Description
Royce Silver Shadow 1974
GENUINE 81, 789 MILES Only 4 previous owners
Number Plate Included
Registered 05/ 06/ 1974
Air Conditioning, Central Locking, Cruise Control, Leather Seats, Electric Windows, Power-assisted Steering (PAS)
A stunning 1974 Compliant suspension Shadow 1 finished in White from new with a Blue Leather Interior.
All round brake replacement September 2024
All wood veneer in original perfect condition. Engine pulls as it should with its 189hp 6. 75L V8.
Genuine 81, 789 miles from new only 4 previous owners.
All handbooks
Good chrome
Over rugs
Working air conditioning
Sits beautiful on the road with working hydropneumatic suspension
Original Radio and 8 track
An unrepeatable car in lovely order. MOT/ TAX and ULEZ Exempt. 1974 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow
The body was design by John Blatchley
The Silver Shadow sold 16, 717 units during it’s production between 1965 to 1977 when it was replaced by the Silver Shadow II
The Silver Shadow was 3+1⁄2 inches (8. 9 cm) narrower and 7 inches (18 cm) shorter than the Silver Cloud, but nevertheless managed to offer increased passenger and luggage space thanks to more efficient packaging made possible by unitary construction
Other new features included disc brakes replacing drums, and independent rear suspension instead of the outdated live axle design of previous Rolls-Royce models.
The standard wheelbase Silver Shadow measured 203. 5 inches (5, 170 mm), 4, 700 lb (2, 100 kg) and had a book price of £6, 557 in the first year of production.
The Shadow featured a 172 hp (128 kW) 6. 2 L V8 from 1965 to 1969, and a 189 hp (141 kW) 6. 75 L V8 from 1970 to 1980.
Both powerplants were coupled to a General Motors-sourced Turbo Hydramatic 400 automatic gearbox
A distinctive feature was a high-pressure hydropneumatic suspension system licensed from Citroën, with dual-circuit braking and hydraulic self-levelling suspension.
Rolls-Royce achieved a high degree of ride quality with this arrangement.
The Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow, and its derivatives, has appeared in film and television.
The Silver Shadow appears in the James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun (1974).
It also features in the Bond film The World Is Not Enough (1999).
Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, who never drove a car because he had no licence, was often chauffeured around London in his Silver Shadow from 1979 until his death in 1991.
