1975 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow

Registration No: T.B.A.
Chassis No: SRH22355
MOT: May 2025

• Finished in the classically elegant combination of Shell Grey with Red leather upholstery
• Delightfully original interior which leads the vendor to believe that the current odometer reading of 38,000 miles might conceivably represent the total covered from new
• Recently recommissioned following a period of dry storage as part of a private collection
• Desirable 'flared wheelarch' model designed to ride on radial tyres

Launched in 1965, the Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow was a bold departure for the Crewe company. Their first monocoque design, it also benefited from olio-pneumatic rear suspension, power disc brakes and GM's silken 400 series automatic gearbox (though, the latter was not adopted until 1968). Such 'new technology' did not encroach on the luxurious interior with its sumptuous leather hides, rich wood veneers and deep lambswool carpets. Performance from the smooth 6230cc V8 engine (upgraded to 6750cc in 1970) was assured, the car wafting forward on a seemingly unstoppable wave of torque. Still immensely cosseting to drive, Shadows offer a genuinely different ownership experience to their mass made peers.

According to its accompanying RREC copy build records, chassis SRH22355 was originally ordered in Silver Mink with a Surf Blue interior and destined for Australia. Reallocated to the home market and finished in the classically elegant combination of Shell Grey with Deep Red leather upholstery and Light Grey headlining / carpets, the Rolls-Royce was supplied new to Jersey-based businessman A. Harrison Esq. for the princely sum of £12,053.89 on August 18^th 1975. Specified with Sundym glass all round, Avon radial tyres and a Blue Spot Frankfurt stereo (which pleasingly remains in situ alongside the period Pioneer Eight-Track player), the Silver Shadow returned to the mainland during late 1982. Citing the comparative lack of wear to the cabin and condition of the pedal rubbers etc, the vendor considers that the current odometer reading of 38,000 miles could well represent the total covered from new. Dry stored for a dozen years or so as part of a Rolls-Royce and Bentley collection, chassis SRH 22355 has recently been recommissioned and possesses a current MOT certificate valid until May 2025. Starting readily and running well when photographed, the luxury saloon is understood to have covered some 4-500 trouble free miles since returning to the road. Offered for sale with V5C Registration Document and history file.

PLEASE NOTE: The registration number in the photos has been placed on retention and does not form part of the sale.

For more information, please contact:
Damian Jones
damian.jones@handh.co.uk
07855 493737