Seller's comments about 1970' Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow
This lot will be auctioned via Iconic Auctioneers, The Classic Sale at the Warwickshire Event Centre on Saturday the 7th of December, Warwickshire Event Centre, CV31 1XN.Introduced in 1965 as a replacement for the much-loved but ageing Silver Cloud III, the Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow was a landmark vehicle in the company's historyIt offered a stylish and more practical alternative to the Silver Cloud it replaced and, with unibody construction, hydraulically-actuated four-wheel disc brakes and four-wheel independent suspension, it was infinitely more modern and appealing to the new class of owner-driverPowered by Rolls' venerable 6. 75-litre V8 producing 220bhp and offering 0-60mph in 10. 6 seconds and 116mphFirst registered in 1970, this Shadow 1 appears to have undergone a restoration at some point its lifeIt's finished in Tudor Grey with twin gold coachlines and a Black Everflex roof over a St James Red leather interior with matching door cards, carpets and black top-roll punctuated by Burr Walnut trimSupplied with invoices from Rolls-Royce specialists and its Rolls-Royce supplement handbookThe Silver Shadow is rightly coming of age as an eminently drivable car with stylish good looks and regal road presence.