spring of 1980? they were just about to introduce the Silver Spirit and Silver Spur (some being assembled) - all the completed cars were the last batch of Silver Shadow 2s and Silver Wraith 2s - actually a super ideal time at the assembly line, that would have made a good story. After a 15 year run, the next new model was on the cusp of being introduced.
A very quaint little video. I have owned my Rolls-Royce for 24 years now and I still lover her. Fortunately I also have an early one as well and it is the one that exemplifies the Royce perfectionist attitude. If an other differential was held together by 12 bolts, Royce would use 20!
7:28 "Meticulous to the degree where if they have a particular creak which is very difficult to locate they would place a man in the boot are and travel on the road in the trunk of the car driving the car on the road so that the man himself could pinpoint the noise in the boot area".
Mercedes Benz ate Rolls Royces for Lunch. My parents had both cars in the 1970s. Rolls Royce & Benz S class. The W1116 W126 S Class were light Years ahead. Rolly Poley spent most of her life in the garage getting fixed 😂
Nice vid. Looks like they spent too much time on the radiator and dashboard, and totally missed all long-term integrity and reliability. I am a mechanic on these cars and have been for years. The absolute worst first generation Kia has more integrity vs the best car of this era from Crewe.
😂😊 This was just wonderful viewing, hard to believe this was made over 40 years ago !...
I drove a RR Phantom a few times kept it over a weekend
Excellent 👌
Build quality 👌
The drive of it 👌
What a machine them RR
spring of 1980? they were just about to introduce the Silver Spirit and Silver Spur (some being assembled) - all the completed cars were the last batch of Silver Shadow 2s and Silver Wraith 2s - actually a super ideal time at the assembly line, that would have made a good story. After a 15 year run, the next new model was on the cusp of being introduced.
Great video. Crewe "noted for only one thing"? I think the British Rail facility would have argued that one.
My dad got a job at rolls Royce (now Bentley) on his 16th birthday and retired a couple of weeks ago, he worked there for 43 years
my grandad work there for a while until it shut down
A very quaint little video. I have owned my Rolls-Royce for 24 years now and I still lover her.
Fortunately I also have an early one as well and it is the one that exemplifies the Royce perfectionist attitude. If an other differential was held together by 12 bolts, Royce would use 20!
Delightful.
Now i know why a couple of Rolls that have come to my shop have had a guy locked in the trunk
THERE'S NOTHING QUIT LIKE OWNING A ROLLS-ROYCE.
7:28 "Meticulous to the degree where if they have a particular creak which is very difficult to locate they would place a man in the boot are and travel on the road in the trunk of the car driving the car on the road so that the man himself could pinpoint the noise in the boot area".
We have to do that today to fix these cars if they survived to be a classic, because they never got it right to begin with.
“Camilla Carr is going to show us London on the cheap” - I’d really like to see that! Any chance of seeing the remainder of the programme?
Why did the "Bentley" have a spirit of ectasy ?😂
You old fool
It’s not particularly reassuring to know that over forty years ago, Americans were already dumbing things down for their audience.
Thank the British that Hong Kong isn't a swamp any.ore 😂😂😂
Mercedes Benz ate Rolls Royces for Lunch.
My parents had both cars in the 1970s.
Rolls Royce & Benz S class.
The W1116 W126 S Class were light Years ahead.
Rolly Poley spent most of her life in the garage
getting fixed 😂
😂😂😂 liar. Mercedes were Pakistani taxis.
$2,200 p/ m repayment 1980.
I didnt realise people were smoking
crack in 1980s.
Even Junk yards dont want these Brittish Barges
now.
Sad lonely penniless old troll 😂😂😂
Nice vid. Looks like they spent too much time on the radiator and dashboard, and totally missed all long-term integrity and reliability. I am a mechanic on these cars and have been for years. The absolute worst first generation Kia has more integrity vs the best car of this era from Crewe.
You must be an American, American mechanics suck ,😂😂😂😂😂
Best Car in the World 😂1980.
Even the Datsun 1200 was better.
No more British.......nothing is now. Zee Germans have taken over🤣