For a company that sold extraordinary cars for the extraordinarily wealthy, Rolls-Royce had a complicated model lineup in the late 1970s when they were still an independent company. The starter Rolls was the Silver Shadow, which was available in long wheelbase known as the Silver Wraith, but you could also spend more money to get […]
The Rolls Royce Silver Shadow was introduced in 1965 and has the remarkable distinction of being the first Rolls to be built with unibody construction. The factory in Crewe built and sold an astonishing 30,057 examples of this ode to opulence before it was replaced with the Silver Spirit after the 1980 model year. These […]
If you’ve never been to the LA Inland Empire…let me tell ya, you ain’t missin’ much. It is connected to the web of pavement known as the Greater Los Angeles Area, but was ceded to the “Desert People” many years ago and most cities combine the charm and sophistication of Orange County’s wide roads & […]
Whenever I make the mistake of taking a tour around on public streets, I am aghast at the vehicles that I encounter. All manor of economy cars are clogging up lanes and people even seem to think it is appropriate to drive electrically powered automobiles. Particularly offensive is anything that doesn’t have the class, elegance […]
Do you remember the time when Queen Elizabeth II was at a Kiss Concert and she was called up onto the stage and she started shredding on the electric guitar? Oh wait..that didn’t happen, but this next car did. Find this 1975 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow here on eBay offered for $25,000 buy-it-now or make offer located in Damascus, […]
For about eight thousand smackeroos you could drive the Acura coupe that was featured earlier today, and by all accounts it would make a good driver…but…why on earth would you drive such a plebeian pile of parts when for the same amount of cash you could drive a decent looking example of one of the […]
The Rolls Royce Silver Shadow was introduced in 1965 and has the remarkable distinction of being the first Rolls to be built with unibody construction. Rolls built and sold an astonishing 30,057 examples of this ode to opulence before it was replaced with the Silver Spirit after the 1980 model year. Find this 1978 Rolls Royce […]
Never has a Freudian craigslip been so totally appropriate than the following: “1971 Rolls Royce Silver shadow White/ Black leather interior 11K Original miles this car recently been painted it has a two tone color white and gray. New tires, New interior, car runs and drives.80% complicated.” Find it here on craigslist offered for $10,000 in […]
Ludacris once eloquently stated, “I left the Jag and I took the Rolls.” Mr. Christopher Bridges (now that’s an English name if ever there was one) is right. $12,000 is a price point shared with an assortment of Jaguar road machines – cars with similar class and arguably similar lurking electrical problems – and, of […]
The Rolls Royce Silver Shadow replaced the Silver Cloud and was originally planned to be called the Silver Mist…however, the English word mist translates directly to crap (or manure, dung, rubbish, muck, droppings) in German, so the smart folks at Rolls HQ in Crewe, England decided to change the name to Silver Shadow. It is […]