Joerg with his car
Joerg bought 112/2371 in May 2005 from it's third owner, he had the car for 35 years and before that his friend was the owner for less than a year. The first owner was John Menzies from John Menzies Plc Edinburgh.
The car was supplied to him by Roslight Motors Edinburgh and first registered 06.12.1965 as ESG920C.
When he bought her she had been in storage for nearly 15 years ( in not the best kind of garage ) and was not roadworthy. Richard Lovell-Butt suggested a small workshop near Farnham where the car was located at the time and they made it drivable for him.
In early December 2005 he drove it home on its own wheels - 800 miles to Dresden.
Joerg wanted to drive the car as long as possible unrestored and learn during that time as much as possible about C-V8 and Jensen in general.
This didn't quite work out as he had the engine rebuild after one year, played a bit with different types of exhaust and bought 112/2367 as a spare car.
Winter 2009 he had an accident ( someone hit the rear of the car) and that was the starting point of the restoration.
Welding and re fabrication of panels took 9 months, the body took him about a year to refit, repair and paint and assembly started in March 2012.
Engine is upgraded to 7.9 litre (still number matching) with hydraulic roller cam and 8stack Hilborn EFI (550 HP). Gearbox is TKO 600 with a long 5th gear, rear axle has a Quaife diff.
Top speed 152 mph ( me, not the car to be honest) All green tinted glass.
Tons of modifications ( most of them hidden somewhere or looking original) in the electrical system (24 fuses, 9 relays and total custom rear light and flasher function)
