1975 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow I

37,000 miles from new

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Description

The Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow was a luxury saloon car built from 1965 until 1980 and was the first Rolls-Royce to be constructed using a monocoque chassis and, to date, has the largest production volume of any Rolls-Royce. The original Shadow was 3½” narrower and shorter than the Silver Cloud which it replaced, but managed to offer increased passenger and luggage space thanks to more efficient packaging made possible by its construction. Aside from a more modern appearance and construction, the Silver Shadow introduced many new features such as disc brakes instead of drum brakes and independent rear suspension rather than the ageing live axle design of previous cars.

The pre-1970 Shadow 1 featured a 172 bhp 6.2 Litre V8 coupled to the same 4-speed automatic gearbox as the Silver Cloud sourced from General Motors. The car’s most innovative feature was a high-pressure hydraulic system licensed from Citroen, with dual-circuit braking and hydraulic self-levelling suspension. At first, both the front and rear of the car were controlled by the levelling system; the front levelling was deleted in 1969 as it had been determined that the rear levelling did almost all the work. Rolls-Royce achieved a high degree of ride quality with this arrangement.

A later Series 1 model, this wonderful original Silver Shadow was owned by a wealthy family from new, being chauffeur driven for much of its life. The Rolls was later sold to the family secretary, before being purchased by our current vendor in 2014. In the current ownership the Shadow has enjoyed an overhaul to the braking system, and is offered with a substantial history file, handbooks, invoices and previous MOT certificates.

Finished in Caribbean Blue with a matching Sky blue leather interior, showing a mere 37,000 miles recorded, and supplied with a new MOT certificate, this is the nicest low mileage Silver Shadow we have seen for a long time.

Sold For £13,500

Auction	Fontwell House Goodwood Sep 2017
Auction Date	N/A
Day of Auction	N/A

lot details

Lot Number	134
Registration Number	UK Registered
Chassis Number	SRH/20991
Year	1975
Make	Rolls-Royce
Model	Silver Shadow I

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