Anyone like "Jensen Interceptor" don't forget about the tiger?

[BB1]

Go to page two, the right car has been found

Jensen Interceptor




http://www.allpar.com/cars/adopted/sunbeam/tiger.html


The Sunbeam Tiger was relatively inexpensive for its performance; still, fewer than 7,000 were made over its four model years. It was billed as the world's fastest production car for under $3,500 (steep but not excessive for 1965). The Sunbeam Alpine, in contrast, was just $2,400. By 1967, it was billed as the world's fastest car
under $3,700 (the price having moved up) and was sold in the United States by Chrysler dealers, sold as the "Rootes Sunbeam."

Wonder what they go for? Didn't they have 340s in them?

Stick a 6.1 in there and your dead.


Oh this is the Chrysler Sunbeam.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler_Sunbeam

There is a
   * Sunbeam-Talbot 90
   * Sunbeam Alpine
   * Sunbeam Rapier
   * Sunbeam Sport
   * Sunbeam Tiger
   * Sunbeam Vogue

weird.

[72chargerSE]

They were Ford powered, had one hand me my ass back in '82.

[BB1]

There is no way I would mess with one, unless I owned it. 

I thought Chrysler had a small sports car too. Can't think of the name. 

[Magnumcharger]

I found a real nice Chrysler Sunbeam Alpine in a junkyard in Alberta. I was very surprised to see a pentastar on the lower section of the front right fender!
Whereupon I had a steep learning curve on this subject!!

[moparstuart]

I found a real nice Chrysler Sunbeam Alpine in a junkyard in Alberta. I was very surprised to see a gold Pentastar on the lower section of the front right fender!
Whereupon I had a steep learning curve on this subject!!

[BB1]

I found a real nice Chrysler Sunbeam Alpine in a junkyard in Alberta. I was very surprised to see a gold Pentastar on the lower section of the front right fender!
Whereupon I had a steep learning curve on this subject!!

They use to show up at our Mopar car shows back in the 80ds.

I just don't have any picture of them. 

[mikepmcs]

It was billed as the world's fastest production car for under $3,500 (steep but not excessive for 1965). The Sunbeam Alpine, in contrast, was just $2,400. By 1967, it was billed as the world's fastest car

You didn't think Maxwell Smart would drive just any car did you.

[mikepmcs]

oh and NO to answer your original question.

[Aero426]

I found a real nice Chrysler Sunbeam Alpine in a junkyard in Alberta. I was very surprised to see a gold Pentastar on the lower section of the front right fender!
Whereupon I had a steep learning curve on this subject!!

Chrysler bought the Rootes Group while the Alpine and Tiger were in production.  So it was possible to get a later Sunbeam Tiger with a Ford engine and a Pentastar on the fender.   Fitment of the Chrysler engine was a problem.

Sunbeam Alpines (the base model - no Ford stuff) are fairly inexpensive.   Tigers have always been a poor mans Cobra and are now pricey.   I would imagine you can spend $50k on a decent Tiger. 

[PocketThunder]

My old roommate has a Sunbeam Alpine that he got from his father-in-law after he passed.  My old roomate is a diehard Chevy guy and i like to tease him about the mopar in his garage....     

[Todd Wilson]

Looks like a Colt!


I'd like to find a Plymouth Cricket.


Todd

[68pplcharger]

Sunbeam Tiger was a Ford motor in a British car body(sound familiar) ... They discontinued the Tiger in 67 when Chrysler bought Rootes. The Chrysler V8 wound't fit becuase of the distributor being located in the rear. Carol Shelby was the person responsible for making the first prototype with a ford 260 c.i.d.

[bakerhillpins]

There is no way I would mess with one, unless I owned it. 

I thought Chrysler had a small sports car too. Can't think of the name. 

Looks like a Dodge Omni?

Do you mean the Conquest TSI? http://www.allpar.com/cars/chrysler/conquest.html

[Magnumcharger]

Check out this webpage!!
http://www.teae.org/

[moparstuart]

  not a sunbeam but british and mopar motivation

[mikesbbody]

My dad had one but that was before i was born. Not really a fan of british cars (or any european cars for that matter) imo they over engineer things making repairs expensive and alot harder than they need to be 

[Tilar]

Sunbeam Tiger was a Ford motor in a British car body(sound familiar) ... They discontinued the Tiger in 67 when Chrysler bought Rootes. The Chrysler V8 wound't fit becuase of the distributor being located in the rear. Carol Shelby was the person responsible for making the first prototype with a ford 260 c.i.d.

I had a friend that I went to school with that had one that had a 289 in it. Way to light for that much engine.

[Aero426]

My dad had one but that was before i was born. Not really a fan of british cars (or any european cars for that matter) imo they over engineer things making repairs expensive and alot harder than they need to be 

Production English cars tend to be rather agricultural in their basic engineering.  Aside from the mysteries of the SU carburetor, the rest is pretty simple.  An acquaintance had a Tiger and it had TWO fuses.  I would not describe that as over-engineered.

[mikesbbody]

well there's another car some kind of 2 seater lotus to get to the water pump you have to remove the head dont think that's overdone?

[Aero426]

well there's another car some kind of 2 seater lotus to get to the water pump you have to remove the head dont think that's overdone?

There's a big difference between a mid-engined Lotus and a Sunbeam Alpine.   Common ore British cars are very mechanically straightforward.    A good tractor mechanic can work on them.     

[mikesbbody]

if you say so whatever...i could give you many example but im not going to bother i come here to discuss dodge chargers not british cars.

[Aero426]

if you say so whatever...i could give you many example but im not going to bother i come here to discuss dodge chargers not british cars.

I am not suggesting there are no complex cars made in Europe.    Just that it doesn't apply to a Sunbeam Tiger.   

[DodgeByDave]

Anyone recall the Jenson Interceptor?

The Jensen Interceptor was a sporting GT-class car (semi) hand-built in the United Kingdom by Jensen Motors between 1966 and 1976. The Interceptor name had been used previously by Jensen for an earlier car made between 1950 and 1957. The car broke with Jensen tradition by having a steel bodyshell instead of glass-reinforced plastic and by having the body designed by an outside firm, Carrozzeria Touring of Italy, rather than the in-house staff. The early bodies were Italian-built, by Vignale, before production by Jensen themselves began – with subtle body modifications – in West Bromwich.

The engine was a Chrysler V-8 initially of 6276 cc (383 c.i.) with optional manual (Mark I, only few built) or TorqueFlite automatic transmissions driving the rear wheels through a limited slip differential in a conventional Salisbury rear axle. The engine grew to 7212 cc (440 c.i.) in late 1971 with 4-bbl carburation. The SP (Six-Pack) model of 1971–73 offered 3x2-bbl carburation; only 232 were built and had the distinction of being the most powerful car ever to have been made by Jensen (390 hp (290 kW)).

The sunbeam is a cool car. The Jenson is a Cobra killing monster. I had a 440 single 4 barrel Jenson. Wrapped it around a tree. Huge fun, many stitches


By dodgebydave

[Brock Samson]

  I'm a BIG fan of both the J.J. and the Sunbeams, and have started and posted pics of alot of more obscure little lovered (here) furrin makes,..  do a search with the country's names & that should show several my other favs some of which are the Italians, French and the Swiss such as Montiverdi Hai... 

[BB1]

That's it, the Jenson Interceptor. Thanks Dave.

Anyone like the Jenson  The real ass kicker.    Cobra


http://www.allpar.com/cars/adopted/jensen-interceptor.html

A movie car too.

http://www.jensencars.org/jenseninfilms.html

Anyone remember The Saint, with Rodger Moore?

The Junkman?

Hear the POWER

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wJm5G8EhlA

The original Dukes of Hazzard, S&B 3nd Gen alert!!!!! Video!!


Speedtrap (1977)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmXPCyKZjoc&feature=related

Mr. Handcock?? 

[Aero426]

I have always kind of liked the Interceptor and wouldn't mind one.     The looks are kind of an acquired taste.  I can't say I'm a huge fan of the styling.    The Interceptor is  more of a Grand Touring car, versus a true sports car.    They are pretty heavy.

[mikepmcs]

Ok, yeah, I like that one too.  I saw one up close once when I worked at Chrysler in the mid 80's, it was silver and it was sweet . Kind of a James Bond thing

[b5blue]

Interceptor was the first 440 I ever got my hands on, We restored Jags and raced/restored Triumphs mostly and one came in that had not run in years. I got that old worn out 440 running and the whole shop stopped, came over and just stood there soaking up ma MOPARs roar! I knew then and there BIG BLOCKS were the WAY!!! We all new that that thing had to kick ass! Buy the way, the Jensen can do one thing a Tiger can't.........STOP!!!!!!!

[DodgeByDave]

Interceptor was the first 440 I ever got my hands on, We restored Jags and raced/restored Triumphs mostly and one came in that had not run in years. I got that old worn out 440 running and the whole shop stopped, came over and just stood there soaking up ma MOPARs roar! I knew then and there BIG BLOCKS were the WAY!!! We all new that that thing had to kick ass! Buy the way, the Jensen can do one thing a Tiger can't.........STOP!!!!!!!

lol, don't forget charging the battery. I haven't dealt with many POSITIVE ground electrical systems. Tied into a Lotus Elan once. Worst electrical nightmare ever. Never again.

If Colin Chapman was still alive I would bust him in the nose.

[b5blue]

Yup!!! Lucas....Home before dark! Neat cars but...How many times did that stuff drive you nuts! Once a week someone would come in for a brake job because they used American brake fluid and melted all the seals!My boss bought a Tiger and sold it a week later because you really can,t stop one, most were wrecked.LOL

[gordo1968charger]

i live in the UK,
BRITISH CARS ARE SHIT
i spent 10 years working in a rover bodyshop,nuff said!!!

[BB1]

The British built the Spitfire in WWII.

God Save the Queen!

[DodgeByDave]

I have respect for the Spitfire. British Leyland, not so much.

Don't forget boys and girls, find you a supply of "Whitsworth" tools as some of the British motor cars have a peculiar standard of bolt and nut sizes.

AHAHHAHAHAH god I forgot about the brake fluid. And it is literally melts every rubber material in the system. I forget exactly what it is, I think the european standard is a mineral based fluid while ours is an alcohol. Or Vice Versa.

Back on topic. I didn't know that there was a Ferguson awd model of the Jenson. Boiling all 4 to the tune of mopar bb song. That would for sure wow the troops at the local ricer hang out.

[500hp_440]

  v12

[Jon Smith]

Bristol 410s and 411s were also mopar powered..318s and 383s





as was the jensen cv8 which I think looks far better than an interceptor

[BB1]

Bristol 410s and 411s were also mopar powered..318s and 383s





as was the jensen cv8 which I think looks far better than an interceptor

Nice I like them. Stick a 340 sixpac in, and your smoken.

[TeeWJay426]

This one belongs to a life-long friend of mine. He's had it at Carlisle a few times, and has won his class a few times with it.

[CrAzYMoPaRGuY]

Welll....... now there's a certified Jensen Interceptor nutbar joining the fold!!!

And Allpar has a few mistakes, there were a couple hundred SP Interceptors made, they actually made a few Interceptors in the early 1980s, There ARE differences between NA and UK engines, my Interceptor, as every one I have seen in 1974, is an HP version of the 440, but strangely has a steel crank in it. 902 heads, but steel crank instead of cast crank.

Mine is 9.35 to 1 .030 over 440 (original engine redone) with ported heads, two Edelbrock 500s on a CH28 intake, 270H Comp Cam, Delta Motorsports headers, FBO ignition, 2 1/2" exhaust out the rear, four mufflers, it has a 727 auto and 3.08 rear.

[charge69]

I have probably only seen one or two of them in my life that I would recognize as a Jensen. That was many years ago as it has been a long time since I actually have seen one.

Yours is a beautiful example!! Bet it will scoot!!

[maxwellwedge]

I found a real nice Chrysler Sunbeam Alpine in a junkyard in Alberta. I was very surprised to see a gold Pentastar on the lower section of the front right fender!
Whereupon I had a steep learning curve on this subject!!

Chrysler bought the Rootes Group while the Alpine and Tiger were in production.  So it was possible to get a later Sunbeam Tiger with a Ford engine and a Pentastar on the fender.   Fitment of the Chrysler engine was a problem.

Sunbeam Alpines (the base model - no Ford stuff) are fairly inexpensive.   Tigers have always been a poor mans Cobra and are now pricey.   I would imagine you can spend $50k on a decent Tiger. 

My buddy had a Tiger. 260 - 2BBL. That thing would pull like a dentist on steroids. He paid $500.00 for it in the 70's. You had to jack up the engine and get a few of the spark plugs from under the car. He offered it to me for $400.00 when he was done with it....I passed. The body had as much cheese as metal in it.

I have always been a fan of the Tiger and the Jensen Interceptor....both cool cars. A pair of crumpet-mobiles with American V8's.

[CrAzYMoPaRGuY]

I have probably only seen one or two of them in my life that I would recognize as a Jensen. That was many years ago as it has been a long time since I actually have seen one.

Yours is a beautiful example!! Bet it will scoot!!

Thanks!
Back in the 1970s I found a burgundy 1974 Jensen Interceptor for a car fanatic teacher of mine to look at, he ended up buying it and we drove around in it all the time. I'm 99% sure the car I own now is the very same car.

Mine pulls pretty danged hard. It's also amazingly nice to drive. It corners much better than I would have thought, has great road manners, AND it's pretty danged decent as far as fuel mileage goes. I drive it all the time year round and LOVE it!

[surmanajaja]

you cannot compare a Tiger to a Jensen. Tiger is light, short car that with modern tires can really move on a track. Jensen is a HEAVY gt-touring-style car, that is not a corner-burner and never ever was considered a really fast car. of course with a mopar engine, it has beautiful sounds but only the fourwheeldrive version is interesting to me. and that is a rare animal.

if you want the fastest possible english car with american engine, get a TVR Griffith. its ridicously small, with a built Ford small block its a monster on curvy roads.

[68pplcharger]

you cannot compare a Tiger to a Jensen. Tiger is light, short car that with modern tires can really move on a track. Jensen is a HEAVY gt-touring-style car, that is not a corner-burner and never ever was considered a really fast car. of course with a mopar engine, it has beautiful sounds but only the fourwheeldrive version is interesting to me. and that is a rare animal.

if you want the fastest possible english car with american engine, get a TVR Griffith. its ridicously small, with a built Ford small block its a monster on curvy roads.

I don't think this small block sports car holds a candle to the AC Cobra, also english car with american engine. This car had a 427 side oiler pushing 485hp(compitetion version) and only weighs 2,200 lbs. The 340 hp TVR small block would have the advantage with less weight up front and newer suspension technologies, but I'll stick with the raw power thanks you. 

[CrAzYMoPaRGuY]

you cannot compare a Tiger to a Jensen. Tiger is light, short car that with modern tires can really move on a track. Jensen is a HEAVY gt-touring-style car, that is not a corner-burner and never ever was considered a really fast car. of course with a mopar engine, it has beautiful sounds but only the fourwheeldrive version is interesting to me. and that is a rare animal.

Tiger was a tiny light sports car. It was crude to drive compared to a Jensen.
A stock Interceptor is heavy, but they were still a performance/luxury GT Touring style car. It was considered a fast car when it debuted for sure, even with the 383 it came out with it was considered one of the faster cars in the UK.
Many road tests had the 1/4 mile times in the 16 second bracket if not most road tests, which for the mid sixties was very fast, especially considering 2.88 or 3.08 gearing was the ONLY options. Not many true factory musclecars that weren't tweaked could do much better in 1966. Gearing or not!

My Interterceptor can corner better than any A/B/E body I have ever owned, and I've owned TONS of A/B/E bodies.
The Interceptor SP was a performance car, no doubt about it. It was a high compression 440 with a six pack. Factory.

[surmanajaja]

you cannot compare a Tiger to a Jensen. Tiger is light, short car that with modern tires can really move on a track. Jensen is a HEAVY gt-touring-style car, that is not a corner-burner and never ever was considered a really fast car. of course with a mopar engine, it has beautiful sounds but only the fourwheeldrive version is interesting to me. and that is a rare animal.

if you want the fastest possible english car with american engine, get a TVR Griffith. its ridicously small, with a built Ford small block its a monster on curvy roads.

I don't think this small block sports car holds a candle to the AC Cobra, also english car with american engine. This car had a 427 side oiler pushing 485hp(compitetion version) and only weighs 2,200 lbs. The 340 hp TVR small block would have the advantage with less weight up front and newer suspension technologies, but I'll stick with the raw power thanks you. 

well of course if I had the money I would be driving a 427 cobra super snake with the 2 paxtons..but in real life, the small block was faster. even in drag race, the 289 dragon snake was faster than 427, because of weight and traction.

I have been to a lot of historic races, where millionares drive the wheels of these things, and tvr griffith is up there right behind the Le Mans winning GT40´s-. they are faster than cobras.light weight and sticky tires will do that.

too bad theyre so small I cant fit inside one..

[CrAzYMoPaRGuY]

..but in real life, the small block was faster. even in drag race, the 289 dragon snake was faster than 427, because of weight and traction.

The dragonsnake was a racing version, it also had a 427 version produced. It wasn't a realistic production street vehicle in 260/289 or 427 form...  

The 427 AC Cobras were beasts and pretty well untouchable because of the power to weight ratios, but shoes wouldn't last very long in them. Ever ridden in one?!?! HOT TOOTSIES!!!!!!

Here is the 427 version...

http://www.packautomotivemuseum.com/c155.html

[68pplcharger]

you cannot compare a Tiger to a Jensen. Tiger is light, short car that with modern tires can really move on a track. Jensen is a HEAVY gt-touring-style car, that is not a corner-burner and never ever was considered a really fast car. of course with a mopar engine, it has beautiful sounds but only the fourwheeldrive version is interesting to me. and that is a rare animal.

if you want the fastest possible english car with american engine, get a TVR Griffith. its ridicously small, with a built Ford small block its a monster on curvy roads.

I don't think this small block sports car holds a candle to the AC Cobra, also english car with american engine. This car had a 427 side oiler pushing 485hp(compitetion version) and only weighs 2,200 lbs. The 340 hp TVR small block would have the advantage with less weight up front and newer suspension technologies, but I'll stick with the raw power thanks you.  

well of course if I had the money I would be driving a 427 cobra super snake with the 2 paxtons..but in real life, the small block was faster. even in drag race, the 289 dragon snake was faster than 427, because of weight and traction.

I have been to a lot of historic races, where millionares drive the wheels of these things, and tvr griffith is up there right behind the Le Mans winning GT40´s-. they are faster than cobras.light weight and sticky tires will do that.

too bad theyre so small I cant fit inside one..

You must be giant... I'm 6'3" and weigh 240lbs and fit easily in these old cars. I got the chance to drive the Dragon snake that won the 66 winternationals pretty cool car. Also got to drive and tune an original factory tuned Race AC 427 cobra. Same guy owned both. not sure where you get the small blocks are faster, 427 cobra ran 12.30s in quarter, small blocks never touched that. Doesn't matter really cool cars

[Magnumcharger]

Here's a nice Jensen Interceptor, wrapped in a PT Cruiser shell!
The owner had a VERY rusty Jensen and decided to harvest it for parts. After a bit of measuring, he determined that most, if not all of the drivetrain and suspension would swap directly into the family grocery-getter.

The result?
A PT Cruiser that catches EVERYBODY off guard when he pops the hood at a car show!
I called him a mad scientist to his face and he grinned from ear to ear!

[Magnumcharger]

A couple more pics....to the uninitiated, that "7.2" badge must mean the model. But no, it's the engine size!

This was the very first time that the owner ever attempted anything of this nature.

[CrAzYMoPaRGuY]

Here's a nice Jensen Interceptor, wrapped in a PT Cruiser shell!
The owner had a VERY rusty Jensen and decided to harvest it for parts. After a bit of measuring, he determined that most, if not all of the drivetrain and suspension would swap directly into the family grocery-getter.

The result?
A PT Cruiser that catches EVERYBODY off guard when he pops the hood at a car show!
I called him a mad scientist to his face and he grinned from ear to ear!

WOW MagnumCharger, how do you know him??

I bought all the spare parts he had left years ago, he lives on Vancouver Island! THANKS for the pics!!  

[Magnumcharger]

I was working in BC last week, and had the weekend off to kill. So, being a car-show-aholic, I checked to see what shows were on for the weekend. I met him at a WPC annual show at Fort Rodd hill, near Colwood, BC.
I also saw the same truck up in Courtney a few days later at a show downtown.

[moparstuart]

wow thats awesome a big block powered PT

[surmanajaja]

you cannot compare a Tiger to a Jensen. Tiger is light, short car that with modern tires can really move on a track. Jensen is a HEAVY gt-touring-style car, that is not a corner-burner and never ever was considered a really fast car. of course with a mopar engine, it has beautiful sounds but only the fourwheeldrive version is interesting to me. and that is a rare animal.

if you want the fastest possible english car with american engine, get a TVR Griffith. its ridicously small, with a built Ford small block its a monster on curvy roads.

I don't think this small block sports car holds a candle to the AC Cobra, also english car with american engine. This car had a 427 side oiler pushing 485hp(compitetion version) and only weighs 2,200 lbs. The 340 hp TVR small block would have the advantage with less weight up front and newer suspension technologies, but I'll stick with the raw power thanks you.  

well of course if I had the money I would be driving a 427 cobra super snake with the 2 paxtons..but in real life, the small block was faster. even in drag race, the 289 dragon snake was faster than 427, because of weight and traction.

I have been to a lot of historic races, where millionares drive the wheels of these things, and tvr griffith is up there right behind the Le Mans winning GT40´s-. they are faster than cobras.light weight and sticky tires will do that.

too bad theyre so small I cant fit inside one..

You must be giant... I'm 6'3" and weigh 240lbs and fit easily in these old cars. I got the chance to drive the Dragon snake that won the 66 winternationals pretty cool car. Also got to drive and tune an original factory tuned Race AC 427 cobra. Same guy owned both. not sure where you get the small blocks are faster, 427 cobra ran 12.30s in quarter, small blocks never touched that. Doesn't matter really cool cars

no I am just 6 feet tall but slightly heavier than you. I can fit in a cobra just fine, I meant the griffith, theyre too small for me, had the same feeling as I had trying to get in a Fiat 600 (actually a Zastava 770, copy of the Fiat), I just couldnt get my legs in.

yeah theyre all cool cars and I would be proud to have any in my garage. only ford powered thing there now is a 65 stang that I have had 21 years.

[Magnumcharger]

I dug up those Alpine shots I referred to earlier in this thread. How often do you see anything like this in a junkyard anymore??
Especially a CHRYSLER Sunbeam? Freaky!

[Magnumcharger]

One more shot...and a Sunbeam Tiger I saw in Malta last month!

[CrAzYMoPaRGuY]

I was working in BC last week, and had the weekend off to kill. So, being a car-show-aholic, I checked to see what shows were on for the weekend. I met him at a WPC annual show at Fort Rodd hill, near Colwood, BC.
I also saw the same truck up in Courtney a few days later at a show downtown.

Did you happen to notice anything strange under the hood?
Last time I saw the car he was just finishing it off, and from the pics- by the looks of it.... something should have seemed strange to you!
Any idea what it is?

[Magnumcharger]

Ummmm....no radiator?

[Chryco Psycho]

The original British body Mopar powered hot rod was the Cunningham built years before the Cobra using the older 354& 392 Hemis in the 50s

[maxwellwedge]

One more shot...and a Sunbeam Tiger I saw in Malta last month!

Chief - I believe this calls for the Cone of Silence....

[Magnumcharger]

uh-huh...
http://www.getsmartcarsite.com/

[Magnumcharger]

A nice Tiger that I saw in BC last week.

Yes, I like British Sports cars....very much.

[Magnumcharger]

cuppla more...

[mauve66]

these guys like Jensens also, and they make throttle bodies for 6pak fuel injection

http://www.fbthrottlebodies.com/

[CrAzYMoPaRGuY]

Ummmm....no radiator?

LOL! Yup!!!
He told me he was going to run two small rads under the rear seat area, I always wondered how it turned out!!

[68pplcharger]

you cannot compare a Tiger to a Jensen. Tiger is light, short car that with modern tires can really move on a track. Jensen is a HEAVY gt-touring-style car, that is not a corner-burner and never ever was considered a really fast car. of course with a mopar engine, it has beautiful sounds but only the fourwheeldrive version is interesting to me. and that is a rare animal.

if you want the fastest possible english car with american engine, get a TVR Griffith. its ridicously small, with a built Ford small block its a monster on curvy roads.

I don't think this small block sports car holds a candle to the AC Cobra, also english car with american engine. This car had a 427 side oiler pushing 485hp(compitetion version) and only weighs 2,200 lbs. The 340 hp TVR small block would have the advantage with less weight up front and newer suspension technologies, but I'll stick with the raw power thanks you.  

well of course if I had the money I would be driving a 427 cobra super snake with the 2 paxtons..but in real life, the small block was faster. even in drag race, the 289 dragon snake was faster than 427, because of weight and traction.

I have been to a lot of historic races, where millionares drive the wheels of these things, and tvr griffith is up there right behind the Le Mans winning GT40´s-. they are faster than cobras.light weight and sticky tires will do that.

too bad theyre so small I cant fit inside one..

You must be giant... I'm 6'3" and weigh 240lbs and fit easily in these old cars. I got the chance to drive the Dragon snake that won the 66 winternationals pretty cool car. Also got to drive and tune an original factory tuned Race AC 427 cobra. Same guy owned both. not sure where you get the small blocks are faster, 427 cobra ran 12.30s in quarter, small blocks never touched that. Doesn't matter really cool cars

no I am just 6 feet tall but slightly heavier than you. I can fit in a cobra just fine, I meant the griffith, theyre too small for me, had the same feeling as I had trying to get in a Fiat 600 (actually a Zastava 770, copy of the Fiat), I just couldnt get my legs in.

yeah theyre all cool cars and I would be proud to have any in my garage. only ford powered thing there now is a 65 stang that I have had 21 years.

Ok, they must be tiny on the inside. Never had the pleasure driving one of those cars. Sounds like trying to squeeze into a go cart with a roof. Love the fastback mustangs, always wanted a 67-8 fastback.

[Brock Samson]

 i think it's somewhat forgotten how one of the draws of the American cars was and is the room, certain cars i could never concider (most recently the Crossfire as too narrow) a lot of the furrin' cars looked sweet like the XKE, but being well over six-feet tall. Sitting behind the wheel makes it a deal breaker.
My GF's newish Camry must have been designed for women - cause it's just too small for me.
I want a big back seat and a big trunk or it's just a toy. 

[Magnumcharger]

Seen one of these before?
http://www.copart.com/c2/classic_auction_search_results.html?_eventId=getLot&execution=e1s7&lotId=21561441&returnPage=SEARCH_RESULTS#lotDetail

Jensen Healey?

[Brock Samson]

yeah, and pretty unloved too...
'N how about that front wheel drive lotus they made for a few years... 
Where all all those cars now?.. stashed in the back of garages somewhere to be the barn finds ten-twenty years down the road...
I saw these on the way to a Ballgame a couple weeks ago...
but i gotta resize them,..
OF FREAKING COURSE!!!

[Vainglory, Esq.]

New Jensen Interceptor is supposedly coming out: http://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/new-jensen-interceptor-the-interceptors-top-gear-2011-09-20

[Aero426]

The original British body Mopar powered hot rod was the Cunningham built years before the Cobra using the older 354& 392 Hemis in the 50s

The Allard is the English hot rod with the Hemi (among other engines).

Cunningham cars were built in America with bodies by Vignale of Italy.

[CrAzYMoPaRGuY]

New Jensen Interceptor is supposedly coming out: http://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/new-jensen-interceptor-the-interceptors-top-gear-2011-09-20

If it DOES end up being made I surrrrre hope it's a modern Hemi in it!!!

[Bob T]

There's a few Interceptors out here but they dont often surface, I find the idea of a factory mid size european with a 440 quite intriguing.
Theres a guy I know in the next street over with a Reliant Scimitar that he's owned for over 20 years, it has the V6 motor and he has put triple Weber 45 DCOE carbs on it, it really honks. Virtually the same bodyshell as the Jensen Interceptor

[b5blue]

I LOVE the Webber DCOE sidedrafts! The TR 4 I had with a pair of them on it flat out hauled butt! With a overdrive 4 speed giving me 8 forward gears behind it I stomped many wanna be street machines. The intakes were hand made looking like header pipes between the carbs and head. 

[CrAzYMoPaRGuY]

Theres a guy I know in the next street over with a Reliant Scimitar that he's owned for over 20 years, it has the V6 motor and he has put triple Weber 45 DCOE carbs on it, it really honks. Virtually the same bodyshell as the Jensen Interceptor

HUH???

Any pics of the "Scimitar"...?

[b5blue]

I'd love to see that! 

[Magnumcharger]

I'd love to see that! 

Google works well...

[CrAzYMoPaRGuY]

I'd love to see that! 

Google works well...

That's the Scimitar I was thinking of.... but it's a far cry from "virtually the same bodyshell" as an Interceptor!!!

[Bob T]

I'd love to see that! 

Google works well...

That's the Scimitar I was thinking of.... but it's a far cry from "virtually the same bodyshell" as an Interceptor!!!

Ok, refine that to "somewhat similar" then