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ben68 ◊ 2005-11-28 21:10	1976 Jaguar XJ12 C 5.3, Automatic, also called "Big Cat". More details on: http://www.joodiff.com/stdph13.htm The car deserves a "****" ;-) -- Last edit: 2005-11-28 21:14:47
Saturn Simon ◊ 2005-11-29 17:48	Definitely a Series II
wickey ◊ 2005-11-29 18:09	it is coupe and if I am right, coupe from Series III does not exist , so I agree - it is Series II
stronghold ◊ 2006-01-08 12:45	First appeared in episode 5. (I've replaced the main picture with a larger..better quality picture. Also more pics from episodes 6,7 & 8. -- Last edit: 2014-10-16 17:26:40 (taco)
stronghold ◊ 2006-01-15 02:46	2 Pics from eps.9 & another two from eps 15 + one from eps 20 -- Last edit: 2014-10-16 17:26:55 (taco)
Junkman ◊ 2006-02-07 15:40	It is in fact a Broadspeed Jaguar Racing Coupé. In 1985, Steed's Jaguar was offered to the (now defunct) "Avengers" fanclub. The DVLA (UK car registration office) now offers a limited online facility for checking vehicles. The following is available from the DVLA for the Big Cat: The vehicle details for NWK 60P are: Date of First Registration 03 May 1976 Date of Last V5 Issue 11 March 1991 Year of Manufacture 1976 Cylinder Capacity (cc) 5343 CC Vehicle Status Not Available Vehicle Colour GREEN What the above actually means: the Big Cat was first registered in May 1976, and last "officially" went to a new owner in March 1991. It currently has no road tax (Date of Liability). Possible conclusions: It is no longer a road-legal vehicle; it may be sitting in a garage/garden/driveway somewhere, or it may have been scrapped or broken for spares. It might even be being used in racing (many of its kind are). It's also interesting to note that NWK 60P was the car's legal registration number and not a makeshift for film/television.
stronghold ◊ 2006-02-07 15:56	I had previously read on an Avengers website..that this type of bodywork was No longer street legal ...and the car was probably being used in racing. I'll change it to Broadspeed ...as no factory Jaguar came off the production line ..looking like this.! (..this is one of my favourite cars.! ..and probably in my top 10.!) -- Last edit: 2006-02-07 15:59:36
antp ◊ 2006-02-07 16:03	Does it still have "Jaguar" in its name then? Or is it more like that one: /vehicle_20396-TWR.html -- Last edit: 2006-02-07 16:04:49
Junkman ◊ 2006-02-07 16:04	Quote I had previously read on an Avengers website..that this type of bodywork was No longer street legal ...and the car was probably being used in racing. Every day they ban another reason to live ....
Alexander ◊ 2006-02-07 18:53	Quote The DVLA (UK car registration office) now offers a limited online facility for checking vehicles. Where did you find that?
stronghold ◊ 2006-02-07 22:35	Quote [quote]The DVLA (UK car registration office) now offers a limited online facility for checking vehicles. Where did you find that?[/quote] Check out the DVLA site..I think it was something like £5 per search/car (it's been a while since i last looked..may have been £15.! ..but more likely £5) I was going to check up on some of my dads & my previous cars ..to see if they were still around ...or if they'd reached the scrap-heap in the sky.! ..I had already found out from a car dealer(..Not from the dvla though.!)... that a Buick Electra I had owned ... was sold to some spanish guys and had subsequently been rolled down a hill ..and written-off.!! -- Last edit: 2006-02-07 22:49:58
xj12c ◊ 2006-02-11 20:08	it's a very pretty car, i love it !
Junkman ◊ 2006-02-11 21:07	The DVLA search is free and can be found here: link Follow the 'Vehicle Enquiry' link. I'm quite fond of the big cats myself. There is a black series II XJ12 for sale in my neighborhood. Didn't they say it must be a V12 once in life? Since these cars are unsellable except to me I'll wait a couple of weeks and then make him an offer. He'll say 'no'. Then I wait until end of March and make him another offer. It always works... -- Last edit: 2006-02-11 21:20:33
Junkman ◊ 2006-02-11 21:46	Quote ...I had already found out from a car dealer(..Not from the dvla though.!)... that a Buick Electra I had owned ... was sold to some spanish guys and had subsequently been rolled down a hill ..and written-off.!! I had a beautyfully restored (by myself) 78 Caprice. Six weeks after I sold it, the new owner (drunk) wiped out an entire Citroen dealership with it, then proceeded to knock a concrete wall into the windows of the house behind the front garded the wall was supposed to protect, and ultimately felled a lamp post. The stunt would have made Toby Halicki proud. They had to cut the guy out of the car with one of these giant tin openers. I saw the car in the scrapyard days later and was close to tears. Anyway, the DVLA info is just telling you whether the car is currently registered or not. It doesn't tell you anything about the whereabouts if the car isn't registered. There can be several conclusions: 1. Rusting away in a front garden. England is full of cars rusting away in front gardens. Everytime I ask if it is for sale, it is not. Three weeks later it is sold to a banger racer for 50 quid. Conclusion: My money is not good enough for an Englishman. 2. Scrapped. 3. Exported and rolled down a cliff by some Spanish lads, if it had survived the handling by a professional export company in the first place. 4. Used for racing, which in England means banger racing being the most likely form of motorsport. It wouldn't surprise me a bit if Steed's Broadspeed kitty ended that way.
antp ◊ 2006-02-11 21:51	Quote 1. Rusting away in a front garden. England is full of cars rusting away in front gardens. Everytime I ask if it is for sale, it is not. Three weeks later it is sold to a banger racer for 50 quid. Conclusion: My money is not good enough for an Englishman. In France there are lots too, and when they are really too rusted they go to the scrapyard (for which you have to pay) rather than being sold (or even given) when they are still good. On forum-auto there is a thread full of photos of such car waiting...
Alexander ◊ 2006-02-11 22:19	Quote The DVLA search is free and can be found here: link Follow the 'Vehicle Enquiry' link. Thanks for the link! Quote I'm quite fond of the big cats myself. There is a black series II XJ12 for sale in my neighborhood. Didn't they say it must be a V12 once in life? Since these cars are unsellable except to me I'll wait a couple of weeks and then make him an offer. He'll say 'no'. Then I wait until end of March and make him another offer. It always works... Good luck with adopting the kitty!
mm ◊ 2006-02-12 00:11	If the "long" DVLA link doesn't work, take http://www.vehiclelicence.gov.uk/EvlPortalApp/index.jsp and choose "Vehicle Enquiry".
Jaqob P. ◊ 2006-03-20 15:40	Check this link out: http://theavengers.tv/forever/cars.htm
Jaqob P. ◊ 2006-03-21 14:50	stronghold wrote I had previously read on an Avengers website..that this type of bodywork was No longer street legal ...and the car was probably being used in racing. I'll change it to Broadspeed ...as no factory Jaguar came off the production line ..looking like this.! (..this is one of my favourite cars.! ..and probably in my top 10.!) Mine too!
Silverstone ◊ 2006-07-17 19:19	I belive this car is currently in classic motor racing, a Broadspeed Jaguar would certainly not see a banger track!
papatango61 ◊ 2007-01-22 20:52	Hello anybody knows the brand of the wheels? Regards M
XJ40 ◊ 2007-02-20 23:01	XJ40 wrote i found a plain pretty greensand xj12c for sale. this one is for saturn simon what color is that medium dark green leather in side the xj12c's and xj6c's.
londonitalian ◊ 2008-01-07 01:32	stronghold wrote I had previously read on an Avengers website..that this type of bodywork was No longer street legal ...and the car was probably being used in racing. I'll change it to Broadspeed ...as no factory Jaguar came off the production line ..looking like this.! (..this is one of my favourite cars.! ..and probably in my top 10.!) No, the bodywork is completely legal, There was actually a replica(in burgandy, XJC with wide arches, no bumpers etc) sold on ebay last year which was fully road legal. Its concievable its sitting in a collectors garage somewhere, I`ve searched high & low for this particular one, its deffinately not on the racing circuit, neither is it being displayed anywhere(I pray it isnt scrapped.. NO ONE could POSSIBLY be stupid enough to scrap it). Lets just hope its being stored properly & not being allowed to quietly rust away in some dark, dingy lock up..
Red Grant ◊ 2008-01-07 01:35	Whoa!
londonitalian ◊ 2008-01-07 01:40	Oh, & this might be of some interest... http://www.joodiff.com/readarticle.php?article_id=45
londonitalian ◊ 2008-02-15 04:32	I`ve just found out on a Jaguar forum that the Avengers XJC IS still in existance but apparently in a bad state :-(
madmitch ◊ 2008-02-16 19:00	hello i can shed some light on the subject of the car for one its a jaguar ( nothing else ) it was converted bij broadspeed in 76 to have the looks of theyr race car and if you have a good look at the pictures on difrent sites you can se there was a rear spoiler put on in difrent scenes lateron underneath its yust a normal xj with minor ajustments the car was sold of and than left standing for a long time after that it was picked up bij someone but the car has never seen the light of day and is at this moment still somewhere in the uk but only a select few know exactly where the car is in a poor state the wheels where kent style avon wheels looking similar to the roadgoing jaguar wheels only a lot wider and used in 76 as the wheels for the racing broadspeed jaguar xj coupe in 77 they used difrent wheels
Ebonic ◊ 2008-06-26 16:52	Hello, I would love to know where this car is now. When i was a kid my Dad ran a small transporting company (him, a landy and a trailer) and was off most weekends moving classic cars about. He went to get a Jag one weekend but when he got there was told that the plans had changed and could he store it instead of of ship it. Guess what he came home with. At this point it was still taxed and as we were going to have it for a while it was taken round the block once in a while. I even got taken to school in it once or twice. once the tax ran out it sat in the garage collecting dust and slowly letting the air out of its tires. We had the car for about 5 years if i remeber correctly. I spent many hours in the garage sat in it pretending to drive it and so on. It was eventually picked up. I can remember my Dad was worried because it looked in a real mess! Covered in dust and 4 flats. We went round them with the foot pump and they all stayed up! Put some fresh petrol in and tried to start it. Battery was flat. So a quick jump of Mums car and it started!!! by this time it had started raining, so when Dad reversed it out onto the drive, all the dust washed off and it looked as good as new! owner turned up, put it on a low loader, and it was gone. I would love to see it again as it really started my obsesion with cars, and I'm sure Dad would too. I wonder how much it would cost to get it back in my garage? haha! Sure I have some pictures at home. I'll dig them out and scan them -- Last edit: 2008-10-24 19:52:26
Neal ◊ 2008-10-15 08:12	AS a matter of interest i am moulding a complete Broadspeed kit from an old un-used set. (sydney australia) I also have an old mould of the jaguar leaping cat as used by the dealers (2.5 metres long). A rock star has ordered this kit for there car (cant say who)....im going to try and talk them into painting the body in jaguar spots!! (-;
ealing65 ◊ 2008-11-07 02:23	Neal wrote AS a matter of interest i am moulding a complete Broadspeed kit from an old un-used set. (sydney australia) I also have an old mould of the jaguar leaping cat as used by the dealers (2.5 metres long). A rock star has ordered this kit for there car (cant say who)....im going to try and talk them into painting the body in jaguar spots!! (-; Neal ! Please contact me regarding the XJC body kit. i am about to purchace another withing 3 days (10th November, 2008) Thank you Andrew Sydney, Australia - andrewjohnshaw@gmail.com
londonitalian ◊ 2009-09-30 02:30	I`m also interested neal. Please email me on a73uk@hotmail.com Thanks
GrandPrixLegend ◊ 2010-03-30 20:53	As there is currently a rerun of this series in France/Germany on ARTE, i'd like to know if there are any news regarding this vehicle? The article, that londonitalian mentioned was no longer available but i was able to locate it at the Internet Archive. -- Last edit: 2010-03-30 20:53:46
sixcyl ◊ 2011-05-08 18:05	Ep.1.02 "House of Cards" Le château de cartes First appearance of NWK 60P I want it! -- Last edit: 2011-11-06 22:31:12
dsl ◊ 2011-06-07 17:07	Originally a 1973 car "XJ12 2 Door Saloon, Chassis #2G 1008 (1973), Experimental Car - Project XJ36, First Owner - Jaguar Experimental, Original Colour - Lavender, 1976 Body Modified for "New Avengers" TV series, 1976 Exterior colour changed to Metallic Green" http://www.kelsey-forums.co.uk/cgi-bin/jwm/YaBB.pl?num=1174599963/30 . XJ36 was the code for the XJ12C.
dwdg ◊ 2011-10-11 16:48	We were just talking about this car at the weekend. My father in law used to own it and my mother in law drove it once or twice. There are even pictures to support this. He was a bit of a car trader with a partner and they sold it many years ago. It was reported recently that it had been seen somewhere, not sure if it was Goodwood?
sixcyl ◊ 2011-11-06 22:28	Ep.1.03 "The last of the Cybernauts...?" Le dernier des Cybernautes
sixcyl ◊ 2012-03-18 23:02	Ep.1.07 "To Catch a Rat" Pour attraper un rat 3 -- Last edit: 2012-03-18 23:05:22
sixcyl ◊ 2012-06-23 16:31	Ep.1.10 "Sleeper" Le S95 3
BigRiggs1 ◊ 2012-08-10 00:31	This car makes my willy feel funny.
sixcyl ◊ 2012-12-09 09:20	Ep.1.11 Three Handed Game Jeu à 3 mains 4
sixcyl ◊ 2012-12-23 22:40	Ep.2.06 Trap Le piège 1
sixcyl ◊ 2012-12-25 08:30	Ep.2.07 Hostage Otage 1
sixcyl ◊ 2013-03-24 08:55	Ep.2.01 Dead Men are Dangerous Méfiez vous des morts 2
jmolder ◊ 2013-12-18 22:51	So this is the only Broadspeed JAguar?
dsl ◊ 2013-12-19 01:26	^ There were 4 racecars - not sure how many official road cars - maybe only this one (which was the prototype/testbed for the racing conversion)?? However there were a few bodykit specials to create lookalikes from various sources.
jmolder ◊ 2013-12-19 16:45	Thank you very much was very intrigued about this car
Sandie ◊ 2015-08-27 21:11	Found and up for auction: Link to "www.bbc.com" -- Last edit: 2015-08-27 21:11:36
dsl ◊ 2015-09-22 16:09	Link to "www.classic-auctions.com" Sale Date: 14th October 2015 1976 Jaguar XJ12 C Estimate: (£) 10,000 - 12,000 Reg Number: NWK 60P Chassis Number: 2G1008BW Engine Number: 7P5411SA Cc: 5343 Body Colour: Green Trim Colour: Tan MOT Expiry Date: [blank] - John Steed's famous mount in 'The New Avengers' TV series - The eighth XJ-C 12 made and originally a Jaguar experimental car (as confirmed by its Heritage Certificate) - Broadspeed body kit and extra wide wheels fitted for the TV series plus respray in Metallic Green and re-trim in Beige leather etc - Dry stored for many years and now in need of restoration - See more at: Link to "www.classic-auctions.com"
cl82 ◊ 2015-09-25 18:21	Good to see it has survived, but it sadly does have some serious "crunchy sills".
Burgess ◊ 2015-10-06 19:19	I am seriously considering bidding on the Steed Big Cat in the October auction. It looks a real mess, but if the price stays low enough it would be a worthy restoration. Does anyone have contacts for any of the original Broadstreet builders so I could get an estimate as to what it would take to bring it back to its former glory? I'm in the US (LA) so I could ship it here but if I could get it restored by someone familiar with the car that might be preferable. -- Burgess
Burgess ◊ 2015-10-16 03:09	Well, the car sold for a price of 69,440 (Pounds Sterling), not including a 12% buyer's premium. A tad rich for my blood. . .
rjluna2 ◊ 2023-12-29 18:52	From "House of Cards" (#1.02) -
rjluna2 ◊ 2024-01-15 20:18	From "The Last of the Cybernauts...??" (#1.03) - -- Last edit: 2024-01-15 21:53:48
Mad_Max ◊ 2024-03-12 07:52	Junkman wrote Every day they ban another reason to live .... It's true, sadly, they won't stop until all aspects of our lives are controlled from birth to death, and there's no moral or ethical line those morally bankrupt, power-hungry bastards won't cross to see it happen.

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1976 Jaguar XJ12 C Broadspeed 5.3 Automatic 'Big Cat' [2G1008BW]

1976 Jaguar XJ12 C Broadspeed [2G1008BW] in The New Avengers, TV Series, 1976-1977 Ep. 1.02+

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