Front end treatment of the "Silver Shadow II" comparing North American cars with other markets
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- An overview of specification differences between North American Silver Shadow IIs vs the Rest Of the World; bumpers, air dam, number plate set-up and fog-lights,
Good morning all, watching here over in 😊 the UK 🇬🇧. Fabulous showroom Rodd I could spend all day there. 😊😊 I've owned a silver shadow and a silver spirit. Wonderful cars 😊😊😊😊😊😊
Once again, an important and highly informative video. One that trains people’s eyes to closely look at the details, and gain knowledge in the process.
Sunday morning here in Adelaide, Australia. Can't think of a better way to start the day watching the master weave his magic while enjoying a cup of tea.
Thanks, Rodd.
Best wishes, Eric.
Keep these tech vids coming, very informative and entertaining 👏
@@ericmolenaar3670 only an Australian knows how to make another Australian smile. Thank you. Hope you’re having some V-mite as well
Very good review Mr. Rodd. I like the Silver Shadow RR. Best regards from Indonesia of the Southeast Asia 🇮🇩
Thank you Rod, I love learning about all the technical things with Rolls. I miss having my 1979`Corniche fixed head Coupe. Please keep doing these wonderful teaching videos. We all love to hear your knowledge. There will Never be another Car to match The original Rolls before BMW took over. They are rolling artwork in my opinion. watching from Palm Springs Ca.
Thanks Rodd. Always love watching your videos to learn something knew.
Great! It is great to learn these details from an expert. Thank you Mr. Sala!
Your explanations are so appreciated. I had known there were differences in what I saw, but not the reasining behind it. I so love the green and the brown examples, that T2 is pristine. Thank you for doing this
Thanks Rodd!
Another excellent video Rodd! Ha, I was getting ready to ask why they deleted the air dam! On a side note - that white Arnage is stunning!
Very interesting!! Thanks Rod.
Always learn and Love your videos Rodd! Hope to visit you someday!!!!
Great nerdy info - thanks for posting!
Thank you, very informative.
very nice video thank you
Rodd said the air dam was not fitted on North American cars because the catalytic converter cooked the carpet after prolonged idling. Removing the air dam increased the sir flow over the convertor. That doesn't make sense - when idling the only air flow is from the radiator fan, so the air dam, if it makes any difference at all, is going to increase the air flow towards the back of the car, since there is more restriction going out the front under the radiator.
Here in Australia, we often remove air dams as they hit curbs when nose-in parking, making a horrible scaping noise and getting torn up. Perhaps that was fed back from America.
@@keithammleter3824 perhaps what I didn’t make clear is that they were worried about the heat build up of the catalytics in all circumstances but in reality it was only really a problem with prolonged idling so, as you point out, the removal of the air dam made no difference.
The catalytic converters on North American cars would run very hot and absolutely were a fire risk. I had a 1980 SSII that was my daily driver that I would drive on 10-12 hour trips and the floor under the drivers feet would become hot to the touch. I did speak with Cal West, RR Motors USA technical advisor, about this and was told this is quite normal for these cars and to never leave it idling when hot. Unofficially I was advised to carry a fire extinguisher.
@@aarons3695 Interesting. If an ordinary Ford or GM car was afflicted as you described, it would be big news and there would be a recall.
I checked RR forums and they all think that hot floors in SS II is a common fault that has nothing to do with the catalytic convertor. Hot floors are a common problem apparently, but it nearly always due to cabin heating faults. If the engine radiator is bunged up with the white gunk, the system will dump the engine heat that the radiator can't get rid of into the cabin floor air outlets and you'll get a hot floor.
How about British bumper w/o wipers and no front plate (while I'm dreaming)?
John Bletchley walked away and retired when all this US legislative crap started to appear it interfered with the aesthetics of his design
UK spec all day long for me as I'm English don't like the US spec bumper always looked silly to me.would a shadow 2 seating with headrests go in a shadow one.?
@@Bod8998 absolutely yes.
Hello Possums! 😂
@@LWVH81 😂🤣
Can I come see these,
@@robertiannucci1667 always welcome!
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I have a 1980 Ivory US and a 1979 caribbean blue EU shadow 2; they both have their own personality.
The absence of the air dam makes the car look more of a classic, slimmer and more delicate; but with it the look is more contemporary and bolder. Hard to choose...