{"id":36871,"date":"2014-07-04T08:53:38","date_gmt":"2014-07-04T07:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.influx.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=36871"},"modified":"2022-06-14T10:47:59","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T09:47:59","slug":"rolls-royce-silver-shadow-shooting-brake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/blog\/rolls-royce-silver-shadow-shooting-brake\/","title":{"rendered":"Rolls Royce Silver Shadow Shooting Brake"},"content":{"rendered":"

We must be locked into that Glastonbury state of mind.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But in the process of noodling around thinking about car sand rock’n’roll and car culture, we found yet another amazing car owned by a member of The Who.<\/p>\n

This Rolls Royce Silver Shadow shooting brake was owned by bassist John Entwistle.<\/p>\n

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\"rolls-royce_silver_shadow_ii_shooting_break_1\"<\/a>When the Silver Shadow series was launched in 1965, Rolls Royce announced that they combined advanced engineering and safety specifications with traditional Rolls-Royce standards of craftsmanship, and that in the manner of their performance they were as revolutionary as the Silver Ghost…<\/p>\n

The Silver Shadow went on to become the definitive Roller \u2013 and the epitome of what a generation would think of as a luxury vehicle.<\/p>\n

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These new kinds of Rolls Royce really were a complete break with tradition. They were the first Rolls Royce cars to have a complete unitary chassis, the first to come with all-round independent suspension, the first to come with four power-operated disc brakes. The roof line was a full 4 inches lower than that of the Silver Cloud that it preceded it too.<\/p>\n

This sleeker, more modern Rolls was powered by the tried and tested 6.2-litre V8 that had been used in the Silver Cloud – until in 1970 emissions regs necessitated a more efficient, engine.\"rolls-royce_silver_shadow_ii_shooting_break_5\"<\/a><\/p>\n

An estate\/shooting brake version of the Shadow was never created (more’s the pity) – so this special estate version of the Shadow was commissioned by John Entwistle, the bass guitarist with ‘The Who’.<\/p>\n

Strangely, when Bonham’s auctioned the car a couple of years ago, the coach builder who did the conversion was unknown\u2013 but we DO know that for pure rock’n’roll period, socially aspiring steeze – little can compare to chopping, stretching and allowing your Roller to be used on the Grouse shoot in Scotland.<\/p>\n

Fair play, Mr Entwistle….<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\t\t