Me and my Interceptor

[Royale80]

Found this photo up my mothers. It's around 1996.

 

Shows me and my series 3G Interceptor. 6.3 V8.

Wish I had kept it-but marriage and new house got in the way.

 

Steve

 

 

[Wingz123]

Crikey they must have heard you coming from the next county in that thing!

[timolloyd]

Much respect. An Interceptor is in my top 10 cars to own. Is 'yours' still on the road?

[RED2stroke]

Amazing motor in 1972 I worked after school at a local garage as a petrol pump attendant, down sarf and a guy used to come in from "up north lad" he had a primrose yellow one of these , with if I remember tinted glass, as a gobsmacked 16 year old I my lasting memory is of being able to see my reflection in the bottom of the fuel tank as I stuck my nozzel in......

[MorrisItalSLX]

Interceptors are just gorgeous, absolutely stunning.

looks like your old one has just had a fresh MOT, and is now silver.

[Spiny Norman]

9 minutes ago, timolloyd said:

Much respect. An Interceptor is in my top 10 cars to own. Is 'yours' still on the road?

 Just been MOT'd a couple of weeks ago, so yes.

 

[iainrcz]

I like Interceptors. Saw a brown one some time ago in a petrol station, cracking looking thing.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

1 hour ago, Wingz123 said:

Crikey they must have heard you coming from the next county in that thing!

The petrol stations must have rubbed their hands with glee....

[Royale80]

15 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

The petrol stations must have rubbed their hands with glee....

They did-especially as my brother had this at the same time.

 

[Royale80]

44 minutes ago, MorrisItalSLX said:

Interceptors are just gorgeous, absolutely stunning.

looks like your old one has just had a fresh MOT, and is now silver.

Funnily enough I still see it about at shows. I first saw it about 10 years ago, Tony who bought it off the person I sold it to, had done loads of work to it. The suspension was totally shot as well as the camshaft. Mechanically it's now superb-last time I saw him-about 2 years ago-he was going to start on the body. I'll see if I can find some photos of it as it now is.

 

Stevve

[Royale80]

Found a few more. These were taken by my father when I just bought it. You can see my p6 3500S in the background.

[Royale80]

Just found these.

 

This was it at Tredegar Park Car Show in 2012. First time I had seen it in 12 years.

[Noel Tidybeard]

whilst the blue was nice, resale silver seems to suit it well

[Tamworthbay]

I think the blue looked nicer, but I do have a soft spot for blue cars.....

[320touring]

Lovely, and grand to see it still about! Must have been quite the ownership experience:)

 

These are up there with the Citroen SM as "big handsome basturt" cars - exceptionally pretty, but carry significant respect with them.

I imagine the original owner as a jovial chap, who'd have your kneecaps for overriders if you crossed him

[Justin Case]

Gorgeous car especially in that colour,  there was always a good showing  of them at the Sandwell Car Show (after all they were only made just down the road ) From the colour and the Middlesex registration I can imagine it was originally owned by some famous entertainer who had just finished the panto at the London Palladium and had now settled down to a summer season at Great Yarmouth (those were the days )

[strangeangel]

Handsome beasts, those. I do prefer it in the blue as you had it though.

[ETCHY]

Great looking cars. I think that shape has aged really well, when you think it came out in (I think) 1966 & compare it with things like E-Types & DB5's it looks far more modern.

I preferred the blue

[wuvvum]

I agree, blue suited it better, although not sure about the body colour rear bumper.  That interior looks an amazing place to be.

[omegod]

I'd love to track and interview the first owners of cars like these, must have been some lifestyle they had to be able to spend a hunk of chunk like that in those days 

[Cavcraft]

Stunning motors, not seen one in ages.

[Noel Tidybeard]

allegedly the left and right sills are different lengths on an interslapter

[Royale80]

53 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

I agree, blue suited it better, although not sure about the body colour rear bumper.  That interior looks an amazing place to be.

The bumpers were both painted when I bought it. I think I paid £4250 for it including delivery. It was from a dealer in Oxford who had a barn full of them. I stripped both bumpers using “proper” Nitromers - the front one came up ok but the back was a bit dull.

Body wise it had more filler than Halfords- but was a nice drive, though not as nice as my brothers V12 XJS.

 

[stuboy]

not tempted to get another?

[Royale80]

Just now, stuboy said:

not tempted to get another?

Would love one-but the days of a four grand Interceptor are long gone. Half decent ones are at least £20000-may as well be a bloody million!

 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

8 minutes ago, Stevebrookman said:

Would love one-but the days of a four grand Interceptor are long gone. Half decent ones are at least £20000-may as well be a bloody million!

 

And there's still the cost of petrol....

[Royale80]

10 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

And there's still the cost of petrol....

Don't think it ever got into double figures very often MPG wise.

 

[Three Speed]

My brother had a friend with one back in the 80s. I think he was about 22 at the time. Got it cheap as it wouldn’t go into top gear. I seem to remember it did 8mpg. Fantastic looking and sounding cars. 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

2 hours ago, Stevebrookman said:

Don't think it ever got into double figures very often MPG wise.

A few have been converted to programmable fuel injection, improving the fuel consumption.

[chaseracer]

Work sometimes takes me along Kelvin Way in West Brom, but the Jensen factory is unfortunately long gone...

http://www.jensenmuseum.org/jensen-motors-kelvin-way-factory/