Friends from uk..help me about one of your cars

[Paolo-LoveGT40 Modelworks]

I discover now a beauty..think is a jag xj coupè.
I dunno anything about this car (just wikipedia) but for decades this 4 lights jag was my favorite car ever. I've never seen in italy a 2 door one.

I see now the "Big Cat" green one..and I definitely fall in love:
MovieCars - le auto del cinema - Jaguar XJ Big Cat - New Avengers

http://www.moviecars.it/images/auto/jaguar_xj_bigcat_b2.jpg

can anybody tell me (or link me) some more infos about the history of the xj coupè jags?I am sure she was a racing queen in Uk during the 70's

thank u.

Ps. Still at today I love the 2 door xj..mamma mia :heart::lipsrsealed:

 

A racing version Paolo...

 

[Dalton Veitch]

I loved watching the heroes racing around in The New Avengers in the hotted up jag they used.

 

[Paolo-LoveGT40 Modelworks]

yeeeees Brian!! that is the car I am searching for. Where can I get more infos about it?..wanna know all.

Dalton,u right. That car is too nice, never seen a wide body street one.Dunno if that was a sort of fiberglass preparation done in the 70's ( but have to learn more..)Seems a prehistoric bmw m3.

I also remeber an incredible picture form the past of a car crash, where one of these coupè was flying into air in a ball of fire. For years I try to identify the car, the others racings ones seems from British tourism cars (or australian, or NZ ones).Maybe a sort of v8 supercar of the past?maybe Bathurust cars from the 70s?...there is soo few online about it.The only I found are from a modelling site:

http://www.marsland.on.ca/obsession/Jaguar Marsland Collection Chap3.htm

Isnt a fury such jag?

 

The car in the photo was part of the Jaguar Car Club's display at the 2006 Le Mans Classic. I believe it was a Broadspeed one. Some more information here...

1976/77 Broadspeed Jaguar XJ12 Saloon | Reviews and Buyer's Guides | Sports Car Market - January 2009 issue

 

[Paolo-LoveGT40 Modelworks]

thnx Brian, so I know no it is called xj-12 and not xj coupè...

also wanna read more bout group2 of the 70's...think it was same cathegory of the CSL's bmw.

and I also wonder what was the sort of tv serie's Big Cat.
Surely a beauty as that one will be saved in uk...somewhere.

 

[clive]

Paolo,

Try this link.

YouTube - Bathurst 1985 Jaguar V12 Qualifying Lap

Clive

 

[Paolo-LoveGT40 Modelworks]

yeaah..too cool. The bathurst is the other's world Nurburgring. I love too much that race (and hope I will be able to see a live streamin of the 2010 race in october..e will see)

for whos interested, here there is a too nice rebuild of the 1:1 car.

FiBoy's XJ12C restoration; rebuilding a Jaguar XJ V12 Coupe

 

[Keith]

The Bathhurst clip is of V12 XJS model, whereas the Broadspeed pic earlier in the thread is of a quite rare 2 door XJ 12 saloon car - a different model entirely but with the same motor.

Tom Walkinshaw took the to European Touring Car Championship with the XJS - a remarkable feat considering the sheer size and weight of the thing - he was some driver and of course went on to own HRT for a while until his global TWR empire went bust, but I believe he is back in Supercars again now in some capacity.

A most remarkable man and a hard nut of the old school.

 

[colin artus]

This XJ coupe was available as a series two car, either V12 and 4.2l str6 engines. All the V12 were autos (BW 65 then GM400) some 4.2l had manual boxes. There was also a Daimler badged version (Double six coupe) which is quite rare (c 340 made). I once saw a pre-production coupe which had series 1 bodywork. Broadspeed built 3 race cars : there must be many more copies about now.