A Rolls Royce Silver Shadow found me.
Discussion
Nobody would buy a 41 year old car with a dead engine from Ebay unseen, right? Wrong. I did.
It was in Yorkshire, I'm in Southampton with an 8 week premature baby in hospital, so heading to Yorkshire to check it out wasn't going to happen.
I'm hopeless at bodywork, but engines, gearboxes and wiring is easy peasy and I've got the kit.
Car arrived this week courtesy of shiply.
Collecting a replacement engine next weekend.
It was in Yorkshire, I'm in Southampton with an 8 week premature baby in hospital, so heading to Yorkshire to check it out wasn't going to happen.
I'm hopeless at bodywork, but engines, gearboxes and wiring is easy peasy and I've got the kit.
Car arrived this week courtesy of shiply.
Collecting a replacement engine next weekend.
ks sir, and look forward to updates. You could try and ruin it with a diesel engine, I think I would rather pay for the petrol........or maybe LPG it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Pi0DrTOrJ8
Well done, don't suppose by a million to one chance you have bought PMA500H or RPM697X(this one I'm only 90% sure of the number from my childhood)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Pi0DrTOrJ8
Well done, don't suppose by a million to one chance you have bought PMA500H or RPM697X(this one I'm only 90% sure of the number from my childhood)
I paid £2700. Didn't expect much and was mentally preparing myself breaking it for spares. Turns out the bloke at RR and Bentley breakers Westminster Autos is an honest and genuine guy, its actually in really nice condition. Red with chocolate broon leather.
Not metallic, this is a bonus.
Its not looking so good under the bonnet. Currently 'failing to proceed'.
The drivers door was fine when the car arrived, but we had a little drama saturday when trying to manoeuvre it into the shed, the drivers door wouldn't unlock. I pulled it apart tonight from the inside and got it open, so that's a small step in the right direction.
Does anyone have any experience of pulling the lump out of one of these? If I take the bonnet off and the rad out, but leave the gearbox in, will the lump come out?
Exhaust is missing and one manifold is cracked.
So far so good.
Not metallic, this is a bonus.
Its not looking so good under the bonnet. Currently 'failing to proceed'.
The drivers door was fine when the car arrived, but we had a little drama saturday when trying to manoeuvre it into the shed, the drivers door wouldn't unlock. I pulled it apart tonight from the inside and got it open, so that's a small step in the right direction.
Does anyone have any experience of pulling the lump out of one of these? If I take the bonnet off and the rad out, but leave the gearbox in, will the lump come out?
Exhaust is missing and one manifold is cracked.
So far so good.
dbdb said:
Ooooh that's lovely - and a great colour too!
Do you know what's wrong with the engine yet?
It had an overheating problem and was taken to a garage, heads off and pistons out, the bill was running away, the owner sold it to the garage to cut his losses. The garage disposed of it to a breaker who decided to sell it as it was. I'm that nutter.Do you know what's wrong with the engine yet?
Heads are missing, 2 pistons are missing, bores have water damage. I'm collecting a 63k miles complete engine on Sunday.
Huntsman
Join the RREC at once!
They do weekend seminars on the various models at the club HQ near towcester and i think the one on Shadows are in March, ( bst cehck with them) thy go through EVERYTHING and evn have a sectioned one for you to look at. I have done the Spirit one three times and although the basic talks dont change, what you learn from other guys is invaluable
Most of th later model owners are ok ( normal people) its the earlier models where the braying donkeys reside who go on on who they know rather than what they know, although the erlier odels 20hp etc have the DIY faction.
Se if you can get onto the RREC forum as well
Join the RREC at once!
They do weekend seminars on the various models at the club HQ near towcester and i think the one on Shadows are in March, ( bst cehck with them) thy go through EVERYTHING and evn have a sectioned one for you to look at. I have done the Spirit one three times and although the basic talks dont change, what you learn from other guys is invaluable
Most of th later model owners are ok ( normal people) its the earlier models where the braying donkeys reside who go on on who they know rather than what they know, although the erlier odels 20hp etc have the DIY faction.
Se if you can get onto the RREC forum as well
The Spruce goose said:
how much is your recovery fund.
Dunno, maybe £3000? That would be fine. Expecting to need a few other jobs along the way.Found the exhaust is missing....
silverfoxcc said:
Huntsman
Join the RREC at once!
They do weekend seminars on the various models at the club HQ near towcester and i think the one on Shadows are in March, ( bst cehck with them) thy go through EVERYTHING and evn have a sectioned one for you to look at. I have done the Spirit one three times and although the basic talks dont change, what you learn from other guys is invaluable
Most of th later model owners are ok ( normal people) its the earlier models where the braying donkeys reside who go on on who they know rather than what they know, although the erlier odels 20hp etc have the DIY faction.
Se if you can get onto the RREC forum as well
Thanks, I'll mull it over, not really a fan of car clubs.Join the RREC at once!
They do weekend seminars on the various models at the club HQ near towcester and i think the one on Shadows are in March, ( bst cehck with them) thy go through EVERYTHING and evn have a sectioned one for you to look at. I have done the Spirit one three times and although the basic talks dont change, what you learn from other guys is invaluable
Most of th later model owners are ok ( normal people) its the earlier models where the braying donkeys reside who go on on who they know rather than what they know, although the erlier odels 20hp etc have the DIY faction.
Se if you can get onto the RREC forum as well
Huntsman
Nor am i, too many hooray Henrys who main reason for being a member is to hee haw about how gracious the duke of done-a-bit was in allowing their cars onto his front lawn so the great unwashed can admire them. The annual rally is ok just to see 3000 cars ofvarious models in one place. and as i said the tech seminars are worht their weight in gold as is the forum.
Nor am i, too many hooray Henrys who main reason for being a member is to hee haw about how gracious the duke of done-a-bit was in allowing their cars onto his front lawn so the great unwashed can admire them. The annual rally is ok just to see 3000 cars ofvarious models in one place. and as i said the tech seminars are worht their weight in gold as is the forum.
Normally I wouldn't dare to opine on such things (above my station, etc etc) but that looks rather a lot like a rover V8 under the hood?
Is that the case?
If so pistons and heads should be rather easy to come by, unless there is some worth in maintaining RR originality throughout the car if the heads are special castings or finished in a unique way?
Is that the case?
If so pistons and heads should be rather easy to come by, unless there is some worth in maintaining RR originality throughout the car if the heads are special castings or finished in a unique way?
shalmaneser said:
Normally I wouldn't dare to opine on such things (above my station, etc etc) but that looks rather a lot like a rover V8 under the hood?
Is that the case?
If so pistons and heads should be rather easy to come by, unless there is some worth in maintaining RR originality throughout the car if the heads are special castings or finished in a unique way?
Its a 6 and 3/4 V8 engineIs that the case?
If so pistons and heads should be rather easy to come by, unless there is some worth in maintaining RR originality throughout the car if the heads are special castings or finished in a unique way?
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