Total gunslinger. With a 7.2-litre V8 in the holster...
As car names go, there can't be many better than Interceptor. As Interceptors go, there can't be many better than the SP Six Pack with its triple-carb 7.2-litre 440 V8 under that huge cheesegrater bonnet. And as Interceptor colours go, there can't be many better than Reef Blue with black leather and a matching vinyl roof.
That was a salutary experience. It was a wonderfully relaxing drive until you made the mistake of looking at the fuel gauge, when you would actually see the needle dropping as you went along. I was paying for my own juice on that gig, so in an attempt to stave off bankruptcy I had to employ the throttle sensitivity of a ballerina with bunions. It felt like a massive wasted opportunity but what could I do, I was a young man of extremely limited means.
I burbled carefully back to the Midlands with a Sinatra cartridge on the eight-track and heavy goods vehicles flashing me impatiently from behind. Handing the keys over to the chap at the factory felt like undoing my trouser belt after a Mr Creosote style slap-up meal. There was a physical sensation of financial relief. 'Nice car,' I said to the Jensen man. 'Shame I had to mollicoddle it everywhere, what with the fuel consumption and everything, ha ha.' 'Oh,' he laughed.
Who knows what sort of fuel consumption you'd get from an SP. Let's put it this way, with a delivery potential of 1,350 cubic feet per minute my parents would have demanded industry-grade filtration masks before agreeing to stand behind it. As an aside, this six-pack engine was banned on emissions grounds from US-market Chryslers just after Jensen had bought the units it needed.
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