Talk:Jensen 541

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The Very Rare Jensen 541S Manual Drive with Overdrive

The fabulous, sleek and luxurious Jensen 541S GT sports car was 4 inches wider than the earlier 541 models, providing a far more spacious, luxurious interior and better road holding.

The new look was stunning and the manual drive version (only 22 out of 127 were manual drive) they had the same 4 litre straight six modified Austin engine, with three SU carburetors, the Salisbury gearbox, and the Lacock-de-Normanville overdrive. It was also the first car with seat belts and Dunlop disc brakes all round.

The 541S has certain other good design features; adjustable front seat arm rests fitted to each door, the Bevelift jack, kept in the boot, was designed for use through the floor of the car in front of each front seat. So it was possible to lift front and rear wheels together whilst protected from the rain. When the boot lid is open the driver can still see, without any restriction, out of the rear window. Very sensibly the spare wheel valve is accessible, through a fitting in the rear of the boot floor, thus allowing the air pressure to be checked easily without having to remove the wheel.

Unfortunately it had bad press revues, as all the road tests were with the automatic version, and the Rolls Royce auto gearbox lost a lot of power, but the manual drive was a high performance GT sports car. John Neville Cohen (talk) 16:56, 11 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]