Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow
Car Model Details:
(Also known as Silver Shadow 1, Shadow I, SS1)
This is a 4-door full-size luxury sedan, produced from 1965 to 1976. Out went the old palatial style, to be replaced by a more contemporary three-box style - and it certainly worked, because the Silver Shadow and its counterpart, the T-Series became the company's best-selling cars to date. The advancements over the Cloud were many - the Silver Shadow boasted unitary construction, all-round disc brakes and self-levelling suspension. But because of the sheer size and scale of the new Rolls-Royce, it carried off all of these advancements in style.
Features Include:
- Twin SU carburettors
- 6.25 litre or 6.75 litre V8 engine
- Aluminium-silicon alloy cylinder head
- 4-speed Hydramatic automatic gearbox (1965-1968) or 3 speed GM400 automatic gearbox (1968-1976)
- Independent suspension with front and rear coil springs
- Hydraulic self-levelling height control front and rear (from 1969 deleted on front) - Disc/rotor brakes front and rear
- Wheelbase 3,035 mm (119.5 in) (from 1969 long wheelbase version 3,136.9 mm (123.5 in) optional, from 1971 wheelbase 3,041.6 mm (119 3/4 in), from 1974 wheelbase 3,048 mm or long wheelbase 3,149.6 mm (120 in or 124 in)
- Tyre sizes 8.45 x 15 cross-ply, 205VR15 radial, 235/70HR15 radial
