Old Jensen trash or treasure?

KiM3Ce · May 8, 2015

These are from an upcoming estate sale. Should I bother to post in Dollars and Sense or let them go to the landfill? Looks like public address gear to me... Thanks!

KingBubba · May 8, 2015

Most likely a 70 volt P.A.. The drivers may be worth the price of admission, if not too steep.

KiM3Ce · May 8, 2015

Thanks. I will include a link to this thread when I post the sale.

Dan ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ · May 8, 2015

Attention! K-Mart shoppers!

janikphoto · May 8, 2015

There's something funny about a guy who posts a thread in d&s tgats asks if he should post a thread in d&s. It's like the MC Escher drawing of AK threads.

Stephen J · May 8, 2015

:scratch2:........I've seen a lot of Jensen drivers....:yes:
I've never seen one with the name stenciled on the magnet like that.
Let alone two.
Kinda odd. . :smoke:

HyKlas · May 8, 2015

The PM series Jensens are fantastic speakers. Especially the PM12C there... Not meant for public address, meant to go along with the projectors of the time.

KiM3Ce · May 9, 2015

Oops, I meant to post the question in speakers but I goofed! Posting the sale momentarily...

KiM3Ce · May 9, 2015

And here is the thread with the listing:

http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=8766495#post8766495

Sale at: http://www.EstateSales.NET/estate-sales/NC/Hillsborough/27278/875253

HyKlas · May 9, 2015

Pics of all audio equipment are gone, assuming there were more...

Those Jensens date to the 30s, rare indeed.

KiM3Ce · May 9, 2015

FWIW the sale never posted pictures of the audio gear. I emailed the seller to get the pictures of those Jensens.

Leland47 · May 9, 2015

Very cool auction.

Cool old Porche
Cool Truck....always liked those....what make is it?
Cool old bikes....
Cool aircraft instruments...

And cool audio gear.

GET THOSE JENSENS...IMO valuable.

Good luck

Let us know what happened..

mech986 · May 10, 2015

Awful fuzzy pictures of the Porsche 912, sellers/estate folks hurt their sales by such shoddy work.

stan65cutlas · May 10, 2015

i have an early 50's gibson guitar amp with original jensen speakers in it. worth a look

Thocom · May 10, 2015

I had a Jensen Stereo Director last year, definately NOT trash.

KiM3Ce · May 10, 2015

nolasally said:
I was at auction. Bought all adcom gear, teac rtr, rek o rut, mb quarts, 2 duals and an unadvertised mc2205! This Vw 912 **** is hilarious. That car was bought for 15,500 not including taxes and 10% premium. Needing full resto. At the end of the day you would have a 68 Volkswagen That handled and performed like one. Oh but it would look like a 911 until you turned the key. It's like the modem day Asian imports with big spoilers on the trunk. Now a running Honda cb350 was bought well at 350.00. I would have bought but wife's a nurse and if I came home with a bike she would put all my stereo gear up on cl free section while I slept.

Thanks for reporting back!

Sam Cogley · May 10, 2015

nolasally said:
This Vw 912 **** is hilarious. That car was bought for 15,500 not including taxes and 10% premium. Needing full resto. At the end of the day you would have a 68 Volkswagen That handled and performed like one. Oh but it would look like a 911 until you turned the key.

Do you have any idea what you're talking about?

markshan · May 10, 2015

nolasally said:
an unadvertised mc2205!

What did that set you back?

RickB · May 10, 2015

That Jensen speaker with the "HRO" on the back looks like a communications speaker supplied for use with National HRO receivers....

Sam Cogley · May 10, 2015

nolasally said:
I stand corrected going back in my road and track archives the 912 was a Porsche design after the 356 was kill off in 65. Must have been remembering 914.

Which would be more correct, but still not quite. The 914/4 was originally intended to be marketed by Volkswagen (but designed by Porsche) as a replacement for the Type 34 Karmann Ghia, while the 914/6 was going to be marketed by Porsche. Due to corporate politics, that plan ended up as a mess for both companies, though Porsche convinced VW to allow both versions to be marketed by Porsche in North America. The suspension was basically the same, except for, if memory serves, slightly stiffer springs in the 914/6 to compensate for the heavier engine. Karmann built the rolling chassis, and completed production on the VW-branded models, while sending the rolling chassis to Porsche for finishing of their models.

In a rather weird bit of corporate head-scratching, the 914/4 replaced the 912 as the entry-level Porsche in the early 70s, production ended in 1976, and the final 2.0L 914/4 engine ended up in a 911 chassis to become the 912E for the 1976 model year until the 924 was ready.

ALL of the Porsche air-cooled 4-bangers were derived from the VW powerplant that Dr. Porsche designed back in the late 1930s. The 356 was probably the closest any Porsche came to being a cousin of any VW, though the only parts shared between it and VW were some engine and suspension components in the earliest versions. As you figured out, the 912 was essentially a 911 fitted with a variant of the air-cooled 4-cylinder design used in the 356 and 914/4.

I've always liked the mid/rear engine design of the 914, and the cockpit is more comfortable than any other Porsche I've been in. I hope they stay affordable long enough for my financial situation to improve enough to buy one.

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