Classic car technician Monty has been completing more repair work on our 1975 Jensen Interceptor MK3. This time, his attention has been on the floor, the inner sill, and the doors.
Repairing the metalwork of our classic Interceptor has been a long and challenging process but, both Monty and Christian have been doing a great job of keeping things moving in the right direction.
As the restoration of our 1975 Jensen Interceptor continues, we are looking forward to seeing the improvements being made until it is eventually ready to leave us and get back out on the road.
The rebuild of our 1959 Jensen 541R has continued recently with classic car technician Rob making and fitting the front floors. The boot floor rear panel was fabricated before being bolted and riveted into place. The front hubs were also assembled and installed.
Rob went on to assemble and fit the rear brakes and hubs. The steering rack was put on and the boot lid was fitted. The wiring is progressing well and the right-hand front wheel arch was fitted too.
To allow the gearbox to be removed and replaced from inside the car, without the need to remove the engine, Rob made some modifications to the bulkhead.
As you can see from the images below, things are really starting to take shape on our 541R.
Some good progress has been made on our 1956 Jensen 541 recently. After being prepped and primed, the body and various components have been painted. As you can see from the images below, the new colour looks great and was the perfect choice from the owner of this classic car.
While Chris was painting our 541, classic car technician Brian was working on the interior. He cut out the under-dash panels along with the kick panels and air vent holes.
Classic car technicians Monty and Chris have restarted their work on our 1975 Jensen Interceptor MK3.
As you can see from the images below, things are progressing nicely on this classic car and it is slowly starting to take on the recognisable shape of a Jensen Interceptor.
Monty and Chris will continue their work and we look forward to seeing our Interceptor’s progress carry on as it moves through the Bridge Classic Cars workshop.
Work to rebuild our 1959 Jensen 541R has continued recently with classic car technician Rob building up and fitting the front suspension. Along with the suspension, Rob also got the engine back into the car.
The heater motor was built and installed before Rob went on to install the rear shocks too.
A new fuel tank and brake servo were fitted to our classic 541R and the new floors were made and installed as well.
With the rebuild of our 1959 Jensen 541R continuing, it keeps getting better and better to look at and is getting to be more car-like with each passing day.
Classic car technician Rob has continued his work on our 1959 Jensen 541R. He has made and fitted the bulkhead heat shields, as well as bolting the rear axle and front suspension cross member into place.
The engine of this rare Jensen is now also back with the car. Rob actually came up with an innovative new way of getting the engine back into the car and this is something the whole team will look to implement going forwards.
As we are well-known for some of our restoration work on Jensens 541Rs, it shows that the experience the classic car technicians, like Rob, have is allowing them to come up with new ways of restoring these cars and keeping them on the road for as long as possible.
We will certainly be delving deeper into the new engine fitting process very soon but, for now, it is exciting to see our 1959 Jensen 541R coming back together nicely.
Classic car technician Rob has, once again, been working on our 1960 Jensen 541R. One of the areas he has been focused on is the right-hand side rear body frame and B post. These were both made and welded into place.
Rob then went on to repair and weld the front bulkhead and A posts on both sides before clamping the newly made boot floor ready for welding. The new boot floor was made by Monty to help in the restoration of our rare Jensen 541R.
Classic car technician Rob has continued his work on our 1960 Jensen 541R.
Rob has made new door steps and fitted these. He has also made the left-hand B post and welded this in before doing the same for the left-hand rear body frame parts.
Our 1959 Jensen 541R has continued its transformation with more paintwork being completed. This time it was the sill covers and bonnet flap being painted by classic car technician Al. Prior to this, Al also prepped and painted the wheel arches.
While Al was painting the bonnet flap and sill covers, classic car technician Chris was applying Raptor paint to some of the panels. The bonnet, boot lid, and wings also had Raptor applied before the fixings and support were re-fitted.
As more of this rare classic car gets painted, it is becoming more and more obvious that it will be a stunning car once its restoration is complete.
Work has continued on our 1970 Jensen Interceptor with classic car technician fitting new 90-degree terminals to the fans, in order to aid clearance of the auxiliary belt. Once this was complete, John took the car outside to run it up to temperature before test-driving it.
When the car was up to temperature, the idle speed was adjusted. The fans now cut in and out as they should and the oil pressure was good with no stalling happening now, as it had been reported by the car’s owner.
With John continuing his work on our 1970 Jensen Interceptor, it won’t be much longer until it can be returned to its owner to get it back out on the road.
Our 1960 Jensen 541R has stayed under the care of classic car technician Rob.
Rob continued his work making and welding panels for the right-hand rear wheel arch. Once this was finished, he began the process all over again on the left-hand side of the chassis. This involved more cutting and welding.
Like the right-hand side rear wheel arch, the left-hand side also needed to be fabricated and welded into place.
The chassis of our 1960 Jensen 541R is still undergoing work and, with more repairs needed, it is likely to stay with Rob for a bit longer before its able to move on with its restoration.
Our 1970 Jensen Interceptor has, once again, been in the experienced hands of classic car technician John.
While our Interceptor was outside, John torqued all the wheels to 55lb/ft.
John emptied both brake fluid reservoirs and filled them with new fluid before bleeding the whole system. Once he had done this, John took the car outside to investigate some of the running issues the owner had reported.
The owner reported that the car runs lumpy from cold. John stripped the carb and found debris in both float bowls. He cleaned and blew these out as well as taking the needle valve apart to check. This was also blown out before being reassembled.
Our Interceptor was then run up again so John could check and adjust the timing. While checking the running of this classic car, John noticed that the fans cut in ok but he swapped the wiring around as they were rotating the wrong way. He also noticed that the temperature gauge was still showing a relatively low temperature when the fans came on. While this was helpful for resolving the overheating issues, it wasn’t allowing the car to fully warm up as expected. John suspects this could be due to a faulty fan switch so further investigations are needed.
Our 1959 Jensen 541R has recently been painted green. While the car looks great in its painted state, it’s always exciting to see some of the steps in more detail that led to the finished paint job.
Classic car technician Al took some photos during the process and, as you can see from the photos below, his hard work and skill have led to a job well done.
Once Al had finished painting our 541R, he went through the process of flatting using a 1500 trizact followed by a 3000. The car was then polished and cleaned ready for fitting up very soon.
Since the chassis of our 1960 Jensen 541R has returned from sandblasting, classic car technician Rob has found some old repairs that need to be cut out and corrected. These repairs have clearly been done at some point in the car’s life before it found its way into the Bridge Classic Cars workshop.
Now that it is with us, and in Rob’s capable hands, the old repairs will soon be rectified and the chassis will be in much better condition.
Rob started with the right-hand rear wheel arch. He has been cutting out the bad repairs from previous work so he can then return the car back to its original condition.
A new wheel arch was made and welded in before more bad repairs were cut out and removed.
Work continues to bring our 1960 Jensen 541R back to life. The poor past repairs have provided an additional challenge to Rob and the rest of the workshop team but, once resolved, progress will continue to be made on this beautiful classic car.
Classic car technician Al has been giving our 1959 Jensen 541R a new coat of paint.
After he prepped the freshly primed body, Al mixed the paint using the paintshop scales to make sure the paint was exactly the right consistency to use on the car.
Once the paint was mixed, Al made sure the body was completely clear of dust and debris. It was at this stage that the paint began to be applied. After the first coat of paint was on and fully dried, a second full coat was added.
A drop coat was then applied to help get rid of any patchiness that may be present in the new paint. Finally, 2 coats of lacquer were applied (5 minutes apart) and the car looked great in its new green colour.
Our 1959 Jensen 541R continues to make progress through its restoration journey here at Bridge Classic Cars. Recently, classic car technicians Mauro and Brian have been working on this rare vehicle.
Brian’s focus was on the interior of the car. Specifically, the front seats. Brian has been making the new front seat base frame wood sections. While Brian was doing this, Mauro was focused on the wheels of our Jensen 541R. The rims were given a coat of primer ready to be painted later on.
Classic car technician John has been spending quite a bit of time with our 1970 Jensen Interceptor lately. He has been investigating and resolving several issues with the car.
The first port of cool was a coolant leak. A small overflow hose was found to be loose so, once this was tightened, the leak was resolved. The reverse lights were not working so John spent some time investigating what could be causing this issue. He found a poor connection to the lights so cleaned and tightened the components forming the loose connection which sorted out the reverse lights issue.
The owner of the car had reported that the fuel flap light is always on even if the flap is properly closed. John found that the sensor for the flap was broken so, after replacing this with a new one, the light is now off.
John moved onto the brakes of our Interceptor to find out why the offside rear was binding. After stripping the brakes, John found that the large piston in the caliper had rusted and seized. The caliper was removed and the piston was freed. However, corrosion had badly eaten into the piston chrome making it unrepairable. A refurbishment or replacement will be needed.
While John was looking at the brakes, he was satisfied that the rear brakes were ok and the handbrake pads, although they are worn, they are still working as they need to at the moment.
Another issue that the owner of the car reported was that the vehicle keeps overheating and the fans keep blowing fuses. This was identical to the issues John had recently resolved on our 1971 Jensen FF MKII which is a very similar car to our Interceptor. As John knew what caused this on the FF, he was quickly able to diagnose that the fans needed replacing along with the wiring loom. These were ordered and John was confident that this would resolve the issues as it did on the FF. While waiting for the new fans and wiring loom to arrive, John cut out the old wiring and taped up the ends before securing them onto the main loom.
Our 1970 Jensen Interceptor went through a full service too. New spark plugs were fitted and the oil was drained. The filter housing was cleaned out. John found sludge in the bottom of the housing so this was removed.
The engine of our Interceptor was timed to top dead centre on cylinder 1 and the distributor was removed to fit new points and condenser before the distributor was refitted in the car.
Once the new fans had arrived, John started work on fitting them. He noticed that the setup was slightly different to the FF he had previously worked on but he was able to align the new fans and remount the housing. The wiring was secured and connected in the fuse box and the relays were mounted next to the fuse box (just as John did on the FF previously).
John’s work on our 1970 Jensen Interceptor wasn’t quite finished yet though as he fit new front wheel bearings and seals. While removing the old bearings, he noticed that there weren’t any seals fitted previously and the seal clamp was fitted the wrong way.
The ballast resistor was rewired next, as the old wires had gone hard with bare wire exposed.
John will continue his work on this beautiful classic car until he is completely satisfied that it is working as it should and is ready to be returned to its owner.
Our 1959 Jensen 541R has had more work on its interior completed recently.
Lydia finished the base cushions for the front seats, covered the pair of rear quarters, made the headlining, covered the rear centre panel, and covered the glovebox door.
While Lydia was working on the interior of our classic Jensen, Al was conducting his final checks that the chrome surround and flap fit the repaired bodywork before putting it into primer. The sills and bonnet were also primed.
Chris was also working on our 1959 Jensen 541R. His focus was on the fibreglass roof.
Classic car technician Al has been applying primer to various parts of our 1959 Jensen 541R.
The underside of the bonnet was the first to have epoxy primer applied before the outside of the bonnet had its primer applied too.
Once the bonnet was complete, Al turned his attention to the doors, boot, wings, and body of this rare classic car. All of these had high-build primer applied.
Work continues on our classic Jensen 541R as it makes progress through its restoration journey in the Bridge Classic Cars workshop.
Our 1960 Jensen 541 is back in the workshop and in the very capable hands of classic car technician Rob.
In preparation for sandblasting, Rob has removed the body and the roof frame.
With a history like this car has, it is exciting to see it progress through its restoration journey and be one step closer to being back on the road (even though there is still a long way to go yet).
There are usually several Jensens in the Bridge Classic Cars workshop at any one time. We currently have 541s, 541Rs, 541Ss, an FF, and now we have yet another Interceptor too.
Our 1970 Jensen Interceptor has come in for a full engine service and vehicle health check. There are also issues that the owner has been experiencing which we will be looking into. These include overheating problems, stalling, as well as potential problems with oil pressure sensors.
Our Interceptor should feel right at home being in the company of multiple other Jensen models as well as a range of other classic cars currently being worked on.
Our 1959 Jensen 541R has had more interior work completed by Lydia recently.
Lydia has continued her work on the seats which are now almost complete. Once the front base cushions are finished and fitted, the seats of our Jensen 541R will be ready to be installed in the car.
Alongside her work on the seats, Lydia also made the cubby box as well as completing work on various panels.
Brian has also been doing some work on the seats too. He bolted the front seat base frame to the wood section before trial fitting it into the seat tub. Brian then went on to make the patterns for the top wood sections and cut these out. The top wood sections were then fitted to the base seat frames.
Brian went on to add the wood sections to the inner edge of the base frame to allow the cover to be stapled in place later on. The base seat frames were then put into the seat base tubs.
Our 1959 Jensen 541R continues to make good progress and it will be interesting to see it continue through its restoration journey with us.
It is being kept in a Carcoon which will keep the car in a protective environment and will keep the air conditions around the vehicle as good as they can possibly be. Inside the Carcoon, the air is continuously circulated and the quality of air is kept extremely high to ensure our 541S stays in show-winning condition.
After undergoing some work while back with us, the time has come for this beautiful classic car to sit safely and securely until its owner is ready to take it out again.
As you can see from the photos below, even in a Carcoon, our 1960 Jensen 541S looks as good as ever!
Our 1959 Jensen 541R has recently had new seat covers made, and lots of prep work completed ready for it to move on to the next stage of its restoration journey.
Classic car technician Al has been looking at the wheel arches of this rare classic vehicle and has applied polyester primer to them.
Now most of the car has been primed, it is almost time to paint it.
Our 1959 Jensen 541R continues to make good progress and work will continue until it is ready to drive out of the workshop and back onto the road.
Our 1971 Jensen FF MKII has been getting new fans and a new wiring loom thanks to classic car technician John. Before the new fans were fitted, modifications had to be made to the brackets of the fans as they wouldn’t fit the vehicle in their current state.
After John had successfully completed the modifications, he fitted the loom, secured everything in place, and tested the fans.
John went on to check the draw on the fans as the 10 amp fuse blew when the fans cut in. Initially, both fans peaked at 11.5 amps. As there was only the 10 amp fuse fitted in the car, John changed this to a 20 amp fuse and retested everything.
During testing, the fans cut in and out 10 times without any issues.
Having to modify components is a regular occurrence for our team of classic car technicians and the new fans for our 1971 Jensen FF MKII are a prime example of this.
Our FF has made great progress over recent weeks as it continues to move towards the day when it drives out of the workshop and back to its owner.
When the award-winning 1960 Jensen 541S returned to the Bridge Classic Cars workshop at the end of last year, everyone was very excited to see it again.
Since it has been back with us, its fog and spot lights have been swapped over and an issue with the driver’s side door alignment has been resolved too.
The next task that the workshop team have been looking at is a small area of damage to the paintwork above the driver’s side front wheel. Classic car technician Chris repaired the damage before priming the area.
Chris then went on to paint the repaired area and, as you can see from the photos below, our 1960 Jensen 541S is looking as impressive as ever.
Our 1959 Jensen 541R has had more interior work completed by Lydia over the last week. She has now finished putting the new covers onto the two front squabs. Lydia has also finished covering the two front base tubs too.
Now that new covers have been made and fitted, Lydia has turned her attention to making the new foams for the rear squab and the rear base frames.
While Lydia was working on the interior of our Jensen 541R, Chris was continuing his filler work on the body. Several panels were removed in preparation for their final checks and so that they were ready for primer.
Classic car technician Al has also been working on our 541R. He repaired the off-side A post before masking up the body ready for its polyester primer to be applied. Primer was applied and, as you can see from the photos below, things are looking good!
Now that the primer has been applied to our classic Jensen, it can move on to the next stage of its restoration journey and be another step closer to being back out on the road.
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