1969 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow

This is a truly magnificent example Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow. It was completely restored by Park-Ward motors and presents as a top condition example of the marque. Finished in Claret red with grey Connolly hide interior. Hand painted fine-lines using the traditional dying art of brush-painted pin-striping to the waist-rails and hubcap beauty rings.



The restoration was undertaken over a 10 year period as an on-going and behind the scenes project by us. She was completed about a year ago and the car used for presentation purposes. She is now being offered for sale.



What we did:



Body & Paint When bought by us the car was very straight and sported its original paint, albeit faded and beginning to peel. The car was entirely stripped to a rolling shell. Engine and drive-train was removed. No chrome, no fittings, no glass, no rubbers. The main paint was stripped back to bare metal using chemical stripping and then hand-sanded to its fundamental metal finish. Inside door edges were sand blasted to bare metal and finished accordingly. Photos show her in her bare state and you can see she was entirely rust free. The only bit of bodywork on the car was a small previous repair on the left front wing. The remainder was dent free and completely straight. When repainted, it was done so in Dulux 2 stage clear over base with no less than 4 coats of clear. The colour is Claret which in the sunlight photos appears to be red but is in fact a deep burgundy (look at shade pix). When the car was reassembled, all new window rubbers, door rubbers, moulding rubbers, new lights, lenses were used and most clips, fasteners and screws replaced for factory new ones.



Interior The interior was completely replaced with leather seats and door panels in good condition from a donor car. They were simply put through our hand-finishing re-Connollising process. Everything else inside the car was renewed or refurbished. The carpets are new. Hand-made utilising genuine imported English Wilton wool, with original specification Connolly leather edge binding, individually hand operated machine-stitched in accordance with original factory Rolls-Royce standards. The headlining is a factory Ambla headlining from the same donor car the seats were taken from. The door wood and vanity mirrors were stripped and refinished with no less than 20 coats of clear lacquer, each hand-rubbed between coats to provide a final finish like glass. The refinish included the front and rear window surrounds in addition to the 4 doors and rear vanity mirrors. They are simply perfect. Surprisingly, the original dash wood remained and is in excellent condition. Every single switch, gauge, button and feature was disassembled, cleaned, polished and refitted.



The trunk carpet was completely replaced for new. There was none of the typical rust scaling in the trunk so minimal refinishing underneath was required.



Mechanically Not a single stone left un-turned. Upon commencement, the engine was removed and quasi rebuilt. Crank and bearings were good but pistons replaced, bores honed and heads engineered with valves and seals.

Brakes & hydraulics The system is quite literally, completely overhauled. Both brake pumps, pressure valves rebuilt and fitted new accumulators with original Safety Tags . Various steel brake lines replaced and all high pressure hydraulic hoses replaced for factory Crewe hoses. The reservoir drained, cleaned, new screens and final finish. All brake rotors replaced and all 6 calipers totally rebuilt with new pads (including emergency brake) and repainted to factory finish. Every single hydraulic suspension part was rebuilt; T-valves, restrictors, height control valves and solenoid.



Carburettors were overhauled and tuned, new filters hoses fitted. The fuel pump was replaced.



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