I bought Britain's cheapest Rolls Royce Silver Spirit 3 ! | RR Rescue Part 1.
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- I couldn't believe it when I received an email about the abandoned Rolls Royce. Two weeks later and a few sleepless nights, its on my driveway 😊🇬🇧
Bringing a car back to life is such a great feeling. I’m 29 and I refuse to have a high car payment and I bought an 03 Volvo s80 I’m slowly restoring. It’s high mileage but I love it. That rolls is a beauty 😍
Decades back, a recently retired engineer I once knew, impulsively bought himself an old Silver Shadow when he saw it going cheap on a used car lot. He had an empty shed by his house and wanted a hobby project to keep him occupied. Other than that, he had no plans for it - maybe something to go touring in eventually. After dealing with a few issues, tidying it up and getting it running satisfactorily, he was asked by family members if they could use it for a wedding. Word spread in the rural area where he lived, and he was asked again and again, charging a fair price for the service - He even bought a chauffeur's outfit!
Eventually he was even asked to use the car to pick up businessmen and foreign visitors on airport runs. It was never a full time thing - he did a bit of work from time to time as he pleased. But the car paid for it's keep with improvements and servicing as and when needed. I asked about the cost of servicing and was told that there were generic and used parts about for the car which kept costs down. Sadly, his wife thought it was a bit too ostentatious for holidays, though.
I love your RR , drove and looked after one many years ago for a garage boss who collected rare and expensive cars, your a lucky guy.
...that smile, 24:41, says it all! 😊 Beautiful R.R.! Life is to be enjoyed. It's been said, "We will be more upset at the things we DIDN'T do than the things we DID..." 👍👍
Paul, I own a 1981 Rolls Royce Silver Spirit, (more unusually at age 23), and my garage is slightly too short for it. I was in the exact position as you, stressing about it being on a driveway. Keep it clean, and invest in a made to measure cover, (Flying Spares can supply), and she will be fine! Mine remains immaculate. Another bit of advice from my year or so ownership and personal RR experience, is when it is recommissioned, USE IT. Seals tend to dry and crack without lubrication, and in worst cases they need overhauls of the hydraulic system due to excessive leaks .
I would also recommend getting accumulator pressures checked at a later stage mate. The brakes are pressurised from a cam driven pump, and if the spheres etc are bad you very quickly end up getting NO brakes when you have exhausted pressure. You should be getting min 15-20 pumps before warning appears for Low brake pressure.
Finally, I would also encourage a trip to Starman’s Rolls Royce and Bentley specialists, know them inside out and are genuinely well priced.
Cannot wait for the other videos, please save her !
Thanks Buddy, wow 23 with a Rolls Royce, well done! I'll be doing my best with this one.
Impressive ! Who do you insure with please?
Previously Admiral but fortunate enough to have the Spirit under a trade policy with the family business.
You got an absolute bargain there, I bet you could get more than your money back just for the interior if the rest is too far gone! Well done
Good on you. I'm looking forward to watching the revival of this wonderful Spirit!
Thank God I came across your channel.
I followed My mate Vince for 2 years, watching him put back on the road a £4000 RR silver spirit. His videos have now ended.
I really look forward to see the Rolls Royce progressing. Good look Paul. Roll on episode 2.
Me too
Yes deffo check out Vince
How classy it looks, even abandoned, compared to the awful Audi common jelly moulds it was parked near. Looking forward to seeing it on the road again 😊
Looks a great project Paul. I think it will clean up nicely. A bargain at £2.5K
What a fantastic colour she is 👍
Mrs life on cars sounds a complete diamond. It's a massive undertaking but it will get someone who will put his heart and soul into turning it around. Keep ticking off that list bit by bit. It's meant to be and us viewers are very lucky and grateful to be joining you on the journey. Awesome stuff.
Brave man getting in to the back of a car and closing the door without checking the child locks are not on :D
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The smile on your face is priceless 👍👍
YOU ARE MAD!! Thank god for mad people. I love it, and will be keeping you company on this journey. I wish I was either mad or brave.
Ha ha
Such a BEAUTIFUL model year!
You were meant for that Rolls. You’ve given her a new life.
That Alpine radio is worth around £400-£500 alone if it works perfectly.
It’s a 7618RR and bespoke to Rolls Royce and Bentleys only.
Very desirable deck that.
Even more so that you still have the factory Alpine amps too.
Thanks for the info
Hey paul I'm in the north east and have owned a shadow for 20 years, they really are the best in the world. Happy to meet and share the (pain) journey
Thanks Buddy
£105k in 1994 is £215k in todays money. Great video.
Born and Bred in Crewe, still live here and almost 60 years of age.. Most my family and friends worked for the company since before WW2... Chances are they might have been involved in building this particular car... Hope it all goes well... Love the colour. 👌
Thank you
Looks in better condition than the RR My Mate Vince spent two years working on, should be an interesting project good luck.
I owned a 1981 Silver Shadow II 20 years ago. Every time I drove it, it was a special occasion! It drained my bank account though so I had to sell it and basically got back what I paid for it! So, lovely car but very expensive if you cant do all the work yourself!
Jeezz, what a bargain. Eagerly waiting for part 2. I can totally understand how you must have felt. Not long ago, I bought a Shad 2 that needed a lot of work. It's a bit surreal to suddenly own a Rolls, but it's a great feeling. Cheers, Chris
YES! Woohoo! thanks for the nod on facebook... so please you got it, like i said previously it's my first passion, you are not crazy mate just enjoy it.. nothing like it on the road... looking forward to watching you get this to a great standard... very excited!
Amazing buy in my opinion mate 🎉 it’s in really good condition for a abandoned car 🚗. Look forward to seeing the progress. Try not keeping us waiting too long.
Thanks Buddy
Under the bonnet there are a battery positive terminal and negative, Connect a battery charger on low trickle charge and let it sit with the doors locked for 48 hrs. then try the boot release button.
Lots of work but your RR is 1000x better than the 'My Mate Vince' roller. You have the experience, he had none. He brought his back from the grave , on a drive, minimal tools , dodgy techniques, rattle can spray job, the ish. Got it through an MOT no probs. Found a very inexpensive fix for the air suspension using Citroen spheres, also found some very neat fixes for electrical problems which is really what his channel is all about.
Well done Paul, can’t wait to watch the restoration journey. You are keeping history alive and for that I tip my hat to you 👏
Geeze ,we only live once.Good Luck.
Great project - and that interior looks mighty good for an abandoned car. Looking forward to seeing how this one progresses.
Well done to your missus and backing you up. And yes, ‘Get a grip Paul’. 😊
That's the plan!
Inject light oil into lock and tap with a wooden hammer on side of the lock when key is in,because it sounds light the tumblers have stuck in the wrong positions,it’s worth a try
Probably smothering it with something like WD40 and just inserting, slightly twisting, pulling and reinserting the key dozens of times until the tumblers free up.
It's a very beautiful fantastic car! This car is a my dream. Good luck dear friend!👍
To Romantyk
My favourite British saloon!
Always has been, always will be!
Looking forward to this 👌
Hi Paul, the new ceramic coating will bring that beautiful burgundy paint up fantastically
They're beautiful cars, why wouldn't you want one 😄 The craftsmanship brings you right back to bygone days. Can't be cheap to run these days though.
New subscriber here, fantastic stuff. Love the SZ series cars and your passion and enthusiasm really shines through, can’t wait to watch the rest. From a fellow North Eastener, albeit displaced now. 👍
@@franksfactorynonsens thanks for subscribing 👍
I am Soooooo jealous !!!! I would love that project !!
Excellent find. The trim looks great, interior great. Paint prob be fine. Just mechanics and electrics. No more tricky than a 1970s top of the range Citroen. Most parts are big and well made and hence pricey.
Watching from back of beyond Australia 🦘
Glad to have you watching 😊👏
In 2010 I bought a Shadow 1 for £1800, and had it fitted with LPG- returned a fantastic mpg and eventually sold to a museum in Germany for £4K. Best vehicle ever.
Wonderful move. Looking forward to “our” journey over the weeks and months ahead. Respect! 👍
Good for you!! Challenges for sure, but also a great reward when you pull it off. The interior looks amazingly good considering the price. And yes, it deserves to be saved.
Great job Paul, how exciting. Can't wait to see the finished product
Despite it being cheap, it looks complete and very good indeed! Pristine interior, will turn out absolutely fine. Looking forward to the series.😊
1:10 Mrs LifeonCars is bang on. People spend £thousands a year on football season tickets or weird sport, or whatever. So spending a few grand on an old Rolls that you'll enjoy tinkering with for months or years is totally worth it.
I guess you could also turn the old phrase backwards: happy husband, happy wife :)
Just subbed, this is looking very interesting. What a huge amount of car for the money. If the bodywork is as good as it looks then I imagine the makings of a fantastic car!👍
The colour combination is awsome... 😍😍😍
New subscriber! Was watching my mate Vince. Dave Birmingham.
Thanks !
What a Find, 30 year Old with such low mileage.
looking forward to seeing the old girl cleaned and polished.
Me too 😊
That looks incredible. Well done for finding it and taking it on. There will no doubt be a lot of work in it, but it looks in pretty good nick, and I reckon it will be worth it. Mrs Life on Cars is very perceptive, and you will get a lot of pleasure from this project. Have you seen My Mate Vince on TH-cam? He restored the cheapest RR in the UK. Yours look 100 times better than his when he first got his hands on it.
I think we enjoyed your video more than you did Paul. Looking forward to future developments.
Hi Paul just subscribed to your channel to follow the progress on this beautiful car! What an absolute bargain that car will look amazing after a good clean and a polish! Congrats 👏🏻
Thanks for the sub!
I have an 82 Silver Spur . Love it ! Change the Hydraulic Fluid frequently . Fuel injection can be a challenge sometimes .
I love your video, your personality, your spirit, and honesty. I'm especially excited for you because I was about your age when I purchased my first luxury classic, a 1980 Mercedes SD Turbodiesel. First thing! You'll find there's far more room to work on items as compared to an MR2, or Jaguar coupe. 😂
Restoring my car took several years, but the results were astounding.
A neighbor bought the M-B, and it continues on in the neighborhood twenty years later. It's held up much better than I have and appears to be in wonderful condition.
Good luck!
Thanks so much
The interior looks great 👍 sub’d
@@Richard57072 thanks 😊
Great purchase mate, gorgeous colour, fabulous interior. Dreams are dreams and when they can come true it's fantastic, it's one thing to be very rich and buy a car, it's another thing to have some money and try to make a dream come true, good luck
Thanks Buddy
I restored a Bentley T1 1970. Extremely expensive to restore. My car has had in excess of £52k spent on it. Eye watering. I will never recoup what I spent. Give you an idea. Car purchase price £5,500. L.P.G gas conversion £1,700, complete braking system £7,500, upholstery £10,400, stainless exhaust £1,200, recon suspension £3,600, windscreen replacement £500, new carpets £1,200, electronic ignition £600, light upgrade £600, bare metal respray including fabrication new floor pan 4 new wings 2 inner scills 2 outer scills 4 jack points box sections £15,000, service/recommissioning £750, painted coachlines £200, re-chrome bumpers £2,000, it just goes on and on.
These is no such thing as a cheap Rolls_Royce. The most expensive car 🚙 you can ever buy is a cheap Rolls_Royce !..
I’m a car guy and one of these is the only car I’ve lost an absolute packet on. Pure definition of moneypit. Nice wafting when they work though.
I believe this model was called the Crewe Cortina . The condition looks great but it’s the underneath that needs to be ok . Great car .
I paid twice as much as that for a 1994 Ford F-250 last year. In the states I would be inclined to put an LS(or iron Vortec) GM engine in it since it has a 4L80E. Over there that is probably not as feasible. I'd clean it all up, get the chassis, brakes, running gear all sorted, detail it up nice. Then I'd put an aluminum block 5.3L with 706/862 heads, Circle D 3600 tripple disk converter, HD2 shift kit in the 4L80e, NBS intake, VS7875, 120lb injectors ,455lph fuel pumps and run it with Holley Terminator X Max...over here in the states. It could make 600-700whp easy and probably get at least 20mpg highway depending on the gearing and tuning. I'm sure there is more incentive to keep it all stock there. More modern efi and ignition controls could probabaly make it a lot more fuel efficent and powerful if there was a way to adapt anything like crank trigger, coil on or near plug, sequential multiport efi, wide band O2, maf. Not that it's the sort of car that you'd want to hot rod but, it's probably such a novelty to have a V8 there ypu at least want the thing to feel strong for all that fuel, tax, maintanence and expense. It's the sort of car that is meant to be a durable good, most systems are over engineered and rebuildable. With so few miles, it's probably worse than if it was driven semi-regular, was garaged and had 144,000. Everything rubber, all accessories and fluids gotta be changed. Hopefully it comes back nice for you, not sure if it would be worth anymore all fixed up than what it might cost you to do it. Those are a handsome later Rolls and the last of the REAL Rolls before BMW meddling. I'm here for it.
Thanks Buddy
Maybe boot rubber sticky. Pull hard. Make sure boot is fully latched. Put charged battery on it it has soft close.
The Beast of Burgundy 👹🎴
Good on Yer Mate
Great car, shame about the Yokohama A/T tyres that are fitted, not the right tyres for the vehicle. I’m sure you will do a brilliant job restoring it to its former splendour.
You Sir, are a fine enthusiast
New subscriber here.great timing with this.a fellow named vince has just done a spirit on a budget over 2 years.his was a 1989 one the same as mine.fabulous cars look forward to following you fixing this up.
Thanks Buddy
Great news, Paul. You know it makes sense because of the masses of inspiring content this project will provide. Go for it, buddy!!👍👍
Good buy. Will clean up nice
Will be an interesting journey to follow, I owned a silver shadow for 19 years , it was a great experience ,ok pleasure and some pain but they are a beautiful motor car worth saving . Great buy ,well done.👌😉👌
That's a true Barn Find .....minus the Barn.
I think you'll enjoy the experience of ownership don't be frightened of it it's just nuts and bolts..... and some wires.
I think you have a good purchase there. Looking forward to the journey.
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Just subscribed 🧠💪💚🙋♂️🤝
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I was the same way when that XKR-S appeared for sale last christmas, unlike you my missus has no interest in cars so it was my own problem - I couild not live with myself if I let it go and could not sleep so I drove 8 hours round trip to make it my own - well done on getting that Rolls these opportunities rarely present themselves in life - you will get a heap of subscribers now following that car and its restoration! Life is full of misery and cars are a pastime that bring solitude and joy, then there are Rolls Royce...
Thanks Buddy
I love the fact that you've just bought a rolls and are worried about cobwebs.
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GREAT NEW CAR FOR THE CHANNEL. Looks like a good body and interior gives you a good starting point, Can you ditch the rear accumulators? You will find the braking system interesting. Great project will be following you closely.
She will clean up great. Better she's a 90s model rather than the early 80s ones.
😂😂😂😂😂, very nice indeed man, congrats
Good job, enjoy it.
It was nice to meet you and your wife today in cold Pickering ! Will see you again hopefully in the future 😊👏🏻 V8 Rebellion forever 😂
Great to meet you !
I wish you all the very best for the restoration of your Rolls Royce Silver Spirit III, Paul. It's not going to be an easy job, but... It's going to be an extremely rewarding journey! My best, Stuart
great video, i feel your emotion's, i have been there, i will watch you do the wok, congrats, car looks almost like new,
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Well done on this one. The colour looks like "Wild Berry" so hope it all goes well, get head gaskets checked as they can be a pain in the wallet and some electrical issues can be difficult to rectify other than specialist, and expensive. Great car to come out of this for sure!
These Cars will start under the most austere conditions. Cranked a 57 Silver Cloud that had been in storage for 40 years . Did basic servicing and she started right up with no problems .
Excellent news. Looking forward to the RR journey
Hugely excited for you. You've got an amazing deal on a fabulous car and I cannot wait to see the next instalment!
Absolutely fantastic. Really looking forward to watching this project. I think these cars can be hard work to work on. You're a brave man, but you will get your reward. Congratulations on your purchase.
Congratulations! That looks like a challenge but a lot of it looks really good. I've got a similar car, a '96 Bentley Turbo R in the same colour, and it's like nothing else.
You might need to drill a small hole to get in to the boot, it's not something I've done myself but I'm sure I've seen people discuss it on the Rolls-Royce forums, which is well worth a look at.
Best of luck with it and hope it's not too ruinous, once you get it recommissioned as others have said use it!
If you need any spares try Westminster autos at sherburn in helmet near leeds they break them all the time.
Thanks Buddy that's useful
I'm sure we'll all enjoy the RR restoration Paul. You certainly look like a cat that got the cream.
Have you watched any of Silver Spirit vids on the My Mate VINCE channel?
There is one (part 5) where the boot catch isn't working, which might give you a few clues.
Thanks yes I've been watching some of his Videos which might help 😅
In regards to the opening the boot you can slow charge the battery through the cigarette lighter to then open the boot.
Found this video randomly on a. Yt rabbit hole and have now subscribed, will be watching from Australia 👍🏻
Thanks Buddy
Jeez its an absolute steal its mint and such low miles wow what a find.
Interesting that it has All terrain tyres on it
Subbed, got to see this !
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Lucky Guy. It’s worth more than £2500 in scrap! Paint looks ok. The wheel trims won’t fit as the the tyres are 5he wrong size, you need to fit Avons.
It's a dream, but i prefer always the Silver Spirit MK 1
Exciting times!! It doesn’t look too bad externally. Give it a damn good wash. I’m looking forward to this one.
Paul just check you are not using the valet key to try and open the boot, another thing on the later spirits( mine is a spirit 11) when the engine is running and you put it into gear, the handbrake will release itself.
Buy one of those temporary car ports the steel tubes ones they are great I have two