I have very recently joined your Club (10 minutes ago) and registered for the forum. Hello.
I was lucky enough to have bought the red CV8 at the recent Brightwells auction in Bicester on June 24th this year and now have the task of bringing it back to life on the road.
It's new home is close to Bradford, West Yorkshire. It has been off the road for 22 years so 'needs some re-commissioning' in Auctioneers speak which should be translated into needing to be pretty much taken to pieces.
The engine runs (seemingly well) and the car drives though one (yes only one) brake caliper is sticking badly. I have driven it around 200 yards!
So the plan is to get the beast running to a state where it would pass an MOT and then drive it for a few hundred miles to check how the engine and gearbox perform, and how many oil leaks I have. It will then be taken to my workshop and pretty much everthing dismantled, largely because it needs re-painting but also to completely expose the steel areas of the chassis and associated parts for some welding. The interior is tired with hard and cracked leather with a few tears in places. Its certainly not a basket case but it needs attention rust wise to the front floor pans and the lower bulkhead on the off side, together with some attention to the inner cill area just front of the rear wheels. The rest seems remarkably solid (famous last words). At least if i get it on the road first I can tackle everything at once since any gremlins will hopefully have revealed themselves after a thorough road test.
My aim is to have it back together and on the road again by next summer subject to work committments which are often eratic.
So I am afraid I am going to ask for something in my very first post.
It seems a lot of information about every Jensen produced is contained within the now unobtainable book by Richard Calver. The details I have about my CV8 are as follows:
1964, Chassis No 104/2199, red, current reg 839 HYU. Engine No; 200/4 V8.
I understand 'the book' might give me other information such as exactly when it was sold, precise colour, who it might have been sold to, initial reg number etc. I know it was sold by Follets in London becuase the cills bear the brass plate suggesting such. I also know this particular car was in Northern Ireland at some point before being brought back to England in 1982 because i have a couple of old MOT's from NI. It was then owned by a Peter Everett near Axebridge in 1989, and then sold to Richard Cross in Bury St Edmunds in 1994 who owned it right up to 2018 when it was sold to me, though was unused for 22 years.
I'd love to get as much history about this particular car as possible so if you could help that would be great. I am not sure what the etiquette is regarding quoting sections of the said 'book' or whether someone can only provide this information for a fee. Guidence appreciated.
Looking forward to the challenge!
Thanks very much in advance.
Ade.
