Pilkie's Project 1955 Jensen 541 chassis 541/245206 is home

Pilkie

Pilkie

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Hi all.

Well its official my 1955 Jensen 541,early chassis no 24,,,CH541/245206 is now mine and at home ready to play with. :D
Got an early morning call from a contact with a lowloader,so I've got it home a week earlier than planned. :D



I am going to try and resist the temptation to give it a good clean up,leaving it as is for a couple of shows at least.
That is as long as I can get it running and road legal.
1st job is to connect a battery and see what electics work while the penetrating lubes do their stuff on the engine bores. :)
Then get it up on the ramp and have a real good poke about to find all that rust on the chassis that I have no doubt missed. :LOL:

Will add more pics and info as I go along.
 
Looks really nice.
What are planning on doing with the wires? They're chromed i take it?
Watching with interest :D
Jim
 
Its a lot better than it looks TBH!
Wires are/were painted from the factory!!
I have a deal for some NICE chromes in the pipeline!! :wink:
They will only go on once its been painted though,if I get them.
 
Looks like lots of fun ahead for you; does the chook always inspect you cars; look like she is sizing the engine bay up as a laying box.
 
Hehe,, the chook was following me all round the car while I was investigating it prior to purchase,as were the others.
Had to get her off the towtruck or she would of ended up at my place.probably in the oven! :LOL:
 
Hi all.

Well,ive had a good look under it,up on the ramp,and have to concede to those who said so,"you were right!!",and that there is a little more rust on the rear end spring hangar areas than I first though,although it just looks mainly like flat plating rather than tube rot.
To do this justice and to do it properly the rear body section should be removed to get better access,as welding that close to fiberglass wouldnt be a good idea!.
On the plus side the front chassis area, side and cross tubes apart from just surface rust do look pretty good.
As it is a very early car "No 24" and complete,well 97% as some of it has fallen off in the form of rust and paint,it would be an excellent basis for anyone wanting to do either just the rear end repairs or a full blown nut and bolt resto.
The engine is a factory replacement,looks like gold seal as the head/block is gold,and believed to have only 10k miles with a new clutch..
I am still hopefull that I can free off the engine,and maybe get it fired up and mobile albeit with no brakes.

As the work involved is more than I want to do,I have decided to sell it on to a new loving owner who wants to really get stuck in to it for a few years.
I have 2 other recomission projects to do that will keep me busy for the summer.

I will be on holiday from 4th march,and will be home all that week.
There are 1/2 dozen people on this and other forums who have expressed an interest in it if I decided to sell it,and even a guy from Australia!
So therefore its basically first come first served,as long as the price is acceptable.
After carefull thought and based on what others have said,
I have decided on a price;

£6000ono,,,SOLD sstc!!


So anyone who is interested,please PM or Email me.
You have access to the pics,are welcome to come and view it on my ramp.

Regards Dave
 
Never seen a car with a suicide boot before .I see it must have a valve radio as it has the vibrator box under the bonnet
Hope someone here takes it on so we can follow the progress
 
Never seen a car with a suicide boot before
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Perfect for a rumble seat.

kenosha-41-rumble-seat-jeni.jpg
 
Too much work is relative innit!
I could easily do the work,but didnt want to get into it that far.
The only issue for me was removing the rear body tub,as I didnt want to get into splitting it apart!!
It is the accepted way of doing it,as that is actually how they were built!!.
If it were a similar fit to a TR or Herald the whole body would be off by now!
 
Pilkie said:
Too much work is relative innit!
I could easily do the work,but didnt want to get into it that far.
The only issue for me was removing the rear body tub,as I didnt want to get into splitting it apart!!
It is the accepted way of doing it,as that is actually how they were built!!.
If it were a similar fit to a TR or Herald the whole body would be off by now!
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what i meant was too much work for the deadline you was aiming for :)
 
Got to get the 1960 Morris 1000 2 door ive been given back home to assess,then decide whats to do with it!
1st impressions are that its very saveable,but as always,till its up on the ramp and a good dig about can be done,you never know.
And will it start and drive???
He is aware that if its too far gone,ie not economic,it will be broken to provide useful donor parts for its brothers and sisters that are still alive!!!
Owner didnt want it to go to the scrap man!
Then on to the secret stash to see if a deal can be done for 3 of them! :wink:
 
I spent a happy summer in my late teens helping a mate weld up his minor, we rolled it over on to an old matress so we could do the floor rails etc. Quite a job but it came out well.

A series engines seem to last forever, and will run on a bit of spit and a 9v battery.

I suspect it's the level of rot that will determine the fate of this one.
 
Don't knock them Dave! They have absolutely superb handling, which helps them keep up with much more exotic machinery. My best time from Nailsea to Clifton in Bristol was in a cross ply tyred Minor convertible for many years. Beating it's subsequent Austin 1300GT (Cooper S motor), MGC and MGBV8 replacements.

Chris
 
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