Rolls Royce Silver Shadow bought sight-unseen from eBay
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TheInternet said:
ecurie said:
If your chassisnumber is lower than SRH7404 it might also be the front height control valve.
Is that a fully redundant braking system on the front axle?jimfoz said:
The interior just looks like it needs recolonising
Apt typo.The main braking is done by a high pressure hydraulic system, fed by cam-driven pumps with pressure stored in accumulators and released to the callipers when required. there is also a normal, un-servod, system with a master cylinder but that's very much a secondary system. You wouldn't want to try stopping the car with just that!
Just to add, yes, the brakes are connected to the suspension too!
Edited by varsas on Friday 3rd October 15:18
jimfoz said:
The green and tan colour combo looks great. The interior just looks like it needs recolonising, but that is surprisingly inexpensive.
Doesn't look like you have a/c, but that is an added complication you can do without. If the bodywork and engine are essentially sound and you only have a few issues with the hydraulics you might have bagged yourself a keeper.
Doesn't look like you have a/c, but that is an added complication you can do without. If the bodywork and engine are essentially sound and you only have a few issues with the hydraulics you might have bagged yourself a keeper.
Sorry! I read it. Then read it again. Then I realised what it was that didn't 'fit' the context.
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OP: Top purchasing there. Good luck with the corroded pipe you've now located.
Car with bonnet/grill/radiator removed to gain access. The engine looks really cool!
The grotten (grotty 'n' rotten) pipes to the front height valve. The one that burst was one of the flexi hoses, but as you can see the fixed ones are also really horrible. The pipes you can see in the engine bay all look good, they are 'modern' copper, all nicely clipped and corrosion free, I guess whoever did that didn't change these! What's the betting the rear pipes/hoses are the same...
All the pipes you can see have been removed, nice shiny new ones on the way!
The grotten (grotty 'n' rotten) pipes to the front height valve. The one that burst was one of the flexi hoses, but as you can see the fixed ones are also really horrible. The pipes you can see in the engine bay all look good, they are 'modern' copper, all nicely clipped and corrosion free, I guess whoever did that didn't change these! What's the betting the rear pipes/hoses are the same...
All the pipes you can see have been removed, nice shiny new ones on the way!
Hi
I can see from the early under bonnet pictures that front height control system is still in place.
In the early days this was disconnected by the dealers and packing blocks fitted on both control rams.
All the pipe work was blanked off and the system disconnected. The valve on the front cross member is the front ride height control valve which I can see is connected. the connecting rod was normally disconnected in the early modification. I was a Rolls Royce apprentice in the seventies and did a lot of these.
The handling was greatly improved. But I guess if you want it all original and unreliable! you can rebuild it but the factory disconnect kit would be my way forward.
Best of luck
Paul
I can see from the early under bonnet pictures that front height control system is still in place.
In the early days this was disconnected by the dealers and packing blocks fitted on both control rams.
All the pipe work was blanked off and the system disconnected. The valve on the front cross member is the front ride height control valve which I can see is connected. the connecting rod was normally disconnected in the early modification. I was a Rolls Royce apprentice in the seventies and did a lot of these.
The handling was greatly improved. But I guess if you want it all original and unreliable! you can rebuild it but the factory disconnect kit would be my way forward.
Best of luck
Paul
williamp said:
Lovwly lovely lovely. How does it compare with the S1 Xj6, as many thougt the latter wasjust as good/ better when they road tested it
Well, it's funny, the first time I drove a S1 XJ6 I really did think 'Wow, this is how I imagined an old RR or Bently must be' and you know what? I wasn't far off. In terms of just driving they offer a similar experience. Nice airy cabin, a lusty engine, over-light steering (which you do get used to) and soft suspension. The RR has the (even more) punchy engine and is more refined, but the Jaguar has much better handling, to the point where you can really enjoy driving the XJ6 swiftly. The RR does make the XJ6 look very ordinary in terms of general finish and interiour though. Don't get me wrong, the Jaguar is lovely but it doesn't really compare to the RR.The XJ6 is clearly the better car; it drives better and is so much more practical being a bit smaller, and with better fuel economy but the RR is the nicer object, the nicer thing to own. The XJ6 is a really nice classic car, the Rolls Royce is a Rolls Royce. To be honest I'm not sure anyone else really tried to do what RR did at the time, I really do think it's unique so comparisons between the RR and anything else are a bit invalid.
R6VED said:
Very cool and brave/insane of you :-) I have just bought a 33 year old Mercedes 500 SEL in black with beige velour, not quite the same of course but in a similar old school, big engined, wafty vein :-)
Good luck
Charlie
Yeah, best sorts of classics IMHO. Everyone wants a sports car but if you want a drivers car just get a modern Boxster, but nothing does wafting better than a classic!Good luck
Charlie
Pics please!
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