Jensen Interceptors have always intrigued me, mostly because they use a Detroit-sourced drivetrain in a decidedly non-Detroit body. Well, that and a combination of being not all that great and kinda forgotten makes for some surprisingly cheap driver-grade examples. Here’s a runner for $13k in LA.
Today’s example goes well beyond “driver-grade with cosmetic issues” well into “is that even a car?” territory. When it first popped up in my inbox (and the bidding was low) I was thinking it’d be a great LeMons candidate. With the reserve unmet at a current $7,000 bid, it’s clear we’re dealing with a car that gets at least a few people all hot and bothered.
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Let’s get something straight: Jensen Interceptors are awesome. Big block Mopar power and a sleek 70s GT body make so much sense. This goes doubly for the convertible, which drops the iconic but awkward giant rear glass in favor of kinda-sorta-Aston Martin looks.
But this thing needs everything. The body’s got rust issues top-to-bottom, front-to-back. I don’t even know how a car manages to rust out a 6×6″ square on the leading edge of the hood, particularly in California. Obviously, the top’s shot and the interior maintains enough intact parts to know what the replacements need to look like. Not running, either, but getting a 440 running is a round-off error compared to the cost and effort to make this car “done”.
And yet here we are with the bidding at seven grand and an unmet reserve. Googling for different examples reveals this same car on Craigslist with a $22,500 price tag. Holy crap. Even if the claims that restored examples go for nearly $100k (despite the one for sale for [sc:ebay itemid=”130831177819″ linktext=”$70k right here” ]) are true, it’s not clear the price spread would cover the costs to get there. Not to mention there’s almost no way to enjoy this car in a partially “done” state. Like, you could nearly build it from scratch for the kind of money it’ll take to rebuild. Or pick up one of the other 493 classic V8 convertibles for sale on eBay.
Auction ends this Sunday!
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