONE
(More pics on
PART TWO)
As Neil Young say it - Rust never
sleeps! Jensenowners know, as any other classic car owner does. Steel and iron actually is not the perfect material to make cars
in, if they are to survive. Though time
will put it's signs om most materials, it's always sad when something worth
saving is rotting away.
You're hereby warned, scrolling down this page will break the hearts of Jensonites,
as well as every decent lover of classic cars.
Rust in peace, Jensens! Someone is thinking about you!






The Jensens above is all rotting away in a
backyard in West Bromwich, U.K.
A total of 5 Jensen Interceptors, and the remnants of a Jensen
541, together with other great
cars, all slowly rotting away.
The rich owner refuses to sell due to a insurance contract.
Ubelievable? Yes, isn't it!!!
And in the very same city where the cars were handbuilt!
In the neighbouring city:


The two Jensens above is
rotting away in Birmingham, U.K.
A 1968 Jensen FF, and a 1972 Jensen Interceptor MKIII with the plates still
on.
The cars are owned by the very same owner as the West Bromwich-cars.
(And no - the parkway-abbreviation on the plate is not where you can find
the car!)
Beyond repair, and so sad it makes you cry!
In an English scrapyard we find the Interceptor with WVO 122G in a sad state:

Pictures taken from:
http://website.lineone.net/~chris.fereday/
(More rot-pics on his site!)


The Interceptor MK II with FAN 430J not much better.
Picture taken from:
http://website.lineone.net/~chris.fereday/

Not a sight for the Saints - The Jensen-made Volvo
P1800 - once upon a time "the Saint's" car, or at least one like it.
Pictures taken from:
http://website.lineone.net/~chris.fereday/

Another rusty case from England. Still hope?
Do you have a rotting
Jensen?
Rot is just a side of owning a car. Sad but true.
Please let the world know!
Email us a picture or two.
Undoubtfully it's sad, but it's still a sign of the times, and a good
warning for others.
Jensens in the late lives is still worth to be remembered. Rust never sleeps...
(All photos above courtesy of the
www.Jensencars.tk)
Other Jensens in their late ages:
http://www.jensensp.com/images/spinter4.JPG
http://free-zg.hinet.hr/RichardCalver/article_FF.htm (Rotten FF at the
bottom!)
Therefore - the moral is:
Let a enthusiast take care of the car before it comes beyond repair.
When you don't have the money to fix the car up anymore, or you don't have
the courage or the heralth, hand the car over, sell it, save it!
NEVER let it rot so that these great cars wynd up as only a memory!
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