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.
he could always have driven it without the better half in tow. 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.
That is lovely........ if you want to look like Boss Hogg from the Dukes of Hazzard. 
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.
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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