Uw Garage: Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow II - 1978 bouwjaar
Leaving aside the disconcerting fact that perfectly good European cars develop terrible reputations for all is bad when it is placed on American soil, this car is a monument that I saw these vehicles near and they ooze strength and the metal pressings quality are handled beautifully and finishing on all small parts is sumptuous yet these cars aren t grotesque in the way of the 70 Cadillacs are and I like those as the main fly in the ointment is that the Jaguars same period were faster, as comfortable and better managed Rolls countered this with having more interior space and a much larger boot that should I choose Rolls I do not need the speed of the Jaguar.
Something to cross the Atlantic seems to destroy the will of a vehicle to live.
Crossing the Pacific seems to have the opposite effect.
This is another malaise car, it is only for wealthy Brits Remember, their discomfort was worse than the Americans he led them to elect a dominatrix as prime minister.
In addition, this segment raises a philosophical question How a car must be left for it to be disposed of in a car, as opposed to certain auto parts that are still attached to each other.
Heh My teacher in high school shop was an old technology RR It drove home the point on the absurdity of engineering in these cars by comparing the huge, hand machined apparently 75 in 1980 dollars brass thermostat a roll against the typical pressed steel 3 version found in almost any other car.
There is a video on Youtube, I can not find it, but it's'm independent mechanic with a new Bentley Mulsanne on a hoist while enhancing the entire workforce on the chassis, suspension and mechanical parts When you see it, you realize these things are really important to a completely different level in terms of build quality.
I know this is late, but I think I just figured at least that generation was.
The image of the dashboard All instruments and trim is gone, but you can see the general shape of where things are two large circular instruments side by side above the wheel, flanked by a pipe HVAC and a rectangular cut.
Then I found a fan page on the evolution Silver Shadow dashboard, which has pictures of all scorecards The latest generation, 1977-1980, was a round gauge pod compass points side by side speedometer on the wheel, flanked by a HVAC duct, and a filled rectangular information center warning lights.
Very impressive, I've never seen a high end car like this at a salvage yard, I saw Mercedes, Jaguar, Cadillac, but never anything like that, I'm not surprised that the bajesus was stripped of it.
An update, the other day I came across a Porsche 924 and strangely, it was not totally stripped.
I found a Series III Jaguar XJ and Porsche 928 in a junkyard filled Struck mainly Japanese cars, pickups totally wrecked, and 90 FWD detritus Detroit.
The small rear window suggests a long-wheelbase car This, in combination with the position of the fuel charge and shape of the holes for the side marker lights and wing contours would make a Silver Wraith II How the mighty have fallen .
Adam Tonge - Well, after 1983 and before 1997 Malibu, Chevrolet vehicles about the size of the Malibu were as follows 1981.
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Bullnuke - I had two versions of the Grand Prix has used 86 and 88 new traction forward pass and the 2 8l V6 88.
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Mn12Fanatic - As bad as the last gen Grand Am was the G6 was far worse is the embodiment of all the reasons GM exited.
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30-mile fetch - Although nice story, Jack, you do well to take minor random events and linking them into something worth reading Thank you.
Re What is the cost of ownership demand a third of American drivers Although Borrowing to pay for repairs.
Highdesertcat - gtemnykh, it is not only the Russian culture that believes that my father was.
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