Manufactured on August 3, 1971, this Jensen Interceptor was one of just 101 cars painted in Metallic Quartz and trimmed with a black interior, and one of only 478 examples built in right-hand drive for its year of construction. The Jensen left the factory configured with air conditioning, Sundym glass, a Voxson 8-track player with radio, as well as Town & Country air horns.
The Interceptor was delivered new to dealer Charles Follet Ltd. in north London on August 6, 1971, and later purchased by Mr. E A Wyatt of Dulwich, south London. Copies of the factory warranty records show that by the September of that year, the car had covered just over 1,000 miles. Then, by May 1972, the odometer read 3,897 miles. Mr. Wyatt’s next-door neighbor at the time, the consigning owner, acquired this Interceptor sometime in the mid-1970s.
An MoT certificate issued in 1979 recorded the odometer reading as 2,498 miles. It is believed that between late 1972 and 1979, the odometer was changed. The numerous MoT certificates on file, along with a letter from Jensen in 1992 that remarks the “mileage of 4,926 is undoubtedly accurate,” demonstrate that the car has covered only 4,000 miles from 1979 to 2025.
Used sparingly over the past two decades, this Jensen Interceptor would benefit from recommissioning prior to road use. In June 2025, the carburetor was rebuilt; the spark plugs and battery are new. Today, the Jensen still presents in its factory-correct color scheme of Metallic Quartz over a black interior. The odometer reads 6,701 miles at the time of cataloging. The car retains its matching-numbers Chrysler V8 engine and looks to have retained its period Voxson 8-track radio. The history file contains previous MoT certificates, the driver’s handbook, toolkit, invoices, and a Jensen Motors Statement of Origin, which verifies the factory options and colors.
(Introductory description courtesy of RM Sotheby’s.)
