Left-Hand-Drive 1973 Jensen Interceptor Mk III

Description

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

Hagerty Marketplace is honored to offer another selection of vehicles from The SugarCreek Collection. This private collection in southwestern Ohio is supported by its own in-house restoration and maintenance shop, with a full-time staff of craftsmen. The garage is a true spectrum of car enthusiast dreams, ranging from unfinished restorations to the most recent sale of the SEMA-exhibited 1,000 HP 1962 Dodge Power Wagon, supporting the Mike Rowe WORKS Foundation. Thirty select cars from the collection are being offered just in time for spring. Whether awaiting restoration, preserved showroom stock, restored to like-new, or tastefully modified, these cars and trucks are truly SugarCreek quality.  

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In the mid-1930s, brothers Richard and Allan Jensen bought a coachbuilding firm in West Bromwich, England, and renamed it Jensen Motors. They hit the ground running in 1934-36 by customizing 30 “Jensen-Ford” vehicles, to critical acclaim. Jensen Motors’ contribution to the WWII war effort hardly slowed its innovation, and in 1950 the Jensen Interceptor Coupe was revealed. But it was the stunning second-generation Interceptor that put Europe’s best Grand Touring cars on notice.

Revealed in 1966 and built through 1976, the updated Interceptor was a mix of daring Italian design, big-inch American V8 power, and handcrafted British luxury. Its sleek body balanced a long hood with a sweeping, glass-filled fastback rear; a dual-headlight front end bled into vertical fender flares and five-spoke alloy rims; and its interior boasted comfortable leather buckets and a sea of high-end, circular gauges. And while early models used Chrysler 383s, the final Mk III versions got torquey 440 cu-in V8s with enough grunt to rattle an Aston Martin—along with a much simpler pushrod layout for reliable performance.  

This clean Interceptor was recently restored by SugarCreek. Not only is it a desirable, final-version Mk III, it’s also one of only 424 1973 Mk IIIs produced with left-hand drive, making this car exceptionally rare. 

Highlights 

• Offered from The SugarCreek Collection

• Very rare, hand-built British Grand Touring car with American V8 power 

• 440 cu-in V8 rated at 385 hp and 350 lb-ft of torque 

• 727 TorqueFlite three-speed automatic transmission  

• Finished in Black Metallic with White interior  

• Four-wheel power disc brakes 

• Power rack-and-pinion steering, power windows, and power locks 

• Air conditioning with dual radiator cooling fans 

• The chassis number (140 8382) decodes as: 

  • 140 – Left hand drive, Interceptor III, J series 

  • 8382 – 1973 left-hand drive sequential serial number mixed in with right-hand-drive 8000 range models 

Features 

• Boxed chassis with rigid fastback body 

• Double wishbone front and leaf spring rear suspension 

• Salisbury live rear axle 

• GKN factory five-spoke wheels with 225/60R15 BFGoodrich Radials 

• Aftermarket Pioneer stereo 

Known Imperfections 

• Passenger side front wheel shows a small dent 

• Small paint chip on passenger side nose 

• Paint chip by passenger side fender vent 

• Small paint chip on passenger side rear above Jensen logo 

• Exterior and interior brightwork and switches show wear commensurate with their ages 

• Wears earlier Mk I front grille badge 

Included 

• Keys 

 Ownership History 

This 1973 Jensen Interceptor Mk III underwent a comprehensive restoration at SugarCreek in 2009. 

Additional Notes 

A Broad Arrow Auctions Specialist is working as an agent on behalf of the owner of this vehicle. Broad Arrow Auctions is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hagerty.    

Contact: Matt Lowney Phone: 623.308.2640 email: mlowney@hagerty.com