A very bent Jensen that shouldn't exist. But it does.

[@Lot76CARS]

Fascinating car and history and a lesson to us all not to mix EBay and alcohol!

[@ppcmagazine]

I think we're all guilty of that one 🤣

[@scottishcarenthusiastsandtrain]

Just starting my PPC binge watch and what a beautiful looking Jenson, makes a beautifal noise.

[@duggy788]

this was my dream car, the first time i seen it was in the AA book of the car back in the 70s.

[@PeterWoodx]

Great car, great story - thank you!

[@ppcmagazine]

Glad you enjoyed it 😎

[@tomeasterbrook9486]

It takes a brave man to undertake restoration of a “basic” Interceptor (if an Interceptor can ever be described as such) but tackling a bent FF……this man deserves a medal!

[@ppcmagazine]

Spot on. Took him bloody long enough though 🤣

[@ianwood6814]

Some people get Knighted for less.

[@henriknilsson7851]

Magnificent! Perhaps my favorite vintage British car.

[@buggs9950]

Ooh I didn't know there was an FF CV8. I'd love -one of them- that one..

[@robbell4339]

The Interceptor is definitely one of my dream cars… and with FF: wow! ❤

[@cheharrison7107]

What a beauty, great job bringing it back from deaths door. Bloody love Slotmags too Will, great looking wheel that suit a lot of cars. Owned a bunch of Capri's and never knew there was a FF one, so cheers for that, gonna go look that up. Take it easy chaps, still really glad you're back 🤘🍺 Edit: so they made a mk2 3.6 Olds v8 Capri FF, side pipes, slotmags and a very 70s paint job, it sold at auction 2 years ago for about 7.5k. 😍

[@ppcmagazine]

We're going to have to look that one up!

[@lesklower7281]

I refer the system as all wheel drive because it's always working but four wheel drive is when on normal roads most 4X4 of road vehicles are in 2 wheel drive and when they go off road the driver can engage four wheel drive l suppose you could call the part time four wheel drive and the Jensen FF is the first

[@mnmszerviz]

That engine note - purrfection !!

[@v8will]

I have that brook bond book with the FF on the cover!

[@philiptidmarsh]

Great car , great story and great video !

[@talljools]

I remember the tea cards too! Great story Keiran

[@robinfoster7597]

A great car, love the red/silver roof combination. Great review, thanks. :)

[@ppcmagazine]

Our pleasure!

[@lancedaniels]

Great to see this fantastic project. What an accomplishment to have been able to complete the restoration and modification.

[@ppcmagazine]

Amen. It took a long time but thoroughly worthwhile!

[@danielbuckingham5625]

Great story! Beautiful FF Interceptor. That sound!👂 ❤️ You have to love a drunken purchase!

[@Auto-TaT]

Ah, maxaret units. Played with them numerous times in the past (on aircraft). There was a prototype 4 wheel drive Scimitar that may have used the Fergusen system.

[@01menyou]

In 1970 a one off TVR wide bodied LWB Tuscan V8 was built by Barnet Motors, using the FF 4WD system.

[@ppcmagazine]

Excellent knowledge!

[@57northphoto32]

Great story, Kieron’s bidding story is hilarious 😂. Fantastic restoration the paint is superb. Correct me if I’m wrong but I believe the Ferguson Formula was used alongside 3 spd auto in early Range Rovers before LR introduced factory autos.

[@kieronmaughan6940]

Yes it was called a Schuler Range Rover, which were the first luxury automatic 4x4, ABS, air con, electric windows, big sound systems, better trim etc, Led Zeppelin had one..BL didn't think a luxury Range Rover would catch on, but looking at Shuler's success copied the concept in 1981 with the InVogue, and the rest is history.. called the Invogue as it was IN Vogue magazine! 🙂 Schuler were sold to Overfinch in 1984

[@57northphoto32]

@@kieronmaughan6940 Thank you, “Schuler” that’s the name I forgot until I got on google and found one for sale, had the magic Automatic FF badge on the back even looked like a runner but a serious resto. Back in the day an Overfinch was a serious Range Rover but sadly nowadays it seems to be a name on a vehicle that calls itself a Range Rover 😔👍🏻.

[@GrahamDallas]

Beautiful. Another car I would love (that and a standard Interceptor) that I will never own.

[@ppcmagazine]

You and me both!

[@cogboy302]

Everyone has a friend called Dave.

[@Richard57072]

Love the car, stunning looking 👌👏🏻

[@1959BB]

Absolutely love the Interceptor and the FF, a much under rated car - compared to similar vehicles of its day. On another note, I was clearing some cupboards the other day and found a stash of the old PPC mags. One of them was the £999 Challenge. Some of the cars in it... lots of manual Turbo Supras etc for peanuts. If you guys ever get back to that sort of thing, please do publicise it - I'll be in the queue to join in!!!

[@ppcmagazine]

Oh we'd love to do that again one day. Let's see...!

[@1959BB]

@@ppcmagazine I think these days the budget would need to be a bit higher, or a lower calibre of cars. I organised a £1000 car challenge for some friends. It wasn't easy to find anything in the budget, and some people dropped out, but we ended up with a fairly mint Rover 620SLi, a Fiat X1/9 and a Fiesta with a 1.7 Puma engine in it.

[@wabwee60]

Interesting story, thanks for posting. Three, well intentioned, observations: The audio requires improvement. The front quarter bumpers require elevating slightly at each corner to alleviate the apparent droop. From memory, the Maxaret braking system was actually designed/produced by Dunlop, initially for aircraft landing gear, not Lockheed.

[@kieronmaughan6940]

the bumpers so need adjustment, but we need to drop them slightly in the middle.. thats a winter 2024 job

[@ppcmagazine]

Yeah, fair comment on the audio. Had a hardware failure it turned out which slightly compromised things as you could hear 🤦

[@neiljarvis8911]

Awesome car and great back story.

[@ppcmagazine]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@pdterre5496]

My dream car. Story a bit related; A Jaguar Xj6 ser1 with Chrysler 440 and Ferguson system 4wd exists in Finland.

[@-DC-]

The best things happen when you've been on the 🍷 lol

[@ppcmagazine]

The best and the worst 😂

[@dukemasters6829]

One thing that makes the car not quiet wright are the wheels they just look cheap and that’s because they are apart from that it’s spot on

[@cogboy302]

Quiet wright? Pardon?

[@philiptidmarsh]

@@cogboy302 They are period correct Wolfrace Slots so quite rare aftermarket wheels. I have set in the garage as it goes .....

[@FMFGUF]

True, but a period '70s mod, the Wolfrace slot mags. Probably would look better on a set of chromed Rostyle steel wheels though...

[@colinblick8946]

Best thing to come out of West Bromwich…… although the baggies ain’t to bad either😎👌🏽😉

[@SB-vb8ch]

Maxaret was developed by Dunlop.

[@sergeterhall8453]

Sorry guys but Spijker was a bit earlier with 4-wheel drive: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spyker_60_HP But the FF still is an amazing car.

[@kieronmaughan6940]

bet it didn't have ABS though!

[@jaws6869]

I thought all ffs were 7.2 (440ci) and most of the rwd ones 6.2 (383ci)

[@kieronmaughan6940]

The FF's were 383 ci

[@smiddysmidton8313]

Listen to that exhaust. Chrysler is the best sounding of the American V8s

[@richardhooper2883]

Lovely but I think Dunlop and not Lockheed were the pioneers and inventors of the Maxaret system

[@NLBassist]

Dutch company Spyker made a 4WD in 1903!!

[@kieronmaughan6940]

bet it didn't have ABS though!

[@NLBassist]

@@kieronmaughan6940 I doubt if it had any usefull brakes at al, haha!

[@ppcmagazine]

🤣

[@bernardmclake3898]

In the rear end shot I think I recognized the taillights as coming from a Fiat 127. Am I right?

[@julian4548]

Nope. Sorry. Unique to mk 2&3 interceptors and FFs

[@SB-vb8ch]

Cool car, not sure I'd trust that cooling fan....

[@julian4548]

Fans not iriginal

[@Joolz777]

😎😎😎😎👍👍👍👍

[@simonmenzies3142]

Even when he said best to move (as your totally covering the one part of the car that makes it special) you still stand there!!! Pure spying video to watch due to that🙄🤦🏻‍♂️