Registration No: RLG 1L
Chassis No: SRH15700
MOT: May 2024

• Just 41,750 miles from new
• Subject to a service and mechanical fettling in June of this year
• Offered with a collection of invoices from marque specialists
  

Launched in 1965, the Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow was a bold departure for the Crewe company. Their first monocoque design, it also benefited from olio-pneumatic rear suspension, power disc brakes and GM's silken 400 series automatic gearbox (though, the latter was not adopted until 1968). Such 'new technology' did not encroach on the luxurious interior with its sumptuous leather hides, rich wood veneers and deep lambswool carpets. Performance from the smooth 6,230cc V8 engine (upgraded to 6750cc in 1970) was assured, the car wafting forward on a seemingly unstoppable wave of torque. Still immensely cosseting to drive, Shadows offer a genuinely different ownership experience to their mass-produced peers.

First registered on the 1^st of June, 1973, ‘RLG 1L’ has covered a mere 41,720 miles. The vehicle was previously on display for many years in a large collection at the British Motor Museum at Gaydon.

Described as ‘an excellent’ example of the marque, by the vendor, there are many invoices and thousands of pounds of expenditure on the vehicle in the past 20 years and more, with very little use over the years. For example, the car benefitted from ring gear, a head gasket, electronic ignition and a radiator re-core, all carried out in 2002, by Kingsmill Workshop. More recently, some £1,800 was spent on the Rolls for a service in June of 2023 at Colbrook R & B, with 2 new gas spheres, brake fluid and an air conditioning re-gas and has previously received a re-trimmed interior.

There is a recent and ‘clean’ MOT certificate on file, from a Rolls Royce specialist, Colbrook R & B of Peterborough. The MOT runs until the 31^st of May, 2024. It is being sold from a collection and it’s a lovely example of a Silver Shadow I. The Rolls has a music system in glove box with the amp fitted in the boot and we believe the tools are present. Offered with a current V5C.

For more information, please contact:
James McWilliam
james.mcwilliam@handh.co.uk
07943 584760

Condition Report

on C&C/deleted