The Jensen S-type is a car built by

Jensen Motors Jensen Motors Limited was a British manufacturer of sports cars and commercial vehicles in West Bromwich, England. Brothers Alan and Richard Jensen gave the new name, Jensen Motors Limited, to the commercial body and sports car body making busi ...

from 1936 until 1941 as both a saloon and a

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. It was the firm's first volume production car, based on

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engines from the United States, and chassis parts from

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sourced through M B K Motors. The car was built on a steel chassis and used

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for the body panels.Jensen S 2.25 Litre/3.5 Litre
t Motorbase The car was sold with either a or a Ford flathead

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, equipped with two downdraft

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s, Vertex

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, and a Columbia

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rear axle. The cars were available in three body styles: 2-door

, 3-door

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, and 4-door saloon. In total, there were about 50 S-type cars built by Jensen in their

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factory, with an estimated 10 cars still surviving today.

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