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Jensen-Healey - rare, individual and with legendary ancestors

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Created on January 29, 2012

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Bruno von Rotz

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Jensen-Healey (1974) - ein kleiner Hüftschwung, ansonsten weitgehend gerade Linien

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Jensen-Healey (1974) - Der englische Sportwagen weckt grosses Interesse bei den Kühen

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Jensen-Healey (1974) - auch Kühe interessieren sich für das schnörkellos gezeichnete Cabrio

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Jensen-Healey (1974) - Glattflächiges Design der Siebzigerjahre

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Jensen-Healey (1974) - Glattflächig auch das Heck

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Jensen-Healey (1974) - für den Mk2 wurde auch das Stossfänger-Design leicht angepasst

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Jensen-Healey (1974) - macht auch heute noch eine gute Figur

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Jensen-Healey (1974) - kein ausgeprägter Kühlergrill am Jensen

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Jensen-Healey (1974) - Im Gegensatz zur ersten Serie waren die Einlässe für die Scheinwerfer bei den Mk2 mattschwarz gehalten

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Jensen-Healey (1974) - vermutlich eines der originalsten Exemplare auf der Strasse

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Jensen-Healey (1974) - IMG_4148

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Jensen-Healey (1974) - Die zweite Serie hatte Zierleisten auf der Flanke

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Jensen-Healey (1974) - viel offener kann ein Sportwagen nicht sein

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Jensen-Healey (1974) - etwas edler sah der Mk2 ja aus, aber britische Klassik stellt man sich anders vor

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Jensen-Healey (1974) - der Mk2 hatte eine modifizierte Mittelkonsole und zusätzliche Holzapplikationen

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Jensen-Healey (1974) - die Instrumente sind etwas klein geraten

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Jensen-Healey (1974) - das Lenkrad sieht sehr nach Siebzigerjahre aus

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Jensen-Healey (1974) - bis gegen Ende der Bauzeit mussten Healey-Fahrer mit vier Gängen auskommen

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Jensen-Healey (1974) - Original-Achtspur-Kassettengerät

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Jensen-Healey (1974) - die europäische Version des Lotus-907-Motors

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Jensen-Healey (1974) - die Ventildeckel mit Jensen-Healey-Schriftzug

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Jensen-Healey (1974) - Typenschild mit Typenbezeichnung '1120'

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Jensen-Healey (1974) - Scheinwerfer in dunklen Höhlen bei der zweiten Serie

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Jensen-Healey (1974) - H4-Scheinwerfer

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Jensen-Healey (1974) - Gradlinige Seitenführung

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Jensen-Healey (1974) - eine kleine Ausbuchtung auf der Motorhaube schaffte Platz für die Vergaserbestückung

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Jensen-Healey (1974) - hübsch gestaltete Alluminiumfelgen

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Jensen-Healey (1974) - den Spiegel findet man auch auf anderen britischen Sportwagen der Zeit

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Jensen-Healey (1974) - das Marken-Typen-Emblem

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Jensen-Healey (1974) - das 'Jensen'-Emblem auf der Flanke

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Jensen-Healey (1974) - Warnhinweise im Motorraum

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Jensen-Healey (1974) - Kleber auf der Windschutzscheibe

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Jensen-Healey (1974) - auf offener Strasse angenehm zu fahren

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Jensen-Healey (1974) - Blick über die Motorhaube

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Jensen-Healey (1972) - Am Genfer Autosalon von 1972 - gut sah er aus, der Sportwagen

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Jensen-Healey (1972) - das Design entsprach nicht jedermanns Geschmack

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Jensen-Healey (1972) - Durchsichtszeichnung

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Jensen-Healey (1972) - Frontansicht des glattflächigen Siebzigerjahre-Sportwagens

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Jensen-Healey (1972) - frühe Abbildung des neuen Sportwagens

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Jensen-Healey (1972) - frühe Version, die Räder änderten schon bald

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Jensen-Healey (1972) - gradliniges und kantiges Design

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Jensen-Healey (1972) - Prototyp nach 30mph-Crashtest

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Jensen-Healey (1972) - Am Genfer Autosalon von 1972, Blick auf den ausgebauten 2-Liter-Motor mit 16 Ventilen

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Jensen-Healey (1972) - der Sechzehnventiler-Motor mit ungewohntem Luftfilter-Design

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Jensen-Healey (1972) - der Kofferraum schluckte anständig Gepäck

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Jensen-Healey (1972) - Interieur und Armaturenbrett eines frühen Exemplars

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Jensen-Healey (1972) - Interieur und Armaturenbrett

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Jensen-Healey (1972) - Seitenansicht, rechts

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Jensen-Healey (1973) - an einer Vorstellung

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Jensen-Healey (1973) - ein spätes Mk1-Modell an einer Ausstellung

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Jensen-Healey (1973) - der Innenraum der Mk2-Version war aufgewertet worden

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Jensen-Healey (1972) - zweisitziges Interieur des Mk 1

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Jensen-Healey (1973) - Blick in das Interieur

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Jensen-Healey (1973) - eine frühe Mk2-Version

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Jensen-Healey (1974) - die Mk2-Modelle hatten andere Stossfänger und Seitenschutzleisten

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Jensen-Healey (1974) - es gab auch ein Factory-Hardtop, wie diese Aufnahme in einem Verkaufsprospekt beweist

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Jensen-Healey (1973) - Zweiliter-Motor in europäischer Konfiguration

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Jensen-Healey (1974) - Blick in den Motorraum, die europäische Konfiguration ist gut sichtbar

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Jensen-Healey (1973) - Federung und Dämpfung

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Jensen-Healey (1973) - Vorderradaufhängung

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Jensen-Healey (1974) - das Verdeck liegt gut an

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Jensen-Healey (1974) - Interieur der noch mit Vierganggetriebe getesteten Mk2-Version

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Jensen-Healey (1975) - ein Modell der zweiten Serie (Mk 2), erkennbar unter anderem an den Zierstreifen

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Jensen-Healey (1974) - Mk2-Modell, auch mit geschlossenem Dach hübsch anzuschauen

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Jensen-Healey (1974) - im Kofferraum hatte auch ein gut gefüllter Golfbag Platz

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Jensen-Healey (1974) - der von Lotus entwickelte Zweilitermotor

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Jensen Healey am British Car Meeting 2011 in Mollis - in allen Farben

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Jensen Healey am British Car Meeting 2011 in Mollis - Ehrengast Jensen

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Jensen Healey am British Car Meeting 2011 in Mollis - rot und blau

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Jensen-Healey GT (1975) - der ungewöhnlich geformte Sport-Kombi

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Jensen-Healey GT (1975) - als Rettungsanker für Jensen konzipiert, am Markt aber erfolglos

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Summary

The choice of full convertibles in the mid-seventies was not exactly huge. There was the Alfa Romeo Spider, the Fiat 124 Spider, the Triumph TR6 and the MG B. If you were looking for a really open and at the same time lively convertible without a bar at a reasonable cost, you didn't have many other alternatives. So a new release like the Jensen-Healey made perfect sense! The fact that the Jensen remained the rarest of the vehicles mentioned was due to various factors, but it was not due to its appearance or design, even though the car was anything but revolutionary. Nevertheless, the car had a lot of charm and as many as 10,502 examples were built between 1972 and 1975, mainly for the American market. This report celebrates a reunion with the Jensen-Healey and shows the vehicle in many new and old pictures and two sales brochures. And for people who like to listen to engine noises, a sound sample is also included.

This article contains the following chapters

Intended as the successor to the Austin Healey
Qvale, Healey and Beattie
The Lotus engine
A compact roadster for the seventies
Risks and teething troubles
Mixed feedback
Evolution to the Mk 2 and beyond
Not successful on the market
Even less successful - the GT variant
The history of chassis 17814
Pleasant classic
An affordable rarity
Sales figures (by country)
Production figures (by year)
Further information

Estimated reading time: 10min

Preview (beginning of the article)

The choice of full convertibles in the mid-seventies was not exactly huge. There was the Alfa Romeo Spider, the Fiat 124 Spider, the Triumph TR6 and the MG B. If you were looking for a really open and at the same time lively convertible without a bar at a reasonable cost, you didn't have many other alternatives. So a new release like the Jensen-Healey made perfect sense! The fact that the Jensen remained the rarest of the vehicles mentioned was due to various factors, but it was not due to its appearance or design, even though the car was anything but revolutionary. After the end of the Austin Healey (1967), the American importer Kjell H. Qvale suffered from a vacuum and was looking for alternatives that could be positioned somewhere between the MG B and the Jaguar E. He got talking to Donald Healey. He got talking to Donald Healey, the indestructible sports car manufacturer, and his son Geoffrey, who were happy to work together.

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