COYS Auction - 'The Jaguar Legend'
Blenheim Palace,
Woodstock,
Oxfordshire OX20 1PX
Saturday 17th July 2010 at 1pm
Registration Number: CPG 324 Chassis Number: C18RE3233
A total of perhaps 30 Jensen-Fords were built including this exceptionally rare Shooting Brake. This vehicle is believed to be the only remaining one of its kind and used the same chassis and running gear as used on the Jensen-Ford convertible. The Shooting Brake was a car for the country estate, used by land owners and gamekeepers wishing to have enough room for their guns and to collect shooting parties from the train station. Built in 1935 by the Jensen Brothers on a Ford 48 chassis with Ford running gear, this vehicle is all original with the exception of new floors, re upholstered interior and wiring. CPG 324 was known by the Jensen owners club over 20 years ago and an offer was made to the elderly lady owner to purchase the car, but was sold to a non member in 1983. The car then disappeared until it w