Description
Pavilion Gardens | Buxton, Derbyshire
Viewing: Tues 28th April 2026 from 12pm
Auction: Wed 29th April 2026 from 9am
Location: St John's Rd, Buxton SK17 6BE
1987 Rolls-Royce Silver Spur
Just 45, 000 miles from new
Estimate
£12, 000 - £15, 000
Registration No: D950 BFP
Chassis No: SCAZN0002HCH20154
MOT: March 2027
Just 45, 000 miles from new
Part of a significant private collection of predominantly Rolls-Royce and Bentley since 1992
Wore registration number ‘EN 18’ from 1992 to 2026, and in regular use until c. 2010
Only two owners previous to the current family ownership
The Silver Spur was the moniker adopted by Rolls-Royce for the long wheelbase versions of the Silver Spirit and belonged to a new generation of models that also included the Flying Spur, Silver Dawn, Touring Limousine and Park Ward, plus the Mulsanne and Eight Series models of its sister company, Bentley. Penned by Fritz Feller, the range was first represented at the 1980 Paris Salon and was a welcome replacement for the long-serving Silver Shadow and its siblings. The design was not entirely new, however, and employed the floorpan of the outgoing model as well as its proven OHV 6, 750cc V8 powerplant. The opulent newcomer was lower and longer than its predecessor though and, courtesy of its finely-tuned hydraulic self-levelling suspension, was said to provide the best roadholding ever offered by the marque at that time. There were a total of four iterations of the range, viâ which the models remained in production until 1998.
This Silver Spur has been well preserved in long-term collector ownership since 1992. Still wearing its original colours of Royal Blue with a Magnolia interior, ‘D950 FBP’ was despatched for sale through Mann Egerton & Co. of Leicester in February, 1987. It had only two owners up to 1992, the second of whom was Mrs. Yvonne Kathleen Shaw, who kept an elegant townhouse in London’s prestigious Holland Park. It was sold that year to our vendor’s father, an enthusiastic Rolls-Royce and Bentley collector, with custody was transferred to our vendor in 2009.
With the father, the Spur was in regular use until 2006, and it was briefly resurrected for his son’s wedding in 2010, but since has not been on the road. However, the Spur has regularly been run up to temperature and shortly driven on private land, so that it appears now with just over 45, 000 miles from new. It has, however, been resurrected for sale, and is supplied with an MOT valid until March, 2027. A wonderfully original collector’s piece, the Rolls-Royce is supplied with further documents including the V5C and previous V5s, old tax discs and MOT certificates, the owner’s handbook and supplementary guides in the original Rolls-Royce wallet, plus a Classic Assessments report from 2023.
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