You knew you had been a high-roller within the late Seventies when you drove round (or had been chauffeured round) in a 1977 Silver Shadow II. This British-built four-door stickered at an eye-watering $65,000 again then. To place that into perspective, the retail value of a Ford Pinto the identical yr was $3,780. It will set you again the value of 17 Pintos to return as much as the extent of the Rolls. Assume on that for a minute!

The Decide of the Day is a low-mileage 1977 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow II listed on the market on ClassicCars.com by a personal vendor in Dunkirk, New York. (Click on the hyperlink to view the itemizing)

“This is a wonderful instance of a handmade vehicle that made Rolls-Royce well-known,” the itemizing begins. “The automobile is in glorious situation and has been professionally maintained by a nationally acknowledged knowledgeable in this sort of automobile since I purchased the automobile about ten years in the past.”

The Silver Shadow was produced in a wide range of kinds for a decade and a half between 1965 and 1980. Examples from 1977 to 1980 (together with right this moment’s characteristic automobile) had been known as the Silver Shadow II. There have been some design modifications that happened for 1977. Non-U.S. automobiles gained the alloy and rubber bumpers that had been federally mandated within the states since 1974. The small grilles beneath the headlights had been eliminated. And most significantly, mechanical updates included the introduction of rack and pinion steering together with improved engineering within the entrance suspension.

The cabin seems to be beautiful with its blue leather-based seating, monogrammed ground mats, and many shiny woodgrain trim. Rolls-Royce had some superior options on the time. The local weather management system had separate controls for higher and decrease cabin temperatures, and the sprint had an array of warning lamps for brake stress, coolant degree, an ice warning, and gasoline degree.

Lastly, try the rear passenger compartment! No government journey could be full with out fold-down tray tables. Energy comes from a 6.75-liter V8, and the vendor says, “Begins and runs nice. Easy, quiet, and chic journey and is kind of a head-turner on the street and at exhibits.” The vendor says that upkeep logs are included.

The asking value is $26,500 or finest provide, which is a small value to pay for a automobile that (when inflated to present greenback values) offered for over $300,000 when new. Life of the wealthy and well-known certainly.

To view this itemizing on ClassicCars.com, see Decide of the Day.