Combine Italian styling, British interior and detailing, and a honking great big American V8, and you have what should have been a recipe for success. While the Jensen Interceptor has its aficionados, most folks don’t even know what one is! This one is up for sale here on eBay with no reserve, and bidding that started at $5,000 has quickly jumped to $7,000 as I write. It’s located in Guilford, Connecticut.

The seller tells us that the car was driven up until the mid 1990s despite the 1985 plate, as the owner was the police captain (!) of Clinton, Connecticut. They acquired the car last year and have recently been able to get it running, although not well and the brakes are bad. Amazingly for an Interceptor, the only rust is said to be in front of one wheel. I have contemplated purchasing several Interceptors and have yet to find any that were under $20,000 that weren’t either ravaged by rust or had interiors that looked like they lost a battle with an angry wolverine!

The seller is generous with under car shots as well, showing how solid this car actually is (and how plebian the rear suspension is!) Don’t worry about the oil leakage–those of us who are British car enthusiasts are used to the “factory rustproofing system.”

Here’s a close up of that rusty spot the seller was talking about. Thankfully, it’s low enough (and there’s a nearby body crease) that you should be able to fabricate a patch for it yourself out of sheet metal and weld it into place. Please, please don’t just stick body filler in that hole!

Some dye and leather conditioner would probably make the interior at least usable again, and I think that weatherstripping in the right of the picture is readily available as it was used on a lot of other cars as well (it’s called furflex if I’m right). Even the wood, which is usually pretty awful, doesn’t look that bad. This is an Interceptor III, which I’ve been told is generally considered the best of the breed.

According to this site, in 1974 the Interceptor III got a Chrysler-sourced 383 cubic inch V8, and based on the Jensen valve covers still being there, this is the original engine. The seller states that they were able to get the car to run and move after installing a new starter, rebuilding the Thermoquad carburetor, flushing all the fluids and installing some new fuel lines and a fuel pump. Now they want to pass it on to someone new. Are you the right quirky individual that appreciates one of the largest rear windows ever and the Italian-Anglo-American combination? Let us know if you happen to be the high bidder on this neat coupe!