pics of Jensen production of Volvo P1800 at West Bromwich

[rolando38]

Hello

I recently purchased the book "Volvo P1800 - from idea to prototype and production-", a fantastic tribute from Mats Ericsson and Kenneth Collander to this superb classic

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I thought it would be interesting to post here a few pictures of the Jensen production history in 1960-63; of course copyrights to the above gentlemen
the legends speak for themselves

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[BAR 1]

Great post Rolando, thanks for sharing

[PaulMcElhinney]

Great photos, thank you.

[nrb993]

A New insight to a part of Jensen we know so little about, thank you

Neil

[rolando38]

a few more; surpising that these pictures seem to belong to Esso

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[Jens]

Who's is/was the Porsche? Someone from the Management?

[felixkk]

Very cool Rolando.

See also this topic:
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This then would be Bay 9, although it looks as at least two bays were dedicated to the Volvo?

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[rolando38]

great pic Felix, and maybe my post would be better blended into yours
I think a "bay" may have in reality 2 "alleys" , which seems the case on the P1800 production line, so might well cope within bay9 only

[felixkk]

I think you're right that a bay can have two alleys. On this picture 3 alleys in two bays are visible:

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[rolando38]

one funny thing is that there were only 4 available colours at the time for the P1800: black, white, red, grey (despite the fact that jensen could do many more, which they did for their own cars)
close to Fordism !

mine was painted in blue/green at some stage, which is not the original (white) color but one of the later P1800E colors
after a long deliberation with myself, I decided to switch it to red (here on its way to my friend's professional paintshop)

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[felixkk]

Lovely car, great color!

[felixkk]

I tried to translate the pictures into a plan. Not sure about the dimensions of the factory hall itself:

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[Basil McKinley]

Just for the record the photo titled "The facade of Jensen Motors Ltd. on Kelvin Way, West Bromwich" is of course Carters Green not Kelvin Way.

[felixkk]

Difficult to get a comprehension of the whole layout, maybe it is something like this:

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[rolando38]

well done Felix !