Shocking amount of weight removed from the Jensen Interceptor. 

It’s on 👍😂

Tony Curtis had a Jensen FF!

Well done, that’s a great list. 👍😀

Impressive list! I think Lord Brett Sinclair, Roger Moore's fictional character in the 1970s TV series, The Persuaders, also drove an Interceptor.

@@robborland290 In 'The Persuaders', Lord Brett Sinclair drove an Aston Martin DBS - a very special one - when the DBS was launched the Tadek Marek V8 wasn't ready, so Brett Sinclair's DBS had the 4.0-litre six-cylinder engine from the DB6.

Wow

Was.

That’s a good one, cheers 👍😀

Wow , great list. 👍😀

@@spudproductions7606 Thanks.

I’m pretty sure I remember serving petrol to Jason Wingard , who was driving one in the 70s

And the wonderful sound of that big block.

​@@212MPH I had a 1966 New Yorker with a balanced and blue printed slightly modified 440 in it. It sounded really nice and went as good as it sounded. Surprised a lot of Mustangs and Camaros with it. They couldn't believe they lost to a New Yorker in the 1/4 mile and by a lot.

The torqueflight auto trans wasn't exactly a light weight either!

@@mikedx2706 The 440 weighed about 745 lbs and the torque flight about 125lbs.

plus the engine particularly if low miles should be worth the effort to sell it perhaps best possible going on $10K USD. Change the oil and video running it BEFORE removing it from the car when removed cleans the engine and it should be an easy sell on Bring-a-Trailer, eBay, Craigslist etc depending on what the engine comes out of!

One of the best looking cars with one of the best names as well. 👍

My mk1 interceptor would cruise at 120 mph with no problems, other than fuel dropping quite dramatically.

@@roystonvehicles9129 Fortunately it is just the fuel gauge needle dropping to the floor. 😄

@@Stefan_Dahn yes bud

Good ones. 👍😀

Glad it helped

Good one, I remember him and when his mask was ripped off. 👍😀

I wonder what Big Daddy drove, or Giant Haystacks? 😉😁😆

@@ElectricClassicCars Kendo says that Big Daddy didn't drive himself to wrestling matches, he was driven by his brothers in a Ford Transit van with a specially modified seat! Haystacks apparently liked big Mercedes saloons, the V8 SE range, and he also needed a special seat to accommodate his size and weight. The 'Electric Classic Cars' spirit of upgrading powertrains was occasionally apparent - Pat Roach once had a Bentley R-type (the model before the RR Cloud shape) in which he'd replaced the smooth but thirsty 4.6-litre straight six engine for a somewhat coarse 3-cylinder Perkins diesel tractor engine! Apparently, Pat was delighted with the increase from 9mpg to 30mpg, but Kendo said the whole car vibrated like crazy, as badly as any tractor! Kendo said, "He loved it, but he'd ruined the car! He wouldn't hear of it though!" It's likely that he'd have been an ECC customer!

Thanks for the info. 👍😀

I was very surprised by the weight distribution. 👍😀

My Mazda 6 with 2 light people on board is 1600kgs. My Tesla S is 2200 kgs with 2 people in it.

@@markmark5269 yes, new EV's are extremely heavy. I just can't wait for one on them to crush me in my 1100kg Beetle.

Good to hear. Loads more to come. 👍😀

Good to hear. It’s going to be a cool conversion. 👍😀

Welcome back!

@@ElectricClassicCars 🤗

Welcome 👍😀

Agreed 👍😀

Watch this space 👍😀

Don't expect Gwyneth Paltrow.

1936 jensen-Ford convertible

Jensen built an Interceptor from 1950-57 with a 4 litre straight 6 Austin derived engine, nothing like the later V8 engined Interceptor models from 1966>.

Interesting, there was no tool kit in it. 👍

Lol, not in my opinion, but then I'm not British. I guess it is what you are used to.

Unfortunately there's not enough room in the rear without cutting the boot floor, we'd also need to change the rear suspension as it's a solid rear axle.

A bit harsh old boy, more like prints of masters being passed off as the original. Me personally have no issues with these conversions, (I did initially but have overcome them) help keeps the cars on the road without the headaches /woes/ reliability and maintenance and no stinky dangerous exhaust pipes. (yes I know pollution from electricity gens.)

Thanks. 👍😀

Yep, that's what we usually do for each car, but to make the video more interesting we thought we'd film and weigh everything that came off instead. 👍

Thanks 👍😀

Glad you like them!

Me too. An old boss had one. Very cool. 👍😀

@Antonio Palmero. Do you like the Jensen CV8? If you haven't already seen it, have a look at Retropower on RU-vid. They are resto - modding a CV8 which will be quite something when finished. Stay safe and well.

"Modern reliability" lmfao. That hilarious as one of the most hilarious part abiut new cars is their reliability. Or rather, lack of

@Kro tch LickmEugh do you even know what can go wrong in an ev?

Life is cheap in south east Asia but these dangerous conversions should be banned elsewhere.

Welcome 👍😀

You're welcome 😊

He said they’re using the space, so there won’t be a spare.

True but we need the space for the rear battery pack, also new cars haven't had spares for decades. 👍

@@ElectricClassicCars "...new cars haven't had spares for decades." Huh? Say what now??🙄

@@ElectricClassicCars fair enough taking that into consideration. Keep up the good work.

@@eGazTheFirstAustralian I figure he means there in the UK. We still like our spares.

And no room for and battery to get you anywhere.

@@MrLeovdmeer Re: Caterham, there's plenty of room. The motor doesn't have to be crazy huge and there are potential frontal and rear areas to store the battery packs. The issue is one of packaging, and branching off from that, weight distribution. However to have a go at half solving these problems, the level of engineering required to make the most efficient use of the space, would be intensive and quite pricey. Not impossible though. A light car such as the Seven needn't have a whopping great battery pack or a big Tesla motor.

Welcome 👍😀

Don’t forget that you can sell the 440 and the other smelly parts to defray some of the costs of your beautiful investment!

It was a beautiful car till you desecrated it into this, perhaps you don't realise it, but this electric fad won't last

Good point, the FF would be even heavier 👍😬

No car plants in the Lake District. 😂😂

Really ????👍

Or a gold wing and Harley are the same weight as a car. 😂😂👍

@@spudproductions7606 A fairly small one, yeah :-)

That must have been the coolest company car in the world. Good job the company paid for the fuel. 😁👍

Now it will remain beautiful but will become cool as well.

Thanks. 👍😀

Wow. Now that's a list. Thanks. 👍

Good effort. Go to the top of the class. 👍😀

Spare wheel has to go as we need the space for the rear battery pack. 👍

Cool story. I bet the Lotus handled better than the Jensen. 😉👍

@@ElectricClassicCars Actually the Interceptor handled very well,especially at speed. The almost perfect 50/50 weight distribution helped, along with some good Koni shock absorbers. When I bought the car some teenagers had been bracket racing it at various drag strips. The result was that the rear springs had sagged badly but after I had them heat repeated and re-curved by a bloke in Anaheim the handling was very good. Plenty of road hugging weight of course. There was a stretch of road behind the Tustin airship hangers that I used every day on my way to my office. There were no cross streets for about a mile and a half and, traffic permitting, I would hit 135 mph easily every day I could. Unfortunately, with the aerodynamics of a brick, it was just about flat out at that speed, but steady as a rock. I'd hit 90 down Laguna Canyon on quiet traffic days (now a divided highway, then a two lane road) and the car would just drift lovely as she rose on the suspension over a rise on a bend there. We'd stay at the Desert in when we drove to Las Vegas and the car hops would always park the Jensen outside the main entrance. It was bright yellow and reflected well in the dark glass front and I never told them off for doing burn outs when they had to move it from time to time. The Chrysler 440 HiPo engine and 727 transmission were bulletproof. I didn't have the Europa then but I did have a 1965 Lotus Elan for the mountains and my Buick V6 powered Triumph TR7 Spider for running around town. I still have the Spider and replaced the Elan with the Europa after I suffered Lotus withdrawal symptoms.

Cliff - good one 👍😀

That would be cool but most EVs do not carry a spare tire/tyre. Thus they use the space for EV stuff.

@@nevco8774 no excuse for copying others mistakes? I've literally bought a spare for my Model 3.

Everybody knows electric tires don't get flats

it was defective, smelly fumes came out the back 😉

Cool 👍😀

Yes, it was on the engine. 👍

The elephant in the room..... COST?

Licking my finger and holding it up in the air... Donor Jensen in good condition: _minimum_ £50 K, more likely 75+. Electric drive train + all the other gubbins: _minimum_ £20 K Labour (how does 500 hours at £80/hr sound?): £40 K Amortized business costs (facilities/equipment/admin etc.): £5 K sound reasonable? Profit markup for a custom job like this (25% ? - excluding car): £16 K So I'd guess somewhere north of £130 K all in. In other words, a rich persons indulgence.