"[gallery link="file"] Whilst in a particularly patriotic mood last week and putting together our Brit theme (this has nothing to do with the football, we should add), we stumbled across the beautiful shots of Hedi Slimane's 1985 Rolls Royce Corniche. "
Rolls Royce Silver Shadow Shooting Brake
We must be locked into that Glastonbury state of mind.
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.
This Rolls Royce Silver Shadow shooting brake was owned by bassist John Entwistle.
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.
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.
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’.
Strangely, when Bonham’s auctioned the car a couple of years ago, the coach builder who did the conversion was unknown– 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.
Fair play, Mr Entwistle….
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