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Car Of The Day: February 12, 2010; Matchbox's '69 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow
Topic Started: Feb 12 2010, 03:39 AM (749 Views)
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Today's car of the day from harlans toys' collection and is Matchbox's 1969 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow.

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The Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow is a luxury car produced in Great Britain in various forms from 1965 to 1980. The car was the manufacturer's response to claims that it was falling behind the times, and had lost contact with modern developments. It was the first Rolls-Royce to use a monocoque chassis, and to date has the largest production volume of any Rolls-Royce.


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For more information and pictures of the real car please visit: Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow

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Another nice vintage piece from Matchbox- and another luxury car with an opening trunk. Opening trunks must have been a fad in the 1960s as both Matchbox and Impy offered the feature, but with the exception of hatchbacks and station wagons, the feature is rarely seen among today's diecast. Ertl's American Muscle series of the late '90s/early '00s being the major exception.

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Following in the manufacturer's tradition of building luxury vehicles, the standard wheelbase Silver Shadow measured 5.17 metres (17 ft) in length, weighed 4,700 pounds, and had a base price of 19,700 US dollars / 6,557 British pounds in the first year of production.

The Silver Shadow was produced from 1965 to 1976, and the Silver Shadow II from 1977 to 1980.

The design was a major departure from its predecessor, the Silver Cloud. This was the first single bow Rolls-Royce, in contrast to its predecessors' double bow designs. The cars exterior design was by Rolls-Royce's chief designer, John Polwhele Blatchley. More than 50% of the predecessor model were by now being sold on the domestic market where, by the standards of much of Europe and most of North America, roads were narrow and crowded. The original Shadow was 3½ inches (9cm) narrower and 7 inches (18 cm) shorter than the car it replaced, but nevertheless managed to offer increased passenger and luggage space thanks to more efficient packaging made possible by the radical (for Rolls Royce) step of opting for unitary ("monocoque") construction.

Aside from a more modern appearance and construction, the Silver Shadow introduced many new features such as disc rather than drum brakes, and independent rear suspension, rather than the outdated live axle design of previous cars.

The Shadow featured a 172 hp (128 kW) 6.2 L V8 from 1965 to 1969, and a 189 hp (141 kW) 6.75 L V8 from 1970 to 1980. Both powerplants were coupled to a General Motors-sourced Turbo Hydramatic 400 transmission, except on pre-1970 right-hand-drive models, which used the same 4-speed automatic gearbox as the Silver Cloud (also sourced from GM).

The car's most innovative feature was a high-pressure hydraulic system licensed from Citroën, with dual-circuit braking and hydraulic self-levelling suspension. At first, both the front and rear of the car were controlled by the leveling system; the front levelling was deleted in 1969 as it had been determined that the rear levelling did almost all the work. Rolls-Royce achieved a high degree of ride quality with this arrangement.

The Silver Shadow was the most successful model ever produced by Rolls-Royce, with a total of more than 38,000 cars built (including all editions and Bentley variants); a remarkable number for such an expensive automobile. In comparison, its predecessor had a production run of 15,362 cars between 1955 and 1966.


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james_autos
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This is easily one of my favourite castings from the era. I have the more common red version.

Looks like it's in fantastic condtion too :thumbup:
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Looks good.

BTW, Revell made quite a few cars with opening trunks too.
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craftymore
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Support your local demo derby.

I have the more common red version that James Autos referred to. A few pics from the PB account if Harlan doesn't mind.

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I approve. Classic car from the RR lineup. I've heard that upwards of 90% of these cars are still registered and on the road. I'd believe it at the rate I see them; more than any other car from the period, and it's a Rolls Royce!
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harlans toys
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a beautiful model of an equally beautiful car
the real ones of these are a bargain in my opinion now as over here a tidy nice mot'd road going car can be had from around £3500 and in my opinion a 70s roller will always be cooler than any modern luxury car.
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Feb 12 2010, 06:59 AM
Looks good.

BTW, Revell made quite a few cars with opening trunks too.
Forgot about those! Thanks for the reminder. :thumbup:
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I've heard that upwards of 90% of these cars are still registered and on the road.


Reason why? They're mostly used as wedding cars nowadays, along with Silver Clouds. Stretched limos seem to be more common now, but I think the Rollers are still more popular.
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James
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This week will be so hard to exercise one's vote
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ivantt
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
Automakers around the world have struggled to try and match the classy reputation of RR, and I think never will---it is a traditional benchmark that probably will never be beaten, as long as we have "automobiles." :thumbup:
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Tone
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That gold model looks great.
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Sak
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Ezekiel 25:17
The gold edition shown was a Japanese market exclusive. Not easy to find. I have a nice Bulgarian version, in blue metallic.

The current BMW Phantoms are NOT real Rolls-Royces. Unfortunately, there's nothing anyone can really do about that.
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Tone
Feb 13 2010, 05:37 PM
That gold model looks great.
I second that... what a great color on a great car.
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