1972 Rolls Royce Silver Shawdow 4 CYL

**1972 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow**2 Owner's**Original 77793 miles. One of the most excellent piece of automotive engineering ever built. This vehicle is absolute incredible. A 37 years old car and still drives better than most new cars in many aspects. You can hardly hear the big V8 - that goes from both inside and outside. These vehicles are the real classics and are appreciating all the time. * Call one of our product specialists today to schedule a road test and find out more one this 1972 Silver Shadow (866)808-7072 CAR SERIAL NUMBER LRA 12083**ENGINE NUMBER 12083**BODY NUMBER 11466**PAINT WORK SILVER MINK**UPHOLSTERY DARK BLUE WI 3209. Design and engineering 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. Aside from a more modern appearance the Silver Shadow introduced many new features such as disc rather than drum brakes monocoque construction and independent rear suspension rather than the outdated live axle design of previous cars.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.