I used to share an office with John Howlett at Leyland Cars. He was responsible for liaison with TV companies and told me that thing was practically undriveable at normal road speeds, mainly because the steering was so heavy that it was the devil's own job to get it round corners.

@modelmania825

5 ай бұрын

yes the wheel offset of the wheels was so wrong it was terrible to drive , they narrowed the wheels only on the inside , so the outside stayed the same to keep the look of the racecars

@TelBil2010

5 ай бұрын

Wonder where this is now

@modelmania825

5 ай бұрын

@@TelBil2010 me to

@russcooke5671

5 ай бұрын

@@TelBil2010it’s being restored

@modelmania825

5 ай бұрын

@@russcooke5671 it was restored , but the company doing it went out of business and than it dissapeared again , i heard it was being finished at jaguar heritage , but not sure of it, and that was about 5 years ago so it should be finished already long time ago ,,, it was never shown anywhere , also not spotted on the road, so it's in someones garage hidden away from everyone

This car was always my favourite jaguar , my love of jaguar cars probably started with this one.😊

One of the sexiest looking cars ever

I would have been about 12 when my eldest brother came home with a brand new Jag 4.2 - it was in brown with leather upholstery and more buttons and switches than a BBC outside broadcast unit, it was love at first site. My folks had a 1300 mk 2 Cortina - the deluxe model with chrome wheel trims and very little else. The Jag had a/c and electric windows, it went like stink and drove like nothing else I had experienced at the time. I have had half a dozen Jags myself to date, my favourite being the 2000 XJR supercharged beast - what a car. Times are hard now so a turbo charged mini is my daily driver but as soon as things turn around my days of Jaglessness will be over once more.

Loved this car as a kid . Must be saved .imagine it with f type svr in it..

Loved the video 😁 In the Avengers series it always made me laugh when you saw one of bad guys driving an old banger you knew it was going to be crashed or blown up lol 😆

At the time I thought this was the best car in the world, I still do.

How the fcck did it end up in that state in the first place ? What a beast

Great vid, thanks for all the info, I really enjoyed it. I have always liked Steeds jaguar and the Broadspeed race cars.😀

I got to see the car in Huddersfield they had it in the showroom in the Leyland garage.

I loved that car

Thats the Machine I would buy if I won the LOTTERY utter respect for that car watching it on TV and loving it then. Need to win the lottery to buy the petrol for it.

That scene where Steed chased a formula screwed my perspective on a lot of things later 😂

@modelmania825

6 ай бұрын

hahahah yeah , in real life he would never caught up to the formula car ,, also in the chase he was shifting gears, while the car was an automatic so the engine sounds where faked as well

@stringer-ik1pc

6 ай бұрын

Formula one cars back in the70s weren't as fast as they are today. Yet a jag v12 was a 150+ car.​@@modelmania825

Great video. There were bits in there I wish I’d known before I did my first! Thanks for the “Sports car story” plug. Much appreciated. I’ve already recorded my next XJC video, but I’ll give your channel a plug in the following one. Thanks again! Pete

@modelmania825

6 ай бұрын

looking forward to seeing the next video of your build

I always saw "The New Avengers" as a 1970s show, and indeed saw TNA before I ever saw the Diana Rigg "The Avengers".

In 1985 I bought an accident damaged 1976P reg 4.2Coupe. Once repaired it was a dream to drive. All my friends who had normal 4door XJ's commented on how nice to drive it was. As for the quality of the car... ummm... that's another story.

i remember watching this car in the avengers

A few other things about the "Big Cat" to note: The original color of this car from Jaguar was Lilac. Thank goodness for the repaint! Also, if you didn't realize, at the 2:27 mark, Steed actually looks like he's driving a manual (watch his left arm) and with the correct soundtrack (it were really a manual in the first place) to match. Both Patrick Macnee and Joanna Lumley have talked a great length about the car, with Patrick stating it was an absolute bear to drive due to the modified suspension and Joanna (being a car gal) stating she loved the car, but was always relegated to the back seat! I was also keeping track of the car from here in the US, and after the restoration company tanked, the owner had the car supposedly sent off to another resto company to be completed. Nothing's been confirmed though, and that's the very last thing about the car that I've heard.

Magnificent!!

Great video

I had the 4.2 Daimler sovereign in the 80s I did like it at 1st but the steering was very slow to react maybe because of those big tyres that those cars had... The car though was beautiful to be inside with wood everywhere tastefully done.. And very quiet on the motorway... I've replaced it with a Granada 2.8 I more nimble and more fun to drive.. But there was always something about the Big cat in a way.

@modelmania825

5 ай бұрын

probably the rubber bushing on the steering rack , when they get older the steering feels like a boat , the whole rack moves first before it starts doing something we used to put metal shims in it so the rack could not move anymore that way the handeling would improve a lot

That last picture looks like Tyrells Classics unit?

@modelmania825

6 ай бұрын

it is , before it became tyrells , i guess he went belly up , and restarted under a difrent name

@simes205

5 ай бұрын

I think so too

It’s beautiful! Almost had a Camaro front end

Bugger me, Jaguar should have made a XJ 12 C-RS, looking like this 😅 Maybe.

@modelmania825

5 ай бұрын

the bodykit is still available from fibresports in the uk so you can make your own

Jolly good.

I remember seeing the car at the classic car show at Alexander Palace in 1979(I think!) I was a bit disappointed . It was filthy and covered in hand prints 🙄

@Wally-H

3 ай бұрын

Sadly film and television props aren't really valued by the production companies once they've finished with them. Mark I Productions probably stuffed it in a lock-up with a load of other stuff and left it there until it was eventually sold. I have a friend who used to work in the model unit on the Bond films and much of the stuff he made suffered the same fate.

Mmmmm what a beautiful cat,just love it.

Cor blimey what about the bird in yellow ! .... Oh sorry I thought it was the seventies for a minute.....

@zombiebiker5581

5 ай бұрын

You beat me too it, loved this Jag, loved the show and as for the women, tasty

0:56 Do you have any design details about the 5 centre-lock "bolts" (nuts) used instead of the single large centre-lock nut for fixing the racing wheels to the standard Jaguar hubs? Are the custom-made wheel nuts just hex bar turned down to fit the 5 drilled stud holes in the modified wheels, with thick washers machined to suit? The wheel nuts look like they are the "Mag Seat with washer" extended thread lug nut design. These were popular when aluminum wheels first came out years ago, but now they're pretty rare.

Don't know why they had trouble with the wheels & tyres, Chevy stud pattern, everybody knows that,the largest array of wheel-&tyres possible,derrr

@modelmania825

6 ай бұрын

the wheels where 14 inch wide no one makes tires for that in 16 inch , that is why they narrowed them ,, next to that these wheels are soooo rare , only 1 set of these evere existed ,, and of the racecar wheels only 4 or 5 sets where ever made

Take it or leave it!! Wheels turns table upside down of any car's profile.. agressive or gentle, man i would sell my kidneys just to olbuy those wheels, those wheels are just as unique as those firestone unique wheels..

@modelmania825

5 ай бұрын

yes they are rare , the wheels on the avengers car where a one off set , the wheels on the racecars probably 4 or 5 sets where made , i used to own a full set and 1 seperate rear wheel ,, i sold the set for 10.000 euro and still own the one rear wheel , i also have 1 19 inch speedline wheel of the 1977 racecar

@ckryses3962

5 ай бұрын

@@modelmania825 darn it...wish I had the money and opportunity both, i would have bought it....for these beauty 10k is nothing...in 10k, today overpriced and overrated things sell...here this thing is priceless and timeless.. Oh yeah i recalled the Firestone unique wheels ""Firestone LXX concept"" even it's tires are specially made..will only fit LXX..

Is the single seater a March?

Wasn't there a similar thing done on The Equaliser with Edward Woodwood,?

@lotusgroup123

3 ай бұрын

Well, the character drove a 4 door Series 3 Jag XJ, but not aware it was modified in any way.

Isn’t that Iain Tyrell’s workshop?

@modelmania825

5 ай бұрын

it is now , before it was cheshire classic cars and it went out of business , he probably just restarted under a difrent name in the same building,, sadly from the day they closed up shop the car dissapeared and has not been seen , i heard it may have been finished at jaguar heritage , but i am not sure , i realy would like to see it finished

I used to own the Randell and Hopkirk Red Mini 'BAP' in 1995... I lost track of it now .... anyone know where it is??

Great video, do you know anything about the mk2 granada broadspeed road cars? A mate of mine has one which he is restoring at the moment. Thanks

@modelmania825

6 ай бұрын

sadly not , i know broadspeed did a lot of cars , my favorites are the jaguars and the mini's , i know of the others they did , but i do not have any research into them

@jaws6869

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the reply 👍

@user-jr2vy2el6f

5 ай бұрын

Got an old car mag annual book think it's 78 it features a test of a bi turbo broadspeed granada!

@bostonbikebits6539

5 ай бұрын

@@modelmania825 my mate has a Broadspeed Anglia. The engine is fiat 2.0 twin cam, I believe the spaceframe chassis was developed with or by Lotus. It's pretty much immaculate and apart from jumping out of 3rd it runs perfectly - we will be looking at that soon.

@stevewestwood4832

5 ай бұрын

It was a one off - twin turbo . I have a test review of it.

only me that spotted a Miura @ 8:49?

@simes205

5 ай бұрын

It’s Iain Tyrell’s workshop, I think

@tomedian

5 ай бұрын

@@simes205 yes, the workshop and layout looked familiar. Just looked up Cheshire Classic Cars and this company went into administration 2016.

Double-clutching a widebody cat… Not so new an idea apparently.

How do people allow things to get so bad?

@davidstuart4915

Ай бұрын

should never have happened to this iconic machine...

Unpopular opinion perhaps but I always felt the wheel arches were a bit clunky. It might be perfect for racing but aesthetically I would want something a bit cleaner.

Seems a bit Brutish and Crude of a car for Steed even for back then... (Then again so was the Bentley..) 🫖 🇬🇧 🫖