hi guys kr walsh brothers of manchester are truck renovaters, they have just got back from a trip to moscow in Scotland after purchasing a very rare truck.
i thought it would be interesting to find out if any members remeber the Jenson Truck Company from the Midland ?
Or do you have any photos or even better did you drive one of these trucks?
Jensen was founded by two brothers, Alan and Richard Jensen who were born in 1906 and 1909. They became interested in cars at an early age, and so in 1930 their father set them up in their first business, Patrick Jensen Motors, based at Edgbaston. They ran the business with Joe Patrick, but left during the following year after a disagreement.
In 1931 they started work at W. J. Smith & Sons, an old established firm of motor body builders, located in High Street, Carters Green, West Bromwich. Smiths specialised in bodywork for lorries and cars. After William Smith’s death the brothers took over the business, and in 1934 it became Jensen Motors Limited.
The business initially concentrated on producing custom-built car bodies for chassis made by a range of manufacturers including Morris, Singer, Standard, and Wolseley. In 1936 Jensen’s first car, the “White Lady” appeared, and three years later the company’s first lorry, the Jensen lightweight truck was launched. Built for Reynolds Tubes, it used aluminium alloys, and was powered by a 4.7 litre Perkins diesel engine. It had a 5-speed Moss gearbox.
please check out the renovation of this and other vehicles on you tube at gnasherianuk. best regards ian…
krwalsh-classics.com ps: see you at the Llandudno extraviganzer 4,5,6th may 2014 classic trucks
wow" the models are awesome, Tidderson
The vehicle kr Walsh are going to be restoring is the type with the front axle just behind the cab photos of this vehicle will be on the krwalsh-classics.com site very soon .
thanks for your input any photos you send are gratefully received,
good luck with the fantastic models
best regards Ian.kr-crew video diary gnasherianuk.on you tube
Hiya i remember a chemical firm in Leek having a green Jensen flat deck with green sideboards.
the company was Keyworth chemicals now Croda.i was only a lad but remember that lorry like it was yesterday…I’ll be at Llandudno to see the Jensen. good luck lads with the restoration.
Have you done the Scammall yet ■■?.
.to other readers if you’ve never herd of these Walsh lads who restore
vehicles (for a hobby) they turn a project around in only a few weeks… unbelievable .
I’am off to you tube now for a look.
John
3300John:
Hiya i remember a chemical firm in Leek having a green Jensen flat deck with green sideboards.
the company was Keyworth chemicals now Croda.i was only a lad but remember that lorry like it was yesterday…I’ll be at Llandudno to see the Jensen. good luck lads with the restoration.
Have you done the Scammall yet ■■?.
.to other readers if you’ve never herd of these Walsh lads who restore
vehicles (for a hobby) they turn a project around in only a few weeks… unbelievable .
I’am off to you tube now for a look.
John
hi john i am not sure about the jenson for Llandudno just picked ken up off the floor ha ha ha . Ray will have his hands full now as well lol.
thanks for your reply john i hope you enjoy the Leyland ribble recovery truck BD2 video that is the current project and the aim is to get that to Llandudno for may skin and blood everywhere on that one but… if you know ray and ken …
would you bet against them doing it ?
Retired Old ■■■■:
There was a livestock haulier in the Hereford area who had a green Jensen in the mid-fifties.
Hi R.O.F, Thanks for your reply i think the reason these trucks could have been so popular is within the weight factor.
i belive that these vehicles with the aluminium alloys body type which would enable a higher gross weight and 10mph increase in speed.
so i am guessing it was a no brainer for directers to bye this vehicle.
thanks for your reply and good luck ,
regards ian Kr-crew
Hiya …i couldn’t find the you tube thing. i did get the coach. spot on i saw that at Newark.
can you post a photo on truck net how the Jensen looked when you got her to the workshop.
Cheers John
3300John:
Hiya …i couldn’t find the you tube thing. i did get the coach. spot on i saw that at Newark.
can you post a photo on truck net how the Jensen looked when you got her to the workshop.
Cheers John
Hi John, i’am sorry you had a situation locating my website on you tube gnasherianuk. another way you can try is to type
my username into google web search just type gnasherianuk in the search bar and a bunch of pages opens up just click on any of these and you will be directed to my web page to see all the videos of what kr walsh get up two 'its all tongue in cheek but with a meaningful conclusion.
littlechilds of upshire essex had one in the 50s.it was used for carrying horse (zb) from the racing stables in newmarket to the cuecumber growers in the lea valley,it was driven by fred carr, who for any fishermen out there was dickie carrs dad.
I seem to recall LEBUS furniture having some in their fleet? The engine and gearbox were on roller’s inside the chassis and could be removed very rapidly.
I can remember as an apprentice mechanic with the E R F dealer in Edinburgh in the early 1960`s working on Jenson trucks that were owned by Lowes of Mussleburgh who were large market gardners , I can also recall English Electric having a large fleet of Jensons .
shugg:
I can remember as an apprentice mechanic with the E R F dealer in Edinburgh in the early 1960`s working on Jenson trucks that were owned by Lowes of Mussleburgh who were large market gardners , I can also recall English Electric having a large fleet of Jensons .
Llandudno Transport Festival 2013. LL30 1BW 4TH 5TH 6TH MAY 2013.
Hi gents and thank you all so much for your responces to my post about Jenson Trucks .
KR WALSH BROTHERS OF MANCHSTER.
are recognised for restoring the near impossible or as kenny say’s to Ray this is great it’s nice and nasty…
The current project is the Leyland ribble recovery truck BD-2 .This vehicle was taken on in a state of unrepair to the majority of restorers.
But to Ray And Kenny they don’t know what normal is …(NUTTERS) As Kenny would say ,and probably half the human race lol.
The only way to see this is to visit krwalsh-classics.com or gnasherianuk (on you-tube). please leave a comment if you visit ether of these sites.
As for the Jenson i can definatley say with hand on heart , Once in the hands of Ray and Kenny Walsh it will once again run up and down the roads of the north west’ to classic and vintage shows throughout the year ahead.
Sorry I don’t have any pictures, but I certainly remember the Jenson well. We lived right next to to a market garden auction business, where my father was the foreman. Local farmers and gardeners would bring their produce in to be auctioned off to the small grocer shops ( remember them ?). The company also bought in produce from the Lincoln and Peterborough area using a variety of lorries, including 2 Jensons.
At week-ends I would take my sister out in one of them to Doncaster or Scotland, or wherever I fancied, I was 8 and she was 6…did a fair few miles like that !!! In the summer holidays I would wait outside our back gate, with 6 pence in my pocket, to buy the teas in the caff, and the drivers would take me out to the Southampton or Portsmouth markets…no nights out I’m afraid…what a way for a young nipper to spend your summer holidays, so I did a lot of real miles in a Jenson as well… I suppose it was inevitable that I’d end up being a lorry driver…
