TL:DR – Woman discovers untouched 1969 Jensen FF in her father’s barn after 30 years
- A rare 1969 Jensen FF, one of fewer than 200 built, was discovered after over 30 years in storage.
- It has not been driven since the early 1990s and remains untouched and original.
- The car is heading to auction, with a family connection maintained throughout its history.
- Retaining original keys and documentation, the Jensen FF showcases advanced 1960s automotive technology, including four-wheel drive and anti-lock brakes.
- Auction details will be available from 20 February at Stoneleigh Park, leading to the sale on 21 February.
Woman finds rare 1969 Jensen FF left untouched in her dad’s barn for 30 years | News UK
The 1969 Jensen FF is one of just 200 ever built (Picture: Cover Images)
A rare British car that sat untouched in a barn for over 30 years has come out of hiding with its original paperwork still intact.
The 1969 Jensen FF – one of fewer than 200 ever built – has not been driven since the early 1990s after being quietly locked away in a dry garage following the death of its original owner, Mr ST Pickard.
For more than three decades, it has remained exactly as it was left, never restored, repainted or modified, making it an exceptionally rare survivor.
Now the remarkable garage find is heading to auction, with Iconic Auctioneers preparing to offer it for sale later this month.
Its owner was said to have driven it on Friday afternoons to inspect the Staffordshire quarry sites that he owned and managed, racking up around 60,000 miles.
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In 1973, it was registered in the Isle of Man, where Mr Pickard later lived with his family, but following his death in the mid-1990s, the car was brought back to the mainland and driven straight into storage, where it has remained ever since.
It is now owned by Mr Pickard’s daughter, who inherited the car after her father’s death.
The car went untouched in a barn for decades (Picture: Cover Images)
The owner kept every receipt for the vehicle (Picture: Cover Images)
By the time it passed into her ownership, the car had already been laid up and has never been driven again.
Despite years of dust, the interior remains intact and original, the engine bay is complete and still displays matching numbers, and the car retains its original keys, handbooks and documentation.
Among the paperwork is the original sales invoice, green logbook and a file of Jensen service records, offering a rare and detailed insight into careful long-term ownership before the car disappeared from the road.
The Jensen FF was one of the most technically ambitious cars of its era. It was the world’s first production performance car to feature four-wheel drive and anti-lock brakes.
Today, the model is regarded as one of the most significant British GT cars of the 1960s.
The family used the car to drive around Staffordshire (Picture: Cover Images)
Joe Watts, Car Specialist at Iconic Auctioneers, said: ‘This Jensen FF is one of those cars that reminds us why garage finds still matter. To see such an important model survive untouched for so long, with this level of provenance, is incredibly rare.
‘It perfectly reflects what we strive to offer at Iconic Auctioneers, outstanding cars at every level of the market, each with a story worth telling.’
The Jensen is being sold alongside another long-kept vehicle from the same family collection – a 1943 Ford GPW Willys Jeep believed to have served with the Royal Navy.
Bought as surplus in the late 1950s, it spent around 70 years in daily use on a country estate and remains largely untouched, retaining its original chassis and believed-original engine and bodywork.