Lot details Registration No: C189HBA Chassis No: SCAZS0000GCH14232 Mot Expiry: March 2011
A square-cut, broad-shouldered design, the Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit was styled in-house by Austrian born Fritz Feller. Introduced at the 1980 Paris Motor Show, it enjoyed notably greater road presence than its Silver Shadow predecessor as well as a thirty percent larger glass area. Thus, while it looked suitably imposing from the outside, internally it proved pleasantly airy. Although, based on the Shadow floorpan, the Spirit offered considerable improvements in both ride and handling thanks to its new Girling automatic ride height control and gas shock absorbers. By combining copious amounts of sound deadening with the finest quality upholstery, Crewe's engineers kept intrusion from the 6.75 litre V8 engine and three-speed automatic transmission to a muted hush (unless the model's reputed 120mph potential was explored). Driver inputs were minimised with power assisted steering and disc brakes. Only in production between 1980 and 1989 (by which time it had gained Bosch fuel injection), just 8,129 Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit Saloons are thought to have been made.
Finished in Forest Green with beige / green hide upholstery, this particular example is described by the vendor as being in "very good" condition with regard to its engine, electrical equipment, bodywork and paintwork, while he rates the automatic transmission and interior trim as "excellent". Reportedly looked after by marque specialist Bowling Ryan Ltd of Kearsley since entering the current ownership some nine years ago, the luxury saloon is further understood to boast a four-point security system and bespoke twin-pipe exhaust system. Riding on correct type steel wheels, this handsome Rolls-Royce is summed-up by the seller as follows: "It is a good car for twenty-four years old and should hopefully give many more years of pleasure to a new owner".
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