RE: Rolls-Royce Shadow II | Spotted
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ChocolateFrog said:
Missed out on one that was being sold on ebay as part of an estate sale.
£2750 buy it now.
It disappeared within a few minutes. Wasn't perfect but looked fairly tidy.
Wasn't Harry's about £4k?
£32k seems a tough sell to me.
I believe Harry's was £5k on eBay but he did spend the same again to tidy the bodywork.£2750 buy it now.
It disappeared within a few minutes. Wasn't perfect but looked fairly tidy.
Wasn't Harry's about £4k?
£32k seems a tough sell to me.
£32k for me would be a Continental R or Turbo R
Edited by wpa1975 on Friday 21st April 12:41
wpa1975 said:
ChocolateFrog said:
Missed out on one that was being sold on ebay as part of an estate sale.
£2750 buy it now.
It disappeared within a few minutes. Wasn't perfect but looked fairly tidy.
Wasn't Harry's about £4k?
£32k seems a tough sell to me.
I believe Harry's was £5k on eBay but he did spend the same again to tidy the bodywork.£2750 buy it now.
It disappeared within a few minutes. Wasn't perfect but looked fairly tidy.
Wasn't Harry's about £4k?
£32k seems a tough sell to me.
![biglaugh](/inc/images/biglaugh.gif)
In all seriousness though that ses to be the best way to run them. No reason to think that 5k in bodywork repairs won't see it through another decade.
I believe he also spent a couple of grand on mechanicals before his Artic Circle trip.
AMGSee55 said:
Not suggesting it’s in the same league as a Silver Shadow, but I have just bought this equally yellow beastie for £4.5K - very simple machine by modern standards and there are no individual components that will bankrupt you if they fail. Owned it for less than 3 weeks and despite having a long list of minor issues to work through, it is brilliant fun.
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That is lovely........ if you want to look like Boss Hogg from the Dukes of Hazzard. ![](https://thumbsnap.com/sc/x8E36F8X.jpg)
My Grandad had a Silver shadow.when.i was a kid, remember going to Appleyards Rolls Royce dealer in Leeds to collect it .
V reg so about 1980 he had it about 5 years , remember some pillok keying it and another time someone taking the chrome and maroon wheel trims , car was maroonish.
Remember another time Grandad was scene driving down a 1 way the wrong.way and the copper recognised the car and while in his beat knocked at my grand parents front door and asking were the owner was , my grandad was out so told my grandmother to tell him not to drive the wrong way again down a 1 way street again.
After several years my grandad bought a Y reg Granda Ghia X so the roller didn't get used as much so iventionallty it was sold. I did use to enjoy as a teenager been taken and picked up from School in the 80s in the Silver shadow.
V reg so about 1980 he had it about 5 years , remember some pillok keying it and another time someone taking the chrome and maroon wheel trims , car was maroonish.
Remember another time Grandad was scene driving down a 1 way the wrong.way and the copper recognised the car and while in his beat knocked at my grand parents front door and asking were the owner was , my grandad was out so told my grandmother to tell him not to drive the wrong way again down a 1 way street again.
After several years my grandad bought a Y reg Granda Ghia X so the roller didn't get used as much so iventionallty it was sold. I did use to enjoy as a teenager been taken and picked up from School in the 80s in the Silver shadow.
Had a '77 SSII for a bit. Two tone, was gold on the sides and Brewster Green on the top surfaces with green hide and carpets, very 'of the era' for sure, and as much as I love the look of a Shadow, I moved that car on, along with a Cloud II I had and have only run Turbo Rs since and have to say they're better in every way, and for this money, has to be a Turbo R unless you want to be Elihu Smails...
I've not even sat in either, but I'm sure as you say, the Turbo R with it's 'Roadholding' and fuel injector and ABS is a much better car in a huge number of ways, while still having a lot of the carm and feel of an older car given they are 35 years old already.
However I guess the Shadow will always have that certain 70 aethetic and a bank of carbs throwing in lashings of fuel the best they can!
However I guess the Shadow will always have that certain 70 aethetic and a bank of carbs throwing in lashings of fuel the best they can!
The actual colour of this Rolls Royce is in fact Primsrose Yellow which was originally a Triumph colour but it then became available as a standard Rolls Royce colour. Its somewhere between cream and yellow.
I spent 6 months searching for the perfect Shadow 2 and after seeing many pretty ropey cars at the £15K to £20K price tag I came across this car at Ghost Motors in Sevenoaks.
Pristine paintwork, orininal interior and everything working as it should.
It ticked evey box and now I am pleased to say I am the happy new owner.
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I spent 6 months searching for the perfect Shadow 2 and after seeing many pretty ropey cars at the £15K to £20K price tag I came across this car at Ghost Motors in Sevenoaks.
Pristine paintwork, orininal interior and everything working as it should.
It ticked evey box and now I am pleased to say I am the happy new owner.
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