RE: 175MPH R-R Silver Shadow Unleashed
Discussion
cookie1600 said:
Can you still here the clock ticking at 60 mph?
Thanks for sharing this wonderful piece of motoring nostalgia.Two things stand out:
1. There's a wonderful line in there that reads: "People who feel diffident about driving a Rolls Royce can drive a Bentley", and
2. Another paragraph reads: "The Rolls Royce radiator has never changed, except that when Sir Henry Royce died in 1933 the monogram RR was changed from red to black". Well ... it's taken another 70 years give or take for BMW to sacrilegiously nullify the famous radiator shell into a pale imitation of what it should be. The one on the Phantom is loud and proud and as it should be ... whereas the front of the new baby roller is nothing short of an abomination.
ds! That was my first Euromillions project.Streetrod said:
Love that, reminds me of this Blown Hemi RR Pro Street car I saw a few years ago in the States. I would love to roll up to a RR owners meet in this 
Yes, that's what I was thinking of. It was at SEMA a couple of years back. However, that one is obviously more show than go, wheras the one in the OP is a proper drag car.Edited by Streetrod on Monday 24th October 16:57
Love these kinds of conversions; must make the concours RR enthusiasts have nightmares!
ode said:
Fantastic. Reminds me of the Sheikh in the Cannonball Run :-)
Here you go: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc_drwbHsF0
Phil
bobberz said:
Yes, that's what I was thinking of. It was at SEMA a couple of years back. However, that one is obviously more show than go, wheras the one in the OP is a proper drag car.
Love these kinds of conversions; must make the concours RR enthusiasts have nightmares!
1300hp so there should be plenty of go to accompany the show Love these kinds of conversions; must make the concours RR enthusiasts have nightmares!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLHJv0979ZU
madal said:
Justayellowbadge said:
Bespoke chassis and running gear, and a chevy V8.
It's not really a shad, is it?
so its a chevy then no really a R.R IS it It's not really a shad, is it?
it look like R.R but looks only
Wake up and smell the coffee for Crissakes................
[Adenoidal voice]I think you'll find Rolls Royce actually used a slightly different grade of steel in their genuine Silver Shadows, so it certainly can't be called a real Rolls Royce[/adenoidal voice]
FFS people, just enjoy the story rather the getting anal about it PistonHeads: Pedantry Matters.
Looks like a lot of fun to me
FFS people, just enjoy the story rather the getting anal about it
PistonHeads: Pedantry Matters.Looks like a lot of fun to me
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