Title: Sadness!!!
Post by: Leftie on July 23, 2008, 12:24:22 am
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Its such a big lump and a bugger to get in and out- i still awake screaming in the night thinking about when we put it in. Shame, it was a real cooking motor too- a tweeked 440 R/T motor out of a mate's crashed Charger- it jumped off the rollers twice before the guy running the rolling road gave up on it.
Had a look at it this evening and it's seized solid, oil everywhere We've just spent a fortune getting the paint and the repairs done after the MOT monkey ripped off the door. It got new suspension, stainless exhausts, new rubbers and re-furbed wheels and new pirellis in the last few months too. So it looks like a full engine rebuild and a gearbox rebuild whilst its out to pay for now. Not a happy bunny tonight
Had a look at it this evening and it's seized solid, oil everywhere We've just spent a fortune getting the paint and the repairs done after the MOT monkey ripped off the door. It got new suspension, stainless exhausts, new rubbers and re-furbed wheels and new pirellis in the last few months too. So it looks like a full engine rebuild and a gearbox rebuild whilst its out to pay for now. Not a happy bunny tonight
I know how you feel mate, but not with that size lump.
Hope everything sorted soon.
Leftie
Title: Re: Sadness!!!
Post by: Lazy B'stard on July 23, 2008, 12:36:17 am
Suppose its just a car at the end of the day :-\
Thanks Leftie!
Thanks Leftie!
Title: Re: Sadness!!!
Post by: Leftie on July 23, 2008, 12:42:21 am
Suppose its just a car at the end of the day :-\
Thanks Leftie!
Thanks Leftie!
But a special one at that.
Title: Re: Sadness!!!
Post by: Lazy B'stard on July 23, 2008, 12:48:09 am
Suppose its just a car at the end of the day :-\
Thanks Leftie!
Thanks Leftie!
But a special one at that.
they're all special in some way or another arn't they?
I'll just bite the bullet and get on with it, she'll be up and running in no time. Just dreading pulling the thing out, its HUGE :o (before the Pervys start I am not talking about my wedding tackle ::))
Here she is................
(http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb307/sconefinger/jensen.jpg)
Title: Re: Sadness!!!
Post by: Steve Pyro on July 23, 2008, 01:01:54 am
Yup, the B / RB is a big chunk of iron. Have you got a Torqueflite on the back of that?
Title: Re: Sadness!!!
Post by: nopanic - neil on July 23, 2008, 01:04:00 am
Is that an FF version?
Because of the vent behind the front wheel?
thinking about may be those had twin vents?
Good luck any way.
Because of the vent behind the front wheel?
thinking about may be those had twin vents?
Good luck any way.
Title: Re: Sadness!!!
Post by: Lazy B'stard on July 23, 2008, 01:09:47 am
Is that an FF version?
Because of the vent behind the front wheel?
thinking about may be those had twin vents?
Good luck any way.
Because of the vent behind the front wheel?
thinking about may be those had twin vents?
Good luck any way.
Yes Neil the FF had twin vents, this is just a boggo Mk II with Mk III wheels
Steve, It has a torqueflite at the moment but I want to fit the 518 box for the longer legs and slightly smaller fuel bills- maybe now is the time??
Title: Re: Sadness!!!
Post by: nopanic - neil on July 23, 2008, 01:13:17 am
Is that an FF version?
Because of the vent behind the front wheel?
thinking about may be those had twin vents?
Good luck any way.
Because of the vent behind the front wheel?
thinking about may be those had twin vents?
Good luck any way.
Yes Neil the FF had twin vents, this is just a boggo Mk II with Mk III wheels
Steve, It has a torqueflite at the moment but I want to fit the 518 box for the longer legs and slightly smaller fuel bills- maybe now is the time??
Smaller fuel bills
From what its doing now to what?
Love those cars, wish I could afford one - There is a guy on the Wirral has a big collection of Jensons (so I have been told but not seen)
Title: Re: Sadness!!!
Post by: Leftie on July 23, 2008, 02:07:13 am
My Dad was always on about the FF.
If I win the lottery I'l buy two.
If I win the lottery I'l buy two.
Title: Re: Sadness!!!
Post by: Lazy B'stard on July 23, 2008, 10:05:16 am
Fuel consumption is a rather horrendous 12 mpg at the moment, but a good thrashing gets it down to about 8. Hoping for 16-18 with new box.
The great irony is although we have just got it back on the road- I had decided to sell it whilst I was in France. I had already sold my 67 Mustang the week before and had decided to buy and build a Westfield Eleven with a supercharged 998 A series in it.
When I do fix it and move it on, someone is going to get one hell of a well sorted Interceptor!
The great irony is although we have just got it back on the road- I had decided to sell it whilst I was in France. I had already sold my 67 Mustang the week before and had decided to buy and build a Westfield Eleven with a supercharged 998 A series in it.
When I do fix it and move it on, someone is going to get one hell of a well sorted Interceptor!
Title: Re: Sadness!!!
Post by: amazing 1 on July 23, 2008, 02:38:31 pm
Am I reading this thread correctly,or does a fellow CA member need engine parts for a 440 Dodge.Let me know which 440 it is and what you need for it.Engine parts is what I do.Maybe I can save you some squids.
Thanks Randy
1-727-561-0000
Thanks Randy
1-727-561-0000
Title: Re: Sadness!!!
Post by: Lazy B'stard on July 23, 2008, 02:46:03 pm
Cheers Randy, much appreciated. I'm going to pull it out and apart next week- fingers crossed its not too bad but I think she ran it until it failed big time judging by the water and oll that has run down the sides of the car. She was doing a ton on the motorway when it blew.
I will be in touch.
Si
I will be in touch.
Si
Title: Re: Sadness!!!
Post by: Martini...LB on July 23, 2008, 05:33:57 pm
She was doing a ton on the motorway when it blew.
Si
Rushing home to hoover and cook ;D
>Martini...LB
Title: Re: Sadness!!!
Post by: Lazy B'stard on July 23, 2008, 06:16:52 pm
Dashing to her next 'life-of-riley' social engagement. It is I that rushes home to clean and cook Martin I'm afraid.
Title: Re: Sadness!!!
Post by: amazing 1 on July 23, 2008, 06:52:34 pm
Suppose its just a car at the end of the day :-\
Thanks Leftie!
Thanks Leftie!
But a special one at that.
they're all special in some way or another arn't they?
I'll just bite the bullet and get on with it, she'll be up and running in no time. Just dreading pulling the thing out, its HUGE :o (before the Pervys start I am not talking about my wedding tackle ::))
Here she is................
(http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb307/sconefinger/jensen.jpg)
That is a Jensen Interceptor is it not?
The only ones I have seen over here had 383 cid Dodge engines.
Title: Re: Sadness!!!
Post by: Andy Zarse on July 23, 2008, 07:00:49 pm
It's a beauty, what a shame it's broken. I used to deal with the Jensen factory in West Bromwich years ago.
Why is it that most women (present company excepted ect) have little mechanical sympathy or understanding? :(
Why is it that most women (present company excepted ect) have little mechanical sympathy or understanding? :(
Title: Re: Sadness!!!
Post by: Martini...LB on July 23, 2008, 07:22:23 pm
Dashing to her next 'life-of-riley' social engagement. It is I that rushes home to clean and cook Martin I'm afraid.
I remember you telling me, just a little wind-up to make you smile at this time of sadness :)
>Martini...LB
Title: Re: Sadness!!!
Post by: Lazy B'stard on July 23, 2008, 08:05:10 pm
I'm going to refit the original 6.3lt motor I think. I don't want another car in bits all summer and the original lump is in great shape . We've only got another 10 weeks of decent weather before it once again takes its place in the barn to winter. I will rebuild the 440 and put it back in in the new year. Its still pretty quick in 6.3 form anyway.
Title: Re: Sadness!!!
Post by: Barry on July 23, 2008, 08:43:10 pm
Classic 2006.
Our ears pricked as there was a rumbling in the distance as we sat outside the tent on LM.
We expected a fine sight of american muscle cars rolling past us.
To our surprise a convoy of 7 or 8 Jensen Intercepter's came into view and went past.
A rare treat. ;D
Our ears pricked as there was a rumbling in the distance as we sat outside the tent on LM.
We expected a fine sight of american muscle cars rolling past us.
To our surprise a convoy of 7 or 8 Jensen Intercepter's came into view and went past.
A rare treat. ;D
Title: Re: Sadness!!!
Post by: Andy Zarse on July 23, 2008, 09:02:19 pm
Ace! I remember them. I also remember a drunken Barry bumming the Team Zarse bear!
