Jensen Intercepter Mk3.......my first introduction into American V8's. Dad had one in the late 80's. A fantastic car. Fantastic car, great looks, comfortable, ice cold AC, went like stink and would stop on a penny. And the sound...... Not a great handling car but that wasn't what it was for. He used to drive from Oxford to Edinburgh in it regularly. Never missed a beat. Think it had the Carter carb on it still too. Only spare part he used to have to carry was the ceramic ballast resistor for the ignition. Used to get through one every few months. If the garage and wallet was big enough there would be one next to my 260 for sure. Great choice Steve.
Had my name on the list for a new S-V8 when the brand was re-launched on the 2000's. Got to know many of the people behind the project quite well and attended the official 'launch' at Speke. Sadly the project went belly up long before my build number came up. Just goes to show how difficult it is to get a new car off the ground from scratch and build sufficient numbers to recover the huge design and development costs.
Andrew.
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