new avengers jaguar broadspeed

a video timeline of the jaguar broadspeed xj12c used by john steed in the tv series the new avengers
i do not own the copyrights to all the video footage they are propperty of i think the bbc ????
i only made this as a "documentary "style video to show the history of the car and current state of it ( as far as i know )
any new information is always welcome !! , you can contact me on my FB or email ( broadspeed , at , hotmail, dot, com )
link to the newly to be build broadspeed replica by sports car story
• Using this model as a ...
link to broadspeed xj12c chassis nr 1 is here
• broadspeed history 197...

[@icooper5236]

One of the sexiest looking cars ever

[@anthonyfernwood8093]

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

[@sky33liner]

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]

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]

Wonder where this is now

[@modelmania825]

@@TelBil2010 me to

[@russcooke5671]

@@TelBil2010it’s being restored

[@modelmania825]

@@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

[@bostonbikebits6539]

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.

[@darrensouthward1824]

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

[@gerry5134]

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 😆

[@iansteel5569]

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

[@avmelidor]

I loved that car

[@indie8892]

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

[@anip1259]

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

[@MACLAD6666]

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.

[@wordup1944]

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

[@user-ig1xo3om2x]

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

[@LaurentiusTriarius]

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

[@modelmania825]

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]

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

[@sportscarstory]

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]

looking forward to seeing the next video of your build

[@peterchapman8357]

i remember watching this car in the avengers

[@TheDarkPhoenix23]

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.

[@fredericksaxton3991]

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.

[@neilperry2224]

That last picture looks like Tyrells Classics unit?

[@modelmania825]

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

[@simes205]

I think so too

[@porsche928racing8]

Great video

[@vermillion.__-_.]

It’s beautiful! Almost had a Camaro front end

[@jasonrushton5991]

Magnificent!!

[@martinmcdonald4207]

Jolly good.

[@clive4500]

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]

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

[@kasperkjrsgaard1447]

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

[@modelmania825]

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

[@user-lb7nn1jh9n]

Mmmmm what a beautiful cat,just love it.

[@markdavis2475]

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]

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.

[@johnpoile1451]

Is the single seater a March?

[@adcengineer3090]

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

[@zombiebiker5581]

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

[@cnoshoes7049]

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]

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

[@robinpelletstovesuk9194]

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

[@zombiebiker5581]

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

[@lotusgroup123]

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

[@ckryses3962]

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]

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]

@@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..

[@simes205]

Isn’t that Iain Tyrell’s workshop?

[@modelmania825]

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

[@jaws6869]

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]

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]

Thanks for the reply 👍

[@user-jr2vy2el6f]

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

[@bostonbikebits6539]

@@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]

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

[@PaulTaylorHypno]

How do people allow things to get so bad?

[@davidstuart4915]

should never have happened to this iconic machine...

[@tomedian]

only me that spotted a Miura @ 8:49?

[@simes205]

It’s Iain Tyrell’s workshop, I think

[@tomedian]

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

[@RedEye19]

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

[@highlands]

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.

[@briancornish5857]

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