Editing Jensen Motors (section)

==Other projects==
[[File:Austin A40 Roadster ca 1951.jpg|thumb|[[Austin A40 Sports]], ca 1951]]
'''Austin A40 Sports:''' As one in a series of collaborations between [[Austin Motor Company|Austin]] and Jensen, the [[Austin A40 Sports]] originated when Austin's chairman [[Leonard Lord]], upon seeing the [[Jensen Interceptor (1950)|Interceptor]], requested that Jensen, and their designer [[Eric Neale]], develop a body that could use the A40 mechanicals.

The resulting [[body-on-frame]] A40 Sports&nbsp;– which debuted at the 1949 London Motor Show<ref name="candriv">{{cite web
  | title = Motoring Memories: Austin A40 Sports, 1951–1953
  | work = Canadian Driver
  | date=15 June 2007
  | first=Bill
  | last=Vance
  | url = http://www.canadiandriver.com/2007/06/15/motoring-memories-austin-a40-sports-1951-1953.htm
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091117053733/http://www.canadiandriver.com/2007/06/15/motoring-memories-austin-a40-sports-1951-1953.htm
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = 17 November 2009
}}</ref>&nbsp;– had been designed by [[Eric Neale]], an ex-[[Wolseley Motors|Wolseley]] stylist who had joined Jensen in 1946.<ref name="jencars">{{cite web
| title = Jensen Cars
| publisher = Wolverhampton Museum of Industry
| url = http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/Museum/Transport/Cars/Jensen.htm
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100524085949/http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/Museum/Transport/Cars/Jensen.htm
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = 2010-05-24
}} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100524085949/http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/Museum/Transport/Cars/Jensen.htm |date=24 May 2010 }}</ref> During production, the A40 Sports' aluminium bodies were built by Jensen and transported to Austin's [[Longbridge plant]] for final assembly.<ref name="austmem1">{{cite web 
 |title=Austin A40 Sports 
 |publisher=Austin Memories 
 |url=http://www.austinmemories.co.uk/page8/page106/page106.html 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105215228/http://www.austinmemories.co.uk/page8/page106/page106.html 
 |archive-date=2009-01-05 
 }} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105215228/http://www.austinmemories.co.uk/page8/page106/page106.html |date=5 January 2009 }}</ref> The A40 Sports had been intended as more of a sporty touring car and not a sports car per se,<ref name="candriv"/> and over 4000 examples were manufactured from 1951 to 1953.

'''Austin-Healey 100:''' Although Jensen's design for a new Austin-based sports-car was rejected by the [[British Motor Corporation]] (BMC) in 1952 in favour of a design provided by [[Donald Healey Motor Company|Donald Healey]], Jensen did win the BMC contract to build the bodies for the resultant [[Austin-Healey 100]] and the rest of the "big Healey" cars. At the end of 1960 Austin-Healey cars occupied about 350<ref>Dunlop Introduce Short Time. ''The Times'', Saturday, Nov 19, 1960; pg. 5; Issue 54933</ref> of the 850 men in Jensen's factory.<ref>Export Orders Held Up, Say Motor Firm. ''The Times'', Saturday, Sep 02, 1961; pg. 6; Issue 55176</ref>

'''Volvo P1800:''' In 1960 Jensen won a contract from [[Volvo Cars|Volvo]] to assemble and finish the bodies for their [[Volvo P1800|P1800]] coupé. [[Pressed Steel Company|Pressed Steel]] manufactured the body-shells at their [[Linwood, Renfrewshire|Linwood]] plant in [[Scotland]] and shipped them to Jensen in West Bromwich to be finished, painted and trimmed and made ready for distribution. The first batch for evaluation came off the production line in May 1961. The engine and gearbox were from Sweden, the back axle from USA and the electrical system from Germany, otherwise the car was all British.<ref>Swedish Sports Coupé an International Project. ''The Times'', Tuesday, Jun 06, 1961; pg. 16; Issue 55100</ref> By March 1962 1,100 men were busy in Jensen's West Bromwich works making Austin-Healey bodies and Volvo and Jensen cars.<ref>News in Brief. ''The Times'', Thursday, Apr 05, 1962; pg. 5; Issue 55358</ref> By 1963 the contract was ended early due to quality concerns and P1800 production was moved to [[Gothenburg]], Sweden.

'''Sunbeam Tiger:''' In the early 1960s Jensen was also involved in the development and production of the [[Sunbeam Tiger]].

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