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Rolls Royce Silver Shadow 1976
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Transmission:
Automatic
Color:
Blue
Rolls-Royce first contemplated producing the unibody Silver Shadow as early as 1957. The company’s factory-bodied Silver Cloud was economical to build and selling in large numbers.
The new car was a striking change — smaller, square, and unprepossessing — and it signalled the end of custom bodies.
The new Shadow was lighter, faster, and better handling than its predecessors but it never had the same cachet. Starting out with the 200 bhp, 6,230cc V-8 from the Silver Cloud III, the engine was expanded to 6,750cc in 1970. The GM Turbo Hydra-matic 350, 3-speed automatic transmission was standard, except for overseas models, which got the heavy duty Turbo Hydra-matic 400. Power windows and 4-wheel disc brakes were standard, and the rear suspension was self-levelling, based on the Citroen DS-19 hydraulic/hydrogen sphere system.
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