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1951 Jensen "Omega" 15
By: Nick Date: February 5, 2020, 9:06 pm
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Re: 1951 Jensen "Omega" 15
By: txlabman Date: February 5, 2020, 9:29 pm
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Nick:
An explanation?
Charlie
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Re: 1951 Jensen "Omega" 15
By: Nick Date: February 5, 2020, 9:39 pm
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[quote author=txlabman link=topic=2136.msg20488#msg20488
date=1580959760]
Nick:
An explanation?
Charlie
[/quote]
Jensen 15 made in 1951 with the "Omega" style magnet ;) By the
looks of the base, Mr. Jensen didn't want to use any more blue
paint than he had too... :D
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Re: 1951 Jensen "Omega" 15
By: classixs Date: February 6, 2020, 3:55 am
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Listed right below unicorns on the rarity scale 8)
[font=verdana]I tossed the towel on finding one of these years
ago, and[/font][font=verdana] had to purchase a fully functional
1951 Jensen 10, just to break it down for parts, so that i could
at least have a replica represented here.[/font]
Such a cool item to have in your collection, thanks for sharing
Nick !
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Re: 1951 Jensen "Omega" 15
By: RedRyder Date: February 6, 2020, 6:35 am
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Great piece for the collection, Nick!
Regarding the paint, I have a friend who was close to Tom Sr.
and he said that he never put more than one coat of anything on
anything, anywhere, ever!
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Re: 1951 Jensen "Omega" 15
By: Nick Date: February 6, 2020, 7:31 am
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[quote author=RedRyder link=topic=2136.msg20509#msg20509
date=1580992526]
Regarding the paint, I have a friend who was close to Tom Sr.
and he said that he never put more than one coat of anything,
anywhere, ever!
[/quote]
Given the amount of bare (not rusty) iron, this one didn't even
make the one full coat of paint :D
Not very surprising as even today the shop still looks pretty
dark inside...
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Re: 1951 Jensen "Omega" 15
By: Nick Date: February 7, 2020, 9:20 am
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[quote author=classixs link=topic=2136.msg20501#msg20501
date=1580982958]
Listed right below unicorns on the rarity scale 8)
[font=verdana]I tossed the towel on finding one of these years
ago, and[/font][font=verdana] had to purchase a fully functional
1951 Jensen 10, just to break it down for parts, so that i could
at least have a replica represented here.[/font]
Such a cool item to have in your collection, thanks for sharing
Nick !
[/quote]
Thanks :) Let's see a pic of your repro Jan ;)
By the way, do you have any sales records of one of these in
your archives?
I know Gil has seen two on 1951 Jensen 50's and has a Big Power
Plant with one and Rog had a stand-alone like this one...
Mine was purchased 10 years ago (arrived Feb 18th, 2010), I have
just now finally cleaned the dust off of it.
The story goes... I was contacted by another collector in the UK
who had received an email (through his website) from someone in
California wanting to sell some Jensen items. I asked for a few
pics, but only received two bad ones... BUT one was good enough
for me to spot something special and I knew I had to buy it!
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The guy had never sold anything over the internet and didn't
have paypal, so I made an offer and sent a check out. It was a
long week, waiting to see if the seller was going to be honest
and send the goods... He actually sent the package out a day
before receiving my check, so a medium gamble resulted in a big
payoff ;D
Included with the 55 was a set of Jensen tools. I believe the
hammer is the one I sent over to Jan.
The only other picture he sent me:
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Factory re-stamped:
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The 55 also had it's original larger chimney included (repro at
top and common size at bottom)
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The 15 must have been on the 55 most of its life
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Re: 1951 Jensen "Omega" 15
By: Junkologist Date: February 7, 2020, 10:40 am
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That was a great find, Nick!
By any chance, are the boiler straps on the 55 aluminum?
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Re: 1951 Jensen "Omega" 15
By: classixs Date: February 7, 2020, 1:06 pm
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Wish iŽd get offers like that Nick, what an amazing scoop !!!
[quote author=Nick link=topic=2136.msg20563#msg20563
date=1581088859]
...Thanks Let's see a pic of your repro Jan ...
[font=Verdana][/font][/quote][font=Verdana][/font]
[font=Verdana]Here is my replica:[/font]
[attachimg=1]
At first hand several points makes this easily identifiable by
Jensen connoisseurs as a replica, and will be kept in that
condition here to avoid any future speculations.
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Re: 1951 Jensen "Omega" 15
By: Nick Date: February 7, 2020, 9:17 pm
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[quote author=Junkologist link=topic=2136.msg20566#msg20566
date=1581093641]
That was a great find, Nick!
By any chance, are the boiler straps on the 55 aluminum?
[/quote]
Thanks Mike, just checked and the straps on the 55 are not
aluminum, but the straps on my 1951 10 are aluminum.
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