Here's a Tour of the Most Expensive Rolls-Royce Sedan From 1973
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Date: 2019-10-25
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thunderstorms06
I had a pair of them both 1973I installed a Harvey bialy suspension designed by lotus With heavier sway bars it made it drive 100% the seats add a block of memory foam Power windows regreasedbwith the brake removed and that helped speed up the windows Hella halogen headlights improved visibility painted the rubber bumper inserts to match on the later 73 the other car had chromed early style bumpers. removed the big block over riders to have a slim bumper lookHalogen bulbs in the side blinker lights and replaced the round mirrors with early silver spirit retangular ones gave them a shadow 2 appearance. Removed the non vented front rotors and spindles and replaced with early 1981 silver spirit vented ones. borla stainless exhaust system on both cars. Replaced headliners with vinal one one car and the other he'd velvet not wool that had stains in them. Mirror tinted the side glass only and a tint strip atop the front and at the bottom of the rear glass. Halogen reverse bulbs and indicators too. Also we're the clear side marker lenzes with tiny red and yellow lenz installed gave the body a smother look. As to say my silver shadows SRB 15286 & her sister SRB 16884 lived happily together in a nice suburban garage in Alabama. i had the finest youth a guy could have. No Ferrari as I'd have lost my drivers liscense or died in one of those therefor dad sported son a pair of very well outfitted Rolls-Royces. I survived to be older now after the death of the benefactor supporter of the cars (Dad) they were sold Ito someone to feed them money o no longer needed or should continue doing. i have retained my highly modified silver spirit/spur custom built with all the best parts from spirit spur & turbo R It has sat abandoned since the mortguage crisis nearly wiped me out. I lived dirt ass poor but I held on to the car. so soon I'll be back on the horse again. as I repair the cars I simply say, Obama damage finally getting attended too. The economy would have continued falling into a bottomless pit had he not been gotten rid of. many Rolls sat for a decade because of him.
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I had a pair of them both 1973I installed a Harvey bialy suspension designed by lotus With heavier sway bars it made it drive 100% the seats add a block of memory foam Power windows regreasedbwith the brake removed and that helped speed up the windows Hella halogen headlights improved visibility painted the rubber bumper inserts to match on the later 73 the other car had chromed early style bumpers. removed the big block over riders to have a slim bumper lookHalogen bulbs in the side blinker lights and replaced the round mirrors with early silver spirit retangular ones gave them a shadow 2 appearance. Removed the non vented front rotors and spindles and replaced with early 1981 silver spirit vented ones. borla stainless exhaust system on both cars. Replaced headliners with vinal one one car and the other he'd velvet not wool that had stains in them. Mirror tinted the side glass only and a tint strip atop the front and at the bottom of the rear glass. Halogen reverse bulbs and indicators too. Also we're the clear side marker lenzes with tiny red and yellow lenz installed gave the body a smother look. As to say my silver shadows SRB 15286 & her sister SRB 16884 lived happily together in a nice suburban garage in Alabama. i had the finest youth a guy could have. No Ferrari as I'd have lost my drivers liscense or died in one of those therefor dad sported son a pair of very well outfitted Rolls-Royces. I survived to be older now after the death of the benefactor supporter of the cars (Dad) they were sold Ito someone to feed them money o no longer needed or should continue doing. i have retained my highly modified silver spirit/spur custom built with all the best parts from spirit spur & turbo R It has sat abandoned since the mortguage crisis nearly wiped me out. I lived dirt ass poor but I held on to the car. so soon I'll be back on the horse again. as I repair the cars I simply say, Obama damage finally getting attended too. The economy would have continued falling into a bottomless pit had he not been gotten rid of. many Rolls sat for a decade because of him.
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Mark Freedman
It would be a good idea to review a silver shadow that is not a junker. You will find that one in good condition is far different than what you reviewed here. When you reviewed a Silver Spur, (comparable design but newer) you did a good job. The Spur was in excellent condition. BTW a Shadow in excellent condition sells for about 35K to 40K. In all honesty, you should redo this video with a Shadow in comparable condition to the Spur you reviewed. Otherwise you look like a fool. Not good PR for yourself or AutoTrader. The rest of your videos are great but you missed the point on this one. For example, All luxury cars from this period had power locks, All American cars after 1967 ALL of them had head rests. Little research on headrests had been done when they were introduced so you can expect that Rolls was simply complying with the regulation. All cars from the 40' 50s and 60s and at least the early 70's had buttons on the floor for high beams. Cars did not have graphic symbols on controls until the government mandated them. Your so called 'quirks were the standard of the day. So ridiculing them because you have no experience with antique cars makes you look like a ignorant jerk to those who grew up through this era. You consider standard features as quirks. If you reviewed any American car from this period you would find that most all of them had the same quirks in them. I'm surprised that you don't consider a Silver Shadow odd because it doesn't have air bags. The silver spur didn't have airbags in America until about 1991. Please redo this video. You came across like an entitled adolescent. There is a seller on Ebay, rrmotorsinc who usually has several in great condition. Look him up.
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It would be a good idea to review a silver shadow that is not a junker. You will find that one in good condition is far different than what you reviewed here. When you reviewed a Silver Spur, (comparable design but newer) you did a good job. The Spur was in excellent condition. BTW a Shadow in excellent condition sells for about 35K to 40K. In all honesty, you should redo this video with a Shadow in comparable condition to the Spur you reviewed. Otherwise you look like a fool. Not good PR for yourself or AutoTrader. The rest of your videos are great but you missed the point on this one. For example, All luxury cars from this period had power locks, All American cars after 1967 ALL of them had head rests. Little research on headrests had been done when they were introduced so you can expect that Rolls was simply complying with the regulation. All cars from the 40' 50s and 60s and at least the early 70's had buttons on the floor for high beams. Cars did not have graphic symbols on controls until the government mandated them. Your so called 'quirks were the standard of the day. So ridiculing them because you have no experience with antique cars makes you look like a ignorant jerk to those who grew up through this era. You consider standard features as quirks. If you reviewed any American car from this period you would find that most all of them had the same quirks in them. I'm surprised that you don't consider a Silver Shadow odd because it doesn't have air bags. The silver spur didn't have airbags in America until about 1991. Please redo this video. You came across like an entitled adolescent. There is a seller on Ebay, rrmotorsinc who usually has several in great condition. Look him up.
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Andrew Armstrong
Actually back then, Rolls Royce, had its hands full competing against Imperial, Lincoln, and Cadillac and was considered a rather mundane car. My best friends parents owned a 1972 Silver Shadow. My parents brought nothing but Imperials. Of course, at that time in my life, my experience was in the back seat of the car. The one thing that Rolls Royce never offered back then that the American luxury brands did was factory rear heating and air conditioning. And no European luxury car back then had an air conditioning system worth a damn, even today they are everything but great. Of course, if you live in Denver that is not much of a problem, however, if you live in southeast Texas it is a big problem. If you notice on this car that is a GM Fridigaire compressor and system that was used solely for Rolls Royce cars sold in North America. The BMWs, Mercedes-Benz, and Jaguars of the day where rolling sweat boxes in the summertime, especially in the deep south. In those cars, you had a better experience to turn the air conditioning on max and roll the windows partway down, and I know plenty who did just that.
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Actually back then, Rolls Royce, had its hands full competing against Imperial, Lincoln, and Cadillac and was considered a rather mundane car. My best friends parents owned a 1972 Silver Shadow. My parents brought nothing but Imperials. Of course, at that time in my life, my experience was in the back seat of the car. The one thing that Rolls Royce never offered back then that the American luxury brands did was factory rear heating and air conditioning. And no European luxury car back then had an air conditioning system worth a damn, even today they are everything but great. Of course, if you live in Denver that is not much of a problem, however, if you live in southeast Texas it is a big problem. If you notice on this car that is a GM Fridigaire compressor and system that was used solely for Rolls Royce cars sold in North America. The BMWs, Mercedes-Benz, and Jaguars of the day where rolling sweat boxes in the summertime, especially in the deep south. In those cars, you had a better experience to turn the air conditioning on max and roll the windows partway down, and I know plenty who did just that.
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Eric Anderson
Much of what you see here is standard 1960s - 70s Detroit. Doug, a mere pup, is as mystified as a 9 year old trying to figure out a rotary dial phone. I'm thinking, Yeah. Button on the floor for brights. Doesn't everybody do that? I guarantee that floor switch was the same one Checker Auto sold. Worked in pretty much everything. Cable actuated mirror adjustment? Check. Bog standard Detroit window lift switches? Check. I'm betting the window lift motors and hardware were standard GM. Literally everything you see here was in our 1973 Mercury Marquis station wagon. And more, actually. That one had an adjustment joystick for the passenger side mirror that was mounted in the middle of the dash where the driver could easily reach it. Those were some long-ass cables. And no, power locks were NOT that unusual in the early 1970s. Even the twisty, wiggly, springy hood ornament was pure Detroit. Everybody did that. So did Mercedes-Benz. This Rolls could easily be a period Chevy with some custom wood and leather bits.
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Much of what you see here is standard 1960s - 70s Detroit. Doug, a mere pup, is as mystified as a 9 year old trying to figure out a rotary dial phone. I'm thinking, Yeah. Button on the floor for brights. Doesn't everybody do that? I guarantee that floor switch was the same one Checker Auto sold. Worked in pretty much everything. Cable actuated mirror adjustment? Check. Bog standard Detroit window lift switches? Check. I'm betting the window lift motors and hardware were standard GM. Literally everything you see here was in our 1973 Mercury Marquis station wagon. And more, actually. That one had an adjustment joystick for the passenger side mirror that was mounted in the middle of the dash where the driver could easily reach it. Those were some long-ass cables. And no, power locks were NOT that unusual in the early 1970s. Even the twisty, wiggly, springy hood ornament was pure Detroit. Everybody did that. So did Mercedes-Benz. This Rolls could easily be a period Chevy with some custom wood and leather bits.
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Brian Bonbrake
My parents first Cadillac was a 1968 Fleetwood Brougham. It had AC, cruise control, power seats, locks, windows, etc. So all these things you think were new to 1973 had actually been on cars for many years. One of my dad's other cars he got off one of his patients was a 1956 Buick Special. It had AC, power windows, locks, seats, etc. And that was 1956 My parents only bought Fleetwood Broughams and every year they just got better. I miss those cars. One of my dad's friends had 7 Rolls Royce's and bought a new Silver Shadow and Cornice Convertible every year. They were not as large as Daddy's Caddys and not as luxurious. Having been in and driven many Cadillac's and Rolls Royce's I can say I'd rather have the Caddy and some cash left over. They have a name and a mystique that commands an overblown price. New ones are just bumped up BMW's. Not worth the money. Never have been, never will be.
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My parents first Cadillac was a 1968 Fleetwood Brougham. It had AC, cruise control, power seats, locks, windows, etc. So all these things you think were new to 1973 had actually been on cars for many years. One of my dad's other cars he got off one of his patients was a 1956 Buick Special. It had AC, power windows, locks, seats, etc. And that was 1956 My parents only bought Fleetwood Broughams and every year they just got better. I miss those cars. One of my dad's friends had 7 Rolls Royce's and bought a new Silver Shadow and Cornice Convertible every year. They were not as large as Daddy's Caddys and not as luxurious. Having been in and driven many Cadillac's and Rolls Royce's I can say I'd rather have the Caddy and some cash left over. They have a name and a mystique that commands an overblown price. New ones are just bumped up BMW's. Not worth the money. Never have been, never will be.
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Privateacc -
TERRIBLE CAR by today's standards. Even back then, American and German luxury cars were far better. Doug why not rather review a contemporary Cadillac or Lincoln, more spacious, far more advanced and probably more reliable for less money The Shadow is the most common Rolls on the roads; for some reason you don't see the models that bracketed this era as often. I don't think it was the top-of-the-range model - in the late 60s into the 70s - the Wraith and Phantoms were more expensive. Britain was a mess by then, ruined by an incompetent and corrupt elite who'd been soaking in the consequences of social Darwinism for almost a 100 years by then, and I guess this car was about keeping up appearances, but it wasn't as good as the German or American cars of the time.
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TERRIBLE CAR by today's standards. Even back then, American and German luxury cars were far better. Doug why not rather review a contemporary Cadillac or Lincoln, more spacious, far more advanced and probably more reliable for less money The Shadow is the most common Rolls on the roads; for some reason you don't see the models that bracketed this era as often. I don't think it was the top-of-the-range model - in the late 60s into the 70s - the Wraith and Phantoms were more expensive. Britain was a mess by then, ruined by an incompetent and corrupt elite who'd been soaking in the consequences of social Darwinism for almost a 100 years by then, and I guess this car was about keeping up appearances, but it wasn't as good as the German or American cars of the time.
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ultrabaiter
I wish we still had oil temp. oil pressure and battery gauges in cars today. They mostly have to be after market added except in a few pwrformance models. that twnd to put em in a littlw fast and furious pod. I dunno why they dont inc it these days. When dials were actual steam gauges, they probs saved some money not including them. but in these days of screens on even cheap cars, why not provide us the amps and oil temp? It would sure make spotting impending troubles easier (and safer than getting an oil temp warning light when the oil is already hot. rather than seeing the temp rising unexpectedly. same goes for a dial for power draw. It would just make things easier)
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I wish we still had oil temp. oil pressure and battery gauges in cars today. They mostly have to be after market added except in a few pwrformance models. that twnd to put em in a littlw fast and furious pod. I dunno why they dont inc it these days. When dials were actual steam gauges, they probs saved some money not including them. but in these days of screens on even cheap cars, why not provide us the amps and oil temp? It would sure make spotting impending troubles easier (and safer than getting an oil temp warning light when the oil is already hot. rather than seeing the temp rising unexpectedly. same goes for a dial for power draw. It would just make things easier)
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On Location Kat the Kal Kat show
That car is in sad shape. Who bought it and didn't care for it, and restore all that rust and cracking leather? Or keep it where those things could not corrode the car? And as others said, the Phantom is not the Silver Shadow. The Shadow was slightly less pricey, not more. Weren't the mint condition ones a lot more expensive? This one is not anywhere near mint, but the engine works. Never had one, but my late Father always wanted one from that era. Sad that the one you reviewed was in such dreadful shape Maybe Jay Leno has a mint one and you can review his? Just because your test model was a mess doesn't mean the others were.
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That car is in sad shape. Who bought it and didn't care for it, and restore all that rust and cracking leather? Or keep it where those things could not corrode the car? And as others said, the Phantom is not the Silver Shadow. The Shadow was slightly less pricey, not more. Weren't the mint condition ones a lot more expensive? This one is not anywhere near mint, but the engine works. Never had one, but my late Father always wanted one from that era. Sad that the one you reviewed was in such dreadful shape Maybe Jay Leno has a mint one and you can review his? Just because your test model was a mess doesn't mean the others were.
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J S
My father worked for a RR garage from the 80-90's. I always thought the leather roof pretty tacky. It's worth noting the 70's was possibly the worst decade for Rolls. The coach lines were always a throw back to the coach building and the art. The power mirrors etc was non existent in the 70's. So, not unusual it didn't have any. It's worth noting, back then it was all about ride quality, in time cars were still noisy etc. And there was still a bit of snobbery about 'gadgets' in high end cars. It was about quality not the latest gimmick. Further, the lack of electric gadgets was about the battery. Electrical gadgets burnt a lot of battery, back then.
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My father worked for a RR garage from the 80-90's. I always thought the leather roof pretty tacky. It's worth noting the 70's was possibly the worst decade for Rolls. The coach lines were always a throw back to the coach building and the art. The power mirrors etc was non existent in the 70's. So, not unusual it didn't have any. It's worth noting, back then it was all about ride quality, in time cars were still noisy etc. And there was still a bit of snobbery about 'gadgets' in high end cars. It was about quality not the latest gimmick. Further, the lack of electric gadgets was about the battery. Electrical gadgets burnt a lot of battery, back then.
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Skip White
my dad had a new 71 model and then bought a new 74 model identical to this one in the video. I remember the car well. did you folks notice the engine bay. I remember this older black gentlemen asking my dad to show him the engine. I'll never forget the what he said, man it sho gotta lota hookups referring to all those vacuum lines, AC lines and shit. I thought yea he's right but I gotta kick out of the way he said it. like father like son, I'm on my fourth rolls royce. bought a brand new silver shadow in 87, new phantom coupe in 2009, new rolls ghost in 2014 will soon get the new series 8 phantom.
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my dad had a new 71 model and then bought a new 74 model identical to this one in the video. I remember the car well. did you folks notice the engine bay. I remember this older black gentlemen asking my dad to show him the engine. I'll never forget the what he said, man it sho gotta lota hookups referring to all those vacuum lines, AC lines and shit. I thought yea he's right but I gotta kick out of the way he said it. like father like son, I'm on my fourth rolls royce. bought a brand new silver shadow in 87, new phantom coupe in 2009, new rolls ghost in 2014 will soon get the new series 8 phantom.
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