"Return of the Saint"
where do you find it to watch it ?

 

YouTube

 

As a fan of the leaper, I wonder how it got there since my understanding is that Jaguar directly supplied the cars to the show, not dealers.

 

The production crew might've added it.

I've had the misfortune of working on a few 'movie and TV' cars. They've all been cobbled up in some form or another....sometimes shamefully so.

Cheers
DD

 

Well, I would love to know that little piece of XJS trivia, so that if Jaguar actually delivered the car like that to the producers, I could throw it in the faces of you leaper-haters!!! All in good fun of course !

 

Here is a site that has a lot of info about the XJS used on the series;

The Saint's Jaguar XJS

 

Thanks for the info!

Well that just disproved my theory that Jaguar had provided a car fitted with the leaper from the factory !! :-(

It says that Alternate car #1 obtained "from a dealership" was the one fitted with a leaper.

So much for that !

 

well, there we go

Outstanding Genuine - Jaguar XJS 3.6 Very Low Mileage Fully Documented History | eBay

full bonnet chrome runner terminating in a leaper over growler......


another just like mine was when i originally bought it
not saying i like it, and not saying i don't,

it is what it is, and i have one like it


BB

 

I decided last week, that the best place for a leaper for an XJ-S is the owners skin... So I had one done...

 

pictures ?

c'mon

BB, lol

 

Still fresh but bruising is gone...

 

Mine has a rectangular base, wonder what it was from?

https://www.flickr.com/photos/shaneclara/14872042342/

 

UPDATE

Well guys I finally did it.....exit the leaper.....enter the GROWLER.....and I like it!

I didn't realise how nice her sweeping bonnet was until now....definately a fan

I think it's a keeper

My decision to try it out was based on a majority of xjs i looked at online and in the movies that predominately sported the growler. To me it seemed more proper.....so i tried it out....and now im in love!

 

What took you so long 'Bro' She looks Ten times better now!

 

My XJS also has (soon to be had) a leaper with a rectangular base like yours but as much as I would like to, I cannot replace it with a 'Growler' for Two reasons.

First its in the middle of the bonnet/hood and even if it was nearer the front, the holes in the 'Leaper' and 'Growler' don't match up, although I think they might do if you have one of those 'Leapers' that has a round base.

 

heh OB. The picture might look deceiving but the leaper had a round base. Bloody heavy too.

I feel so good joining the Growler club he he he

 

You were lucky you had a round 'Leaper' as the ones with the oblong bases, don't seem to have the bolt holes in the same place as the 'Growler' so not so interchangeable, unless you drill more blinking holes!

 

Hey, were can I get one for my XJS ? Thanks in advance

 

I designed one myself which can rotate and is springy

 

Hello,
can you make one for me as well ?