WHO IS THE ROLLS ROYCE MAN?.....a pic or two added

[Magnificent Rustbucket]

That pic is of a Shadow 2 I think, the earlier shadows had less chunky bumpers.

 

 

The later USA spec Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow I had Federal bumpers - US cars received rubber bumpers a few years before they did in the UK.

 

The car in this photo looks to be a Silver Shadow I.

 

 

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this is what my memory tells me it is

 

 

I love the Shadow - one of my favourite cars.

[cort1977]

Lot of rain in Nova Scotia, what's it like underneath?  Looks like a lovely old thing though, hope you can get it up and running with minimal hassle.

[Zelandeth]

Much want...

 

Will be watching to see how this goes with interest.

 

Good luck!

[vulgalour]

You said it's a parts car, hopefully not because of how it looks, because it's a prime DO NOT PAINT candidate.  Slap a red sweet wrapper over that rear light cluster and off you go, nae bother.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

Ironically these were at the time a 'big car'. Whilst still big generally cars have got so much bigger these don't seem so huge these days.

 

 

I's surprising how small an XJS looks now parked next to a current 5 Series.

[kinkersaab]

 

So, big thanks to Saabnut, he and his mighty rig collected the Rolls yesterday and brought it back to mine.  it wouldn't offer to start....  so I decided to fit two of the wheel trims and take some pics.  we then sat in it and had sandwiches and diet coke.     it really is beyond my abilities to do anything other than look at it.  I removed the grill, which felt very very wrong...and have sold the rest on to a rolls Royce breaker. I happily polished the grill last night in my shed.  A very pleasurable and at the same time sad day.  I can now say I owned one. 

 

[richardmorris]

That’s too bad. It doesn’t look beyond saving in the pics, and it’s a lovely colour.

[D Spares & Tyres]

If it's only that rear damage then it looks like an easy fix.

 

Should have offered it on here first, seems a shame to break it up

[Zelandeth]

That's a real shame...body looks in good order save for that corner, and it's an early one. Interior really looks like it just needs a good clean. Usually there are clues to corrosion around the arches if it's started to go, and that looks astonishingly sound.

 

Seems a shame to break it without it at least getting a second chance, especially as you've known it so long. I'd at least have given it a day in the hands of those who are handy with the spanners to work out what it needs. Yes that corner will be spendy to get to A1 condition, but getting it presentable from ten paces is achievable I think.

 

Heck, if the price was right I might even have given it a bash...it would have totally blown my plans out the water, but I'd have given it a shot.

 

Such a shame to see a genuine garage find have it's grill pulled off then be unceremoniously dumped at the breakers.

[Guest Hooli]

What they said, it looks a solid honest fixable one.

[vulgalour]

As a botherer of lost causes, I reckon  you made a sensible decision.  Recognising when something is genuinely beyond your abilities and moving it on to a breakers that does these gives it the best chance of surviving or helping others survive.  Taking the grille off and keeping it... well, they'll never get cheaper so you'll always get your money back on that.

 

There's still loads of these about so they're not that special in the grand scheme of things.  Now, go and do something stupid to redress the balance.

[kinkersaab]

The pics flatter it.... I have the space to keep it, i have access to facilities to get work done, but its too far gone, even at "mates rates" you would need to spend mega wanga jist to make it a rough as arsholes old roller, I know if i decided to keep it, it would sit and sit and deteriorate further, had it been a runner, and not quite so rough i would have fought harder to save it, as it is, nah. I did and do feel sad removing it grill.... But i will cope as thats what would have happened sooner or later anyway.

[Tickman]

Going through your pictures of it it is like, oh nice, very clean, lovely interior, oh fuck having to deal with that!

 

The best decision is the right decision and that is the only thing that you and no one else can decide.

 

I have stuff that I will 'get to' at some point I will realise that I won't and then have to deal with it, you just saved loads of time!

[kinkersaab]

Yup, if i can get them inside then i dont mind hanging on just incase i get a chace to save them.... Leaving it outside does old stuff no favours, i have the White mecedes you can see in the pic, that is still a lovely old car, but its not as lovely as it was when parked a few years ago....and things aren't likely to improve for it... Yet....

[xtriple]

I would have spent several fortunes on that, then lost the lot, spent more on it, I NEVER know when to bail out. I wish I fuckin' did!

[Saabnut]

As Kinkersaab said, I helped collect this for him yesterday, and you may have noticed in an earlier post he had said it was coming my way. That was the plan when we first looked at it on Saturday, but a close inspection yesterday changed my mind! I know these cars well, running a Bentley T2 so know where to look. The photos flatter it!

 

Both rear arches, inner and outer are rotten. One front arch is the same. The base of both front wings are rotten. The rear quarters are rotten. Both sills, inner and outer are rotten. There is significant rot in the floorpans, although they could probably be patched rather than replaced. All 4 brake callipers are seized. Brake pipes and suspension pipes are all in need of replacement. The rear spring cups, shock absorbers and hight adjustment cylinders are shot. This car was last on the road in 2001 and has spent the last 17 years sat on a damp drive under trees. There is also major electrical problems.

 

I priced up the parts above roughly, and rapidly reached over 20 grand, and that does not include the 5 new tyres and the labour required, or paint. It is a very late Shadow 1 and when completed MAY be worth 18-20k. Whilst eating our lunch in it, I commented to KS that I did not feel even slightly guilty condemming this one to the breakers, it was so far past the point of no return, and if you see some of the shite I have saved or restored, that is something.

 

Shed no tears for this one, it has some lovey parts that will keep a better example out of the scrap pile!

[Zelandeth]

Fair enough then, the photos do flatter it then!

 

Didn't clock you'd had it given a once over by Saabnut (it's been a long day), reckon you've made a good call then.

 

Sorry if I came across a bit aggressive earlier, looks more grumpy reading it back than I was aiming for originally.

 

These are cars that I have a great affinity for, and I get uncharacteristically defensive of them sometimes. I will own one one day.