What Car Is This?
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Ahhhh!!!! You're a star!
There is an outside chance it could be a Brasinca Uirapuru
but I can stop puzzling now.
Ahhhh!!!! You're a star!
There is an outside chance it could be a Brasinca Uirapuru
I see what you mean, but it's definitely a Jensen.
One of the few cars I've wanted, the Jensen I mean, but have never owned.
Had a 60's S type Jag, a Volvo P1800 and my favourite, a Colt Starion... I once put a deposit down on a DeLorean, but didn't go through with the purchase which I regret now. Briefly owned a Triumph Stag until it entangled itself in a metal fence and enjoyed a similar experience with a Datsun 260Z, although the Datsun favoured telegraph poles.
Despite the myth that all true car lovers should own an Alfa at some point, never had one, never will.
Have an urge to look up the Jensen now... it reminds me on the early Mustangs or the early Pontiac Firebird. Recently sold my Mini, so now I drive a bog standard MPV who's only discernible feature is its liking of rust!
Had a 60's S type Jag, a Volvo P1800 and my favourite, a Colt Starion... I once put a deposit down on a DeLorean, but didn't go through with the purchase which I regret now. Briefly owned a Triumph Stag until it entangled itself in a metal fence and enjoyed a similar experience with a Datsun 260Z, although the Datsun favoured telegraph poles.
Despite the myth that all true car lovers should own an Alfa at some point, never had one, never will.
Have an urge to look up the Jensen now... it reminds me on the early Mustangs or the early Pontiac Firebird. Recently sold my Mini, so now I drive a bog standard MPV who's only discernible feature is its liking of rust!
How about a Jensen knife?... the rear leaf springs are still there
Update:
Got in touch with the Jensen Owners Club, who have identified it as a Jensen Mk1 automatic, first registered in 1969 (last taxed 1978) and one of only fifteen made.
A sad end to a very nice car. Aside from four wheels and a temperature gauge there's not not a lot left, with only the moss holding the rusting bodywork together.
ah, but if you'd owned a cow horn bumper'd version of the P1800, they were made by Jenson
A very sad end to a rare car
Any chance you could salvage the wheels as they'd probably be worth a bit to the right person even in that condition
Salvaging the wheels is a tempting idea, I sure could use the money and 'finders-keepers' provides a strong moral incentive for some environmental clean-up.
Sadly this isn't like finding a soggy sleeping bag or mouldy tent in the woods, without the blessing of the registered keeper and/or the landowner I'd probably fall foul of the law.
Sadly this isn't like finding a soggy sleeping bag or mouldy tent in the woods, without the blessing of the registered keeper and/or the landowner I'd probably fall foul of the law.
Somebody should salvage the bits with the chassis number, maybe engine block. As much as posdible with numbers on. In the future, maybe 40-50 years this is potentially a very expensive car.
It is possible to build a completely new car around a few original bits. But they need to have numbers!
It is possible to build a completely new car around a few original bits. But they need to have numbers!
How about a Jensen knife?... the rear leaf springs are still there
Update:
Got in touch with the Jensen Owners Club, who have identified it as a Jensen Mk1 automatic, first registered in 1969 (last taxed 1978) and one of only fifteen made.
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A sad end to a very nice car. Aside from four wheels and a temperature gauge there's not not a lot left, with only the moss holding the rusting bodywork together.
Much as a Jenson knife would be unusual, you can't drive a knife
It is a very sad end to a beautiful car... I'd be fascinated to know how it got there and why it was abandoned. I've seen many a classic car that has been left in a garage, unloved and in need of a friend... I've even bought a couple of them... but never seen a fine car like that disappearing into dust.
Actually... I tell a lie. I have. I saw a Delorean that had been left in a swamp-like woodland area that was nothing more than a chassis. A sad sight.
It's a mystery so far and the Jenson owners club are as curious as we are. It sits a stone's throw from the A40 east of Carmarthen and the steering wheel suggests a traffic accident. Engine, gearbox, instruments, seats and bonnet been removed in the distant past judging from the surrounding growth, no trace of the roof either. Grubbed through the remains and found the front & rear number plates but strangely no sign of a VIN plate.There may be a chassis number engraved on the underside of the front cross-member but that'll take some digging to read, if it's there at all.
The landowner is also proving elusive, apart from SWALEC doing some pole maintenance, a couple of fly tippers and me nobody has seen a tractor or livestock in the field for over three years.
The landowner is also proving elusive, apart from SWALEC doing some pole maintenance, a couple of fly tippers and me nobody has seen a tractor or livestock in the field for over three years.
Stolen and saleble parts kept? Insurance fraud where owner kept the best bits then "it got stolen"?
Or just a legit owner took eveything of value then dumped the rest?
Werd the license plates are still there as the owner can be traced.
Or just a legit owner took eveything of value then dumped the rest?
Werd the license plates are still there as the owner can be traced.
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