JOCN Nyhetsbrev_nr08june1
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JOCN Nyhetsbrev_nr08june1
JENSENPOSTEN Nr. 8 - June 2014 - Members Magazine for Jensen Owners’ Club Norway Welcome to the 8th issue of Jensenposten, This issue is dedicated to our UK Tour in June to the Intl.Meeting in Milton Keynes. We found it interesting to add some texts about Norway, Norwegians, habits and Vikings to honour our English friends. Editor: Harald Gulbrandsen [email protected] Tour to England JOC UK International Meeting As this is written we will be 16 people from Norway and total 6 cars, not bad for a summer season. 2 cars, one FF Torgeir Seim and one Convertible Harald Gulbrandsen travel together on the Brevik(N) to Immingham ferry. We drive 14.6 via York, Kirkby Stephen, Lakeland Motormuseum and from there to Nottingham, Ilkeston visiting Andy at Richard Appleyard. We all have been invited to a barbeque at Chipping Norton at Martin Ritchies. Per Eie and Pål Rønning will meet after picking up a GT from Zac. Also they will be in Ilkeston. Others come via Harwich. Ole Jon Tveito fly over as well and join Torgeir and Harald in Ilkeston. Arne Paulsen and his wife in his CV8 meets us during the week also. A common visit to Martin Robeys on 20.6 is planned. NRK the state television is joining part of the tour and the Intl. meeting with a film crew. All Norwegians look forward to the trip with excitement. After more than 1000 years after the Vikings ruling in England we come back again, this time not with longships but fine Jensens and we indeed come with peace this time.. 1 JENSENPOSTEN er den norske Jensenklubbens nyhetsbrev for medlemmer – www.jensencars.org Ansvarlig redaktør: Harald Gulbrandsen – Tlf. 90530521 – Mail: [email protected] - Interessert i medlemskap? Send en mail! Facts about Norway and the Jensen Owners’ Club cars The club was established in 2006, There are now 102 known Jensen cars in Norway. Not very bad for a country with 5 million people. Jensen was selling only 1(one) Interceptor to Norway when the factory operated. Kjell Quale the Norwegian owner of Jensen may have had some influence on later interest. The following cars are documented so far not including Finland, Sweden and Denmark. 5 x 541 3 x CV8 III 9 x FF I and II 2 x Interceptor 4 litre 1 x Interceptor Vignale 12 x Interceptor I and II 13 x Interceptor III 2 x Interceptor SP 9 x Interceptor S4 1 x Interceptor Coupe 6 x Interceptor Convertible 36 x Jensen Healey 1 x Jensen Ford V8 1 x Avon Standard sports cars are welcome. Some pictures of the above events: Sign text. We still play with cars! Haralds car. Odds Coupe(1x in Norway). And Haralds Convertible at the NSK. Per today 24 of our 132 members also has joined membership at JOC UK. We try harder to get more to join. Jensen Norway activities Interceptor III… We try to meet for meetings and trips on a regular basis but since the club is small our economy doesn’t allow a lot. The last 2 years JOCN has participated with great success on the Oslo Motor show in October and when Fast & Furious 6 was shown in Norway we had 2 cars at 3 different cinemas in Oslo, Lillestrøm and Rjukan. Each year we meet at the NSK exhibition in Oslo(May) where all 2 JENSENPOSTEN er den norske Jensenklubbens nyhetsbrev for medlemmer – www.jensencars.org Oslo Motorshow 2013 Arne Paulsens nice CV8 Oslo Motorshow 2013 Nice view and colours Good interest for Jensen at NSK The 2 photos above: FF – CV8 – Interceptor II – Healey - Conv At a summer meeting and nice weather. Øvrevoll NSK meeting Interceptors, Healeys 3 JENSENPOSTEN er den norske Jensenklubbens nyhetsbrev for medlemmer – www.jensencars.org What is Norway actually famous for? Good marketing for our brand at the red carpet premieres of Fast & Furious 6. Of course we have the Vikings Harald Bluetooth, Eirik Blood axe Small guys fancy Jensen too. and several others. Then we invented the cheeseknife especially for brown goat cheese = geitost. Oslo Motorshow 2012, CV8, 541, Convertible. Nice row of beauty at Øvrevoll 2011 We have the midnight sun, northern light. Then of course people like Magnus Carlsen(chess world champion), Sonja Henie (figure skating), Nansen and Amundsen polar discoverers. We actually discovered North America(Wineland) 5 centuries before Columbus, and there is the oil-gas of 4 JENSENPOSTEN er den norske Jensenklubbens nyhetsbrev for medlemmer – www.jensencars.org course, they call us blue eyed Arabs. But oil made us rich. $$$$££££ Some say that Norwegians are born with skis on.. must be difficult! AHA was a good rock group but they stopped when they were around 30; Rolling Stones just had a concert in Oslo and they are in their 70´s… incredible. We also give on behalf of Alfred Nobel the Nobel peace prize which not always brings peace. Big nations like China do not like us very much..so what, more…..yes of course………… Bunad is various clothing used at special occasions: Trolls.. we love trolls Fish of course, salmon and cod, national dish is LUTEFISK wind dried cod..hmm good once a year served with the famous Aquavit. Most Norwegians like to have a hytte(lodge) at the sea or in the mountains. Hytte We even eat sheephead, at least some do: Nature is beautiful here but then it is an expensive country : Pint = £8 Whisky bottle : £50 Wintersports, no:2 in last winter Olympics. 5 JENSENPOSTEN er den norske Jensenklubbens nyhetsbrev for medlemmer – www.jensencars.org and knekkebrød we all eat. Viking history in England continent. Monks were killed in the abbey, thrown into the sea to drown, or carried away as slaves along with the church treasures. The Viking devastation of North Hubrias Holy Island was reported: "Never before in Britain has such a terror appeared" .The North sea rovers were also traders, colonisers and explorers, as well as plunderers.York(Jorvik) and Dublin were main settlements. At the most more than 100 longships with each 100 viking warriors at the same time attacked the coast and the rivers of England. A Jensen Interceptor under restoration by JOCN member Erik Lund in Oslo Typical longboats which were very seaworthy. In the Vikingship museum in Oslo you can see 3 refurbished ones dug out in the 40-50´s from clay reasonably well preserved. Vikings from Norway and Denmark attacked and besieged England and Ireland as from 793 and the long period of raids and also settlement ended in 1066 at the battle of Stamford bridge. Erik has been so kind to send us some photos of his Interceptor under restoration. Right now he is busy with the interior upgrading to Recaro CSE Ortoped (nice) and cooling fans from Audi. A lot of work doing the leather interior himself. Did you know there are a total of 42 different pieces of leather + the front seats in a Jensen! We wish him strength in his efforts. Engine bay, new enhanced engine is also part of the plan + lots of work….keep on. The Viking Age began on 8 June 793 when Vikings attacked the abbey on Lindisfarne, a centre of learning that was famous across the The car when on the road, nice colour Erik 6 JENSENPOSTEN er den norske Jensenklubbens nyhetsbrev for medlemmer – www.jensencars.org Project by Torgeir Seim and Ole Jon Tveito Their Interceptor being totally restored now in its original colour. Nice Recaro seats, all automatic. Good job Erik! Per Eies Jensen FF where it belongs: The snowy roads of Norway Per Eies FF, nice colour in the snow! And its not a one time shoot. Per is normally driving his FF in Norway in winter. That’s what 4wheel drive is all about…getting there. Torgeir Seim at work, good garage! To all members and our good friends at JOC UK thanks for reading! Editor Harald 7 JENSENPOSTEN er den norske Jensenklubbens nyhetsbrev for medlemmer – www.jensencars.org