I was looking through Ebay and came across this restoration project !

Anyone fancy giving me a hand ?

1968 JENSEN FF MK1 BARN FIND FOR RESTORATION | eBay

 

I'll need a spare bed, feeding, watering, somewhere to shower, a computer to look for a complete new body and master cylinder for a start,
an electrical diagram............oh and a chapel so I can pray that it all comes together before I die.

Jeez, I like projects and a challenge, but how big's the budget.
I know someone in Droitwich who does these restorations on Jensens so he's probably already on it. But I think even he would gag at this one.
It certainly hasn't been dry stored, ever, by the look of it.

That being said, nothing's impossible.
Improbable maybe, but not impossible.

 

If they give me £5000.00, I'll haul it way for them.
Are they crazy, is the car that rare !?

 

Actually, yes it is that rare.
Restored and in absolute concourse condition you could get close to 140k on a very good day.
More than likely you would get somewhere round the 100k - 110k price range.

 

First place an order with Martin Robey for £15,000 for panels, then you still have to find the doors, and that just about starts it off, I hate to think what the shell is like, you need something solid to fix it all to.

Surely even with a £110k price tag no professional restorer would get their money back, it wouldn't cover the labour bill ?

 

It isn't rare anymore, not in that condition.
Good for parts at best or ready for the junk yard.

 

2 Hrs left and now at £7800.00 ! Bargain !!!!!!

 

He's got a Buy It Now price at £11,500 !

What I don't understand is how it can get so rusted.
I've seen older cars sit out in fields that are still in tact, but there is literally nothing left to work with here.
I'm surprised the engine hasn't sunk onto the front suspension _ or maybe it has.

The only time when I've seen something so badly rusted was on my old B2200 Mazda truck.
Those trucks were made from cheap, thin, reclaimed steel with impurities in the metal, so once the process started, it went down hill pretty fast.

Looks like the same thing going on here _ but even the fire wall !

 

I didn't see the buy it now, if you'd told me before I would have snapped his arm off ! I even had the spare bed made up for Stevep and the beers in the fridge, the Chapel is under construction, and should be finished before that Jensen is on the road !

I wouldn't know where to start, guess you'd need a full body jig and all the factory specs, a sheet metal shop, deep pockets, patience of a saint (which you could leave in the Chapel if required) and be insane, if you've got that lot, your good to go.

 

"Deep pockets" is only the beginning!