Jensen Motors Ltd

Agreements, 1936-1949; various financial records, includes monthly analysis of sales and production costs, 1947-1958, general ledgers, 1951-1967, papers relating to annual accounts, including stock details, c. 1957-1971, purchase balances, 1972-1973; correspondence relating to projects, suppliers and other firms in the industry, c. 1969-1974.

The Jensen brothers began their business as coachbuilders, when they took over the firm of W.J. Smith and Sons. They became motor manufacturers in 1935/6 and began lorry manufacture in 1939. This aspect of manufacture was replaced by subcontract work.

After both brothers had resigned as a result of ill-health, the company was successively owned by the Norcros Group, William Brandt, the merchant bankers and the Californian business man Kjell Qvale. The firm went into liquidation in 1976.

Reference: Catalogue to the collection.

This collection is available to researchers by appointment at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick. See http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/using/

Selected records were received from the Official Receiver in 1980 following assistance from the Business Records Advisory Service .

Link to full catalogue: http://mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/records/JSN

There are no restrictions on the use of this archive, apart from the requirements of copyright law.

This collection has been weeded for duplicates

Further deposits are not expected.