1972 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow

Pavilion Gardens | Buxton, Derbyshire 0 - 0 Registration No: GEL 231L Chassis No: SRH14023 MOT: Exempt � Offered with an extensive history file complete with chassis cards and receipts for expenditure � Originally supplied in the attractive colour scheme of Masons Black over Beige � Subject to a previous repaint and extensive works to the body in the 2000's � Offered for sale by the family of the late owner 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 6,750cc 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-made peers. Looking particularly handsome in its original colours of Black with Beige hide, Fawn headlining and Black carpets, this elegant Shadow was originally supplied through H. R. Owen to Ian Morrison, Esq., of Larkhill Properties, Ramillies Street, London W1. It was specified with several desirable options including plain Sundym glass throughout, a Philips cassette player, Lucas quartz iodine spotlamps on both sides, blackwall radial tyres and wing mirrors. The late owner, a longstanding Rolls-Royce collector, purchased the Shadow from Cumbria Classic Cars in 1999 and promptly set about a programme of extensive bodywork repairs, which was completed across 2000 by Kar Kraft Bodywork Services. Subsequent invoices running between 2001 and 2004 detail considerable expenditure on consumables and general upkeep, during which period the Shadow was being regularly enjoyed on Rolls-Royce Enthusiasts� Club rallies. While still presenting well, the Shadow has been out of use for some 20 years while the vendor�s attention was taken up by his other cars, although there is evidence of the brakes being refurbished in 2021 and the wood trim being relacquered in 2022. It is offered for sale with copies of the Rolls-Royce build sheets, very many invoices spanning 2000 to 2004, some historic MOT certificates, photographs of the car as bought in 1999 and during the bodywork repairs, and various technical papers.