The Riyadh Car Show Auction 2019 - 22nd November 2019

The Riyadh Car Show Auction 2019 76 Friday 22nd November 2019 Chassis Number: LRD20952 Offered without reserve Remarkably low mileage, beautifully presented and eminently driveable. • Sympathetically restored, left-hand drive, Silver Shadow l long wheelbase • Finished in Porcelain White with Bordeaux leather piped in white • One of only 2,780 long wheelbase cars and even fewer without the dividing panel • 6.75-litre, V8 coupled with Turbo-Hydramatic 400 transmission • Exported new to the KSA where it’s still registered. Only 7,000km from new From the time it was introduced in 1966 until its final year in 1980, the Silver Shadow was the mainstay of the Rolls- Royce range of models. The Silver Shadow offered a stylish and more practical alternative to the Silver Cloud it replaced and with unibody construction, hydraulically-actuated four- wheel disc brakes and four-wheel independent suspension, it was infinitely more modern and directly appealed to the new class of owner-driver. One of the few features carried over from the earlier car was the overhead-valve V8 engine, now displacing 6,750cc, and benefitting from revised cylinder heads. Output was reckoned to be approximately 200 horsepower, but like a gentleman, Rolls-Royce never told. Although never considered a fast car, with the help of the General Motors- sourced ‘Turbo-Hydramatic 400’ transmission, the Silver Shadow was smooth, quiet and capable of rapid and comfortable cruising. This particular Silver Shadow is a long-wheelbase car dating from 1975 and was finished in left-hand drive before being exported new to the KSA where it remains registered. Only 2,780 long wheelbase cars were built, fewer without the division between the front and rear seats. Cars without the dividing panel are more desirable offering more legroom in the rear and enabling the driver’s seat to go back further. Remarkably, it has only covered some 7,000km during that period, incredibly low mileage and likely impossible to find again. The car has been subject to a sympathetic restoration, retaining as much originality as possible, and carefully restoring or replacing everything else with the intention of returning it, both visually and mechanically, to as close to new as possible. It is currently presented in Porcelain White with a Bordeaux leather interior piped in white and is an excellent example of the era-defining Silver Shadow. 1975 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow l LWB LOT 135 More Images Lot 135 Bid On Lot 135

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