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JENSEN GOES TO THE MOVIES
Jensen Interceptor carchase in the start of the movie Speedtrap (1977)
(Se also a 71'mustang being wrecked the same way...)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmXPCyKZjoc
An impressive gathering of Jensens in films
http://www.imcdb.org/vehicles.php?make=Jensen&model=Interceptor&modelMatch=1&modelInclModel=on
Many famous persons have owned Jensens, and the car has also appeared in
several films.
Here's some of that history!
Roger Moore as James Bond in
front of his Jensenmade Volvo P1800
Not for Jensen were the vulgar film and TV
appearances afforded to Aston Martin and Jaguar.
Indeed when Roger Moore found himself in Jensen heaven for 100 episodes of
the cult TV show The Saint, the car was actually badged as a Volvo.
The low-slung Volvo P1800 of the early 1960s was built not in Sweden, but by
the craftsmen of West Bromwich.
http://www.volvoclub.org.uk/saint.shtml
Meaning of life
Yes, driving a Jensens is the Meaning of Life!
The great british comedy act Monthy Python used a white Jensen Interceptor
in chapter 7, the last chapter, of the film, "Monty
Phyton's meaning of life" from 1983, concerning death.
The small plot episode ending the famous movie is when "The grim reaper" (Death)
comes knocking on a door in the English countryside, and gets invited to a
party which just have eaten salmon paté with botulism.
When they all die, Death leads them on to Heaven, but they take the trip in
their cars, lead by the white Jensen Interceptor, a Volvo 240 and a yellow
Porsche.
The Interceptor leads them all to Heaven.
What a way to go there....! :)
Gone in 60 seconds
One of the cars being stolen in the original 1973-film "Gone in 60 seconds"
was a Mark III Interceptor.
Here's more about that from wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gone_in_60_Seconds_(1974_movie)
The Junkman (1982)
The film Junkman features
this Convertible:
A pastiche piece in the style of the
original ‘Protectors’ television series, the promo team managed to source a
classic Tangerine Jensen Interceptor Series III for the filming. Spotted in
a West London street the production crew posted a note on the vehicle
regarding the promo shoot.
A huge fan of Tony’s, television producer Joe Harding was only too glad for
his treasured Jensen to make a cameo appearance!
Theres been a lot of celebrities owning Jensens, among these, actor Clark
Gable, Cher, (Jensen Convertible), Frank Sinatra (FF), M.U.-footballer Sir Matt Busby, racing driver
Gerry Marshall (541-R), Joe Bamford (FF), Jack Nicklaus, novelist Harold Robbins and comedians
Mike and Bernie Winters, jazz musician Ginger Baker (Interceptors).
Mitch Mitchell of the Jimi Hendrix Experience drove a FF, which also Jimi
Hendrix himself is to have driven shortly before he died in 1970.
Sir Cliff Richard, actor John Thaw and ex-heavyweight champ Henry Cooper,
and nightclub-owner Peter Stringfellow
have all owned Interceptors.
According to BBC, comedian Eric Morecambe had his first heart
attack in an Interceptor (and convinced a passer-by to chauffeur him to
hospital in it.)
Jack Straker of
Beachbuggy also drives an Interceptor.
Singer Barry MaGuire drove (and smashed?) an FF (is rebuilt!).
Songwriter and vocalist Dave Walker of Fleetwood Mac also had an Interceptor,
"which
went like a rocket", as he says on their webpage.
A band even was named after the car,
Jenson Interceptor.
Simon Dutton used the Interceptor as the Saints car in the TV-series in the
80'ies, and Roger Morre used the Jensenmade Volvo 1800 in the same role in
the 60'ies.
A song from Queen's album "A night at the opera", "I'm in love with my car"
from 1975, written by the drummer,
features a video with both a Jensen Interceptor MK III and a Jensen FF.
Of course in addition to a lot of other sportscars like Porsche 911 and
Jaguar E-type.
Hollywoodproducer Quinn Martin and his wife both owned Interceptor
Convertibles, actress Lynda Carter, financier Winthrop P. Rockefeller owned
several Jensens.
John Bonham, the Led Zeppelin-drummer, owned Interceptors and FFs as well as
a rare late model Convertible with wooden dash (only a dozen were made in
RHD).
Anneka de Lorenzo won one in 1975. She stripped herself sown in the October
1975 issue of Penthouse, she was declared the Penthouse Pet of the Year for
1975, at the age of 23. She won over $50,000 in cash and gifts, including a
1975 Jensen-Interceptor sports coupe (as well as a new Reel-to-Reel recorder
and a turntable!). Anneka was also on the cover of the magazine, and got a
new photo shoot to celebrate.
Recordartist Nigel Hayes uses one on the front cover of his 2000-album "But
is it art?".
http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/h/hayesnigel-but.shtml
In Norway the shipping billionaire Petter Sundt owned a Jensen Interceptor
1976,
still one of the best cars running in Norway to date.
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