Re: Rolls Royce Silver Shadow/Spur/Sprit advice

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   RichardK <atari@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
> > In article <4udphbF17bjtcU1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >    RichardK <atari@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >>> Rolls-Royce mass produced?
> > 
> >> Silver Shadow may have well has been, they're considerably more
> >> plentiful than Austin 3-litres ;), the bodies were produced by
> >> Pressed Steel...
> > 
> > All the 'standard' cars have been since WW2.

> Which is, oddly enough, about the same time Rolls Royces ceased to be 
> interesting to me.

Maybe, but a pre-war one isn't going to be terribly suitable for daily use
these days.

My favourite Rolls is the Cloud - an elegant design and timeless. I had an
S1 Bentley for many years and wish I still had it.

> > The wire may be the same, but pretty well all the switches etc are
> > bespoke. Remember Lucas made aerospace stuff as well as shite.

> And aerospace stuff is checked out more frequently. You know that Shadow

> IIs are as rot prone and potentially unreliable as any 1970s British 
> luxury car...

Or any other comparable car of that era? And especially the Jag you
recommended. They rusted for England. We're talking near 40 years old.
But with the electrics they can be fixed. No surface mount throw it away
stuff.

> It's an iron V8. And the Eight isn't turbocharged.
> > 
> > Eh? It's an all ally unit.

> Rolls Royce V8? I thought it was iron, but it's alloy, with cast iron 
> wet liners. Learn something new every day.

It's very similar in layout to the Rover V-8. I wouldn't be surprised if
the same engineers were involved with both units at one time.

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