Jensen Healey

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Hi , I'd just thought I'd tell you all about one of my projects.

It's a Jensen Healey 1974 vintage that's sat in a barn unloved since 93

As you can imagine it's just one long welding nightmare but I'm getting better at it as time goes on.

The top half of the engine was in the boot disassembled and it lived outside without a hood or any type of cover for the last two years

 

As it is I've removed the interior and have replaced the passenger side floor and have to drivers side to do

Pictures to follow if I can remember how to post them here lol.

 

So anyone with experience on these cars is more than welcome to " let me know where I'm going wrong " lol

[peter2b2002 262]

good luck with your new toy it will be a very nice car when your done

peter-2b

[Snapperpaul 441]

Didn't the Jensen Healy run with the 2.0L Lotus engine found subsequently in the Lotus Sunbeam Talbot?

[kevin booth 39]

I used to have one 22 years ago, here is what i can remember

1, lotus 2.2 twin cam with side draft webers

2, rapier gearbox

3, all running gear was vauxhall magnum

$ could never stop cam carrier from leaking, ( Shimming valves was a nightmare ) so just let it leak but that was before the days of silicon sealers

[Peter Bell 113]

The engine was developed from the slant 4 vauxhall, I think the early engines used the vauxhall crankshaft. You will find that the vauxhall bearing shells are the same but cheaper than 'proper' ones. Effectively, Chapman developed the engine with Jensen, seem to remember the early ones were problematic. Later Lotus then used the engines in their own cars. I worked at Vauxhall at the time and there were a few of the cars in for testing. Vauxhall had developed their own twin cam head which was suposedly better but guess it was too expensive at the time, plus it was the mid 70s oil crisis. Nice car, good luck with it.

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Well its back on the road after almost 25 years sat in a barn slowly rotting :-)

 

[Andi 487]

Wowsa

[lotusPaul 142]

Nice..very nice.

[speedtripledan 1,280]

Well its back on the road after almost 25 years sat in a barn slowly rotting :-)

 

nice job...

[stevedohc2b 128]

The bear has done well

love to see her

Stephen

[Bob Tucker 863]

Lovely!

[Al Milton 291]

Good looking car

[chris brown 165]

Looks good nice to see a car rescued

[maccavvy 377]

Nice one..looks great

[keith kelly 360]

well done looks great