Bought the Cheapest Rolls Royce - Will it Run? 1971 RR Silver Shadow Saved from the Crusher!
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- We bought a Rolls Royce as an experiment to learn about how the systems in these cars worked and with a simple goal to get the car running again. This car was purchased from a towing company who removed the car from a homeowners backyard; it is unknown how many years this car sat parked. Regardless the towing company figured it might be worth something and instead of sending it straight to the crusher they brought it to their lot. We were the lucky(?) buyers of the car. Will we get it running again?
UPDATE: We never expected this video to gain traction as much as it did - our first 1 MILLION view video! We've gotten a lot of comments about restoring the car, etc and there is simply not enough ROI to justify spending thousands of dollars into restoring this car that's super rough.
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You guys seem like good mechanics but why not clean all the debris out of the engine bay before you start opening up engine components allowing dirt to contaminate them. A car sitting that long needs all the fluids flushed, gas tank removed and fuel lines replaced before attempting a start.
You think: a good mechanic, never strips down anything until it is very clean! Also once the work area is clean, you make sure You are as clean as a surgeon.
Would You let some scruffy person to operate on you?
Retired now, but thank you for saving the good Mechanic's names. 😁🔧🇬🇧
The gas tank and the fuel lines are completely rusted through as are most of the brake lines. The car runs and drives now on a boat tank. Our goal with anything we get in is to verify that it will even run before spending any real time or effort on it. After we verified that we did go back and clean the car as well as the engine bay. RR where we are are not really worth anything this car is really really rough and will never be restored.
@@ResurrectedGarage Thanks for the update. Good luck with it.
Those are jerks not mechanics.
Exactly!😮
Now I know I'm really old, seeing this car in this shape! Back in 71 my uncle bought a brand new Rolls Royce silver shadow. I remember seeing it the very next day. I was 12. My God, what a magnificent car it was. And the beautiful leather interior...just smelled like.....MONEY. I loved riding in it and driving it when I turned 16. I actually took my DMV driving test in it! He traded it in after 7 years a bought a Porsche 911. That car was awesome, but in a much different way. Yes, I wish you could have seen this car in 1971.
Awesome to hear. We are hoping to get our hands on a 911 to bring back to life in the not to distant future as well
I still have my granddads '74 Green Camargue and I also own a '92 Triple White Corniche. You need to drain and clean fuel lines of these money pitts😵💫😳
Yeah brother, they were beautiful rides, anybody who was anybody had one of these, I know a doctor who lives in the city where I live, that has one of these, and he's the only one in town who has one.
It’s sad to see this wonderful auto in such sad shape. Thanks for showing this car some love!
We are working on getting it back on the road. currently trying to get the brakes working. There will definitely be a follow up video.
You had trouble opening the “hood” kind sir, because on a Rolls Royce it’s called a “bonnet!”
If ya gonna be fancsayyy don’t say bonnet say bonaaaay
It’s the Hood here in North America
Americans call it Hood correct and here in the uk we call it Bonnet as we call the back the boot and Americans call it trunk but remember this..the English language came from where please you lovely Americans 🤔
@@NR19770 the english language came from Latin, French, Greek and German languages
Yeah we call it the bonnet in the U.K. so fucking what
Awe love seeing these beauties brought back to life.... can't wait to see her brought back to her former glory guys ... 🙌
oui..moi c'est les Jaguar anciennes !
Wow, good luck you have quite a journey ahead of you. I know these cars very well. I know you will enjoy the hard earned pleasure of your first drive. I have great respect for you for taking on this challenge. Boy,,, this is not going to be easy.
love me some old car resurrection videos. Good job brothers, arm chair quarterbacking here while working on the problem tell us what you're doing as you fix things.. This isn't a silent film, be the narrator. Carry on boys.
À 19 ans en 1970 .c'est la première gois que j'ai vu une Rolls Royce en allant au ski avec les copains.en Isère. INOUBLIABLE...
Sad to see this beautiful car in this condition I once worked for RR I put in 33 years service please let me know how you are doing with this restoration.
Hey Mr elephant, underneath all that nastiness was a beautiful ride waitin to come out
Lovely job guys! Can’t wait to see her driving!!
Cool! I just posted my Rolls Royce video today. Good job guys!
Looking forward to the restoration video.
oh! Make it pink! 🌸
Thanks, I will check out your video as well.
I love cars...it breaks my heart to see a car scraped. Wonderful to see guys like u taking time and effort to not let the past die away or rust away.
Thanks, we love bringing them back up to the point where they can be driven again!
They will certainly need to scrape a lot of dirt off.
@@thairatcatcher 🤣
Sometimes hosing alone isn't enough and you have to scrape a bit.
🤔 Very interesting video. But please keep in mind, there is no such thing as a cheap Rolls_Royce or Bentley car,then and now.they will always be expensive to run, and keep on the road. Although I guess you are going to try and carry out most of the work 💪 yourself. Good 👍luck. P.S. I myself own a few of these vehicles, much later models from 1990s. Silver Spirit, silver Seraph, Bentley Brooklands etc.....
At least the earlier ones like this were a simpler car, not full of weird suspension and computers.
yay was hoping to see a video of this. such a cool car
beautiful cars. look stunning in white or cream. i can hear bells already and champagne popping.
I used to work for a collector in Santa Monica who had a bunch of them, parts are very expensive.
The Roller has seen better days. Good how you got the engine running. It sounds sick though. 😷 They generally need a specialist mechanic, but you guys are doing well. Nice RR Silver Shadow. 👌
naughty boy calling it a Roller
It's a crime to let a Rolls Royce get into that state. Hope you guys save it.
Thanks, we still have the Rolls it's just on our long term builds.
Really enjoyed your video!! Beautiful car in a sad neglected state...putting life in the old car is giving care and hope!!🤪😁😁
Thanks, we love seeing people in here that are happy to see the car come back to life even though a full restoration might not be in the cards
That is the model with the psychotic brake system. You are brave.
With enough time and effort that car could be worth a small fortune. As long as you've spent a much larger one.
And people wonder how these cars wind up in this shape in the first place 😂
Unfortunately, these are not worth a small fortune even in the best condition. You can get a very nice silver shadow for $15,000. It's a shame, but big luxury sedans just don't hold any value.
@@dwderp it’s funny how many people don’t realize that the car isn’t really worth doing a $100k resto on.
Problem is the rot in it, if the cross members under the floor are rusted out its trash. We break better ones for spares. Could find one in the UK for 2000 bucks.
Absolutely NOT. Shadows have meager value.
antique old car and very interesting
Very interesting and fun. Thanks.
There's a few more update videos on the RR, we did get it to move around on it's own power finally.
Thanks for the quote from the Bible very precious
Good luck with the project. A bottomless bank account and a range of reliable contacts, some in the UK, will be required, no doubt! A RR complete owner's manual will be a big plus, no online BS efforts!
That's great advice. Please let us know if you can help us get access to the aforementioned bottomless bank account. It would make things go much quicker and easier
@@ResurrectedGarage Ask Joe bidens son 👍
Hey, redone in Flat Black and this could be used in a remake of the old James Brolin horror flick "The Car"! Drop in a big crate motor and a 9" rear end and hit the road.
Good Luck on this Project , they always seem like a good idea ,untill you start Pricing the Parts you need , make sure you or nobody else’s poured PetroleumBased Brake Fluids into any of the Hydraulics because that just disentigrates the VirginRubber the British used on the older Vehichles and Motorcycles it’s a Must to use only Vegetable based fluids in those Systems that was very difficult to find inAmerica years ago Fortunately CastrolGTX that is D.O.T. Compliant is easily found in most AutoParts stores and evenWalmart these days back in the 1970s you had to purchase it usually at Dealership Parts Counters at their rediculously marked up,Prices
Castrol RR363 in this one
mineral oil is for vin no 30.000 and onward
= Silver Shadow 2 and Silver Spirit
congraturation engine iswork lets revive and rerun again wishing you have lucky day
Great work!!! I also loved to see ya'll put a bible verse in there, and a great one at that. God bless.
Thank you! You too!
careful you don't bend those hydraulic pump pushrods ! Been there.
I could have bought something similar in 1993 for $350 . But I knew nothing about how to work on them so I passed on it . The lady inherited it with the house . And didn’t want to scrap it . But she may have .
I read somewhere that 80% of all RR produced are still in existence. It's criminal that someone abandoned this classy dowager!
"In existence" leaves a lot up to interpretation if you really think about it
It is due to overproduction with a cheap price tag
In combination with bad owners
@@ResurrectedGarage It is an old say from the past 1975 it was true due to al models up to Silver Cloud 1965 after that slowly downhill
compare that with the New R-R and Bentley proudution
just a few will get old
In my county no R-R was junked before 1978 and that one was in filing with burned down Now days it is diferent I must say
Amazing how you could start the engine without totally refurbishing the SU carbs, especially if they are HIF with the specific choke system.
The choke and cold start circuit not operating correctly makes it a massive pain to start
@@ResurrectedGarage Yes I imagine. This little valve is a real mess.
@@ResurrectedGarage By now you must have removed the dash pots,the round things on top of the carbs. If the pistons are stuck or sticking,the car will never run properly. They use a ATF in the top where those black knobs are.
Whatever you do don't put brake fluid in it! If you do, expensive things will start to explode. You have get some special, hundred dollar, high pressure mineral water from Rolls Royce. Also I think the brakes, and rear suspension are somehow connected, but I am not sure.I do know that you need to do your research with a Rolls Royce. If you don't things get very expensive.
Castrol RR 363
This is sad to see this lovely car like this I used to work on rr cars long time back loved them
Unfortunately this isn't the only we've seen just rotting away. This one was cheap enough for us to buy to use it as learning tool to figure out how they worked and get it running again. We've fixed a few other RR's for customers since then. They are beautiful cars.
Have had Eleven Bentley s and rolls made big profits with exception of a Turbo R.
A Rolls will always be a Rolls, finest ever... With the technology at the time of course.
I had to hang a pair of vise grips on the end of My key to start and keep my 73 silver shadow running.x
Easy fix I have done a couple
Leave The Poor Old Girl In Peace.
RIP My Lady.
American Hick Mechanics And A Deceased Rolls Royce. It’s A Very Sad Situation!😟
The guys are currently working on the brakes and getting it road ready. We bring them back to life, we don't let them die. 🙂
Sorry we couldn’t find a DNR
Hello how are you doing 😊
I owned 2 of these bought in the 90s both1973 models,sadly I sold them both at a huge loss,so as to give then new wallets to support them. With the 10 cents one the dollar I got for them in 2007 I bough a brand new 1976 caprice with 1600 miles window sticker on the glass and put that in storage.
It's criminal to let a vehicle of this prestige fall into disrepair like this
Just ran across this video today ,nice lookin old ride .
Sweet! Thanks, this one is still hanging around. It's one of our long term builds.
Just needs a little TLC and it'll be fine, might need alot but once it's been given TLC it'll be just fine and run smoothly just like it did in 1971
Flying Spares in the UK is a great source of parts: new and experienced. Also Albers in Zionsville, Indiana. Internet.
Manuals and tech info ate on the Australian Rolls-Royce Owners’ Club web site; free; also great info and advice on their forum.
Helped me a lot with my 1970. You will learn a lot if you don’t “quit before the miracle”!
Thank you, we have ordered a few things from Flying Spares for the black RR we've uploaded videos on. We did get this car running and driving under it's own power in later videos.
Makes a change to see a car with the steering wheel on the proper side
"Proper side????" Will it be made for USA mail delivery??? Think.
The starter sounds Good
Oh I remember that model. It was originally named "Silver Mist" but then it was learned what "mist" means in German (s__t).
It's amazing the "silver lady "is still there .
Our Lady of Ecstasy, that’s what the name of the hood ornament is.
How does an expensive and valuable car just get abandoned to deteriorate and end up in a state like that?
And was the oil and filter changed? I do hope so. The engine is the most expensive part - just putting in petrol, connecting up a new battery and trying to start it with sludged up oil and a cruddy blocked oil filter is probably the quickest way to damage an engine that’s not been run for what looks like a decade or so.
Nope, the mineral oils was the most problematic and expensive
They really aren't that valuable when they get a bit older. Like any car, a Rolls Royce can become mechanically totalled due to the cost of repairs. A good Rolls like this is only worth maybe $25k in pristine condition. When it was parked it was probably worth less than $10k. Parts alone to fix the Citroen-esque Hydropneumatic suspension (licensed from Citroen) can exceed that. Add faded paint or a worn interior and a luxury car that is out of fashion and it just isn't worth it. Some parts, like the Chevy truck A/C system, some of the internals of the GM TH400 transmission or the Lucas (or Delco) alternator are cheap- the bespoke parts are not.
You'd be surprised how many of remaining of only about 50 000 exemplars built are still banger raced (and valued at banger racing for their strength)
First sensible post in a while. They should have changed the oil and filter, removed the spark plugs and poured some light oil into the cylinders. It should have then been left for a time and turned over to ensure that the piston rings weren't stuck to the bores. Sadly, the first thing people say when they get a car which hasn't been used for a time is "let's find out if it will start". What's the hurry? Better to spent a few hours rather than risk doing damage.
Wow when a woman wash the car i see such a nice cloud moving looks great and nice video quality.
Glad you enjoyed
If my memory serves me right Rolls-Royce was using general motors turbo 400 automatic transmissions. If that's the case a V8 swap with so many different size Chevrolet engines you could choose from..😊
Believe it or not the engine is pretty solid, we just have a problem with the overcomplicated brake system. This has become one of our long term builds but we plan to leave the motor/transmission in it for now.
Hard to fathom how anyone could let a car of this stature get into such bad condition.
It's two years on since you found it; hope she was restored to her former glory and is in now in a loving home..🤗
There aren't many people that will work on a RR where we are and most of them end up sitting on marketplace unsold. This one was picked up by a towing company - I'm sure they got paid to get rid of the car off the property. We still have the car; we have been looking for another set of wheels for it. This one is too bad to restore and for us there isn't a return on investment to make it nice. There is another nice example that's on our channel that has been for sale for months now with no takers at 8500.
Check su fuel bowls. Floats could be stuck. Tap fuel pump. It should tick when working.
In the next video/s of this car we get it running and get rid of the SU carbs completely.
Interesting clip
It’s my dream Car😍😍😍😍😍
make sure you use the correct brake fluid RR363! I'm sure the whole brake/self leveling system will require a total going through with new hoses, etc!
On this particular car we eventually found that the brake lines are rotted through and even after filling the reservoir with fluid fluid and running the engine for quite some time it failed to even leak fluid which tells us we have even more problems with brake pumps and possibly other components as well. We are going to plumb the car for a standard master cylinder in the near future
Funny but I said the same thing. My dad had a 73 and a 74 and the worst problems were electrical and the hydraulics. He bought Girling oil by the case.
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So often it is true that , rather than buy a bag of bolts , it is much preferable to spend a little more and buy a better one .
If you are implying that you can buy a better Rolls (even for more money) and have a better car you are absolutely correct
And yet sometimes, a 'towering project' is the thing to do!
An expensive unit in it's day
Here we go!
Gor !!!!!....... Cylinders could do with release oil then -2stroke and spun over to oil the bores and rings !!!!
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Then after the smoke has gone ---BETTER ENGINE !!!!
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Be great if restored !!!!!😊
What's the liquid you are spraying while trying to start ?
A near neighbour in western France had this model but in a lighter blue colour. He'd brought it back from Saudi Arabia where he'd been working as an engineer on oil refineries.
Bought from new by a sheik who had let his children use it as a plaything - the leather seats were torn, tires were slashed and they'd carved their names into the walnut door cappings; it was a right mess.
Took him 3 years to bring it back into shape but it looked divine. Drove out to the big supermarket out side of town and, while he was inside shopping, some idiot lost control of their shopping trolley and put a dent in the driver's door!
Claude would never refer to it as a "Rolls" - his car was always his "Royce".
"Royce was an engineer, Rolls was just a car salesman!" he once told me.
His next project was a London black cab taxi.
Bringing any car back to like new is no small feat, even more so a "Royce" as your friend would put it.
My gosh, someone used that Rolls as a planter!
Great job getting it running before the hurricane arrived.
Thanks
Ahh The Rolls Royce Silver Money Pit...
Conosco la Marca Rolls Royce, personal mente 1925 Automóvil tipo Berlina,1928 limousina presidencial,y ese mismo modelo k ustedes 1970 uno igual Avia Acá en Chile
I can hear those points clicking 5x5.
A friend bought a Corniche coupe at auction.
He started it up and the smoke cloud of blue smoke.
This was years ago. When the bill for the motor rebuild exceeded what he paid for the car he let the mechanic keep it after paying $5,000 on account... scary expensive
Goodness! The labor for working on Rolls Royce’s is astronomical, there are very few shops around us that will even work on them. That was part of the reason that when we found this one we wanted to purchase it so we could learn the car. It really isn’t that bad to work on it’s just the parts are a little expensive and take time to get.
Yes, this seems to be a problem in our former colonies where skills are lacking.
I think I would have written this one off. But we'll see.
Dot 4 fluid I the brakes is fine but not 3 and not mineral oil that started in 1980. 20/50 standard engine oil
All the hydralics calipers rear rams 6. Aliens 14 flexible brake hoses all have to be overhauled,kits available from flying spares.UK in englqnd.
Can hardly wait to see where you buy parts at?????
There's a few RR junkyards on the east coast as well as website that ships from the UK. We've worked on a few other RR for customers that we've bought parts for and it was no big deal. For this blue one our plan is to hot rod it and mostly use the body.
Y'all be careful, making me nervous with that winch cable under so much stress with no blanket on it.
Thanks
Those SU carbs need cleaning up. Clean the needle and free the pump action...
Great 🇬🇧 engineering.
place called intro car has parts for rolls ,not sure if I spelled that right but it may help you to find it ,cool car
Thank you, I will check into that
Esse é um que merece ser levado pra uma oficina que realmente conhece essa marca de carro.
Great bit of scripture!
Put oil in the "foam" under the caps on those carburetors, otherwise they won't work properly.
The dash pods were very stuck and a major reason the car wouldn't run. unfortunately most of the footage playing with the carbs got lost
Like most English cars at that time probably had Lucas electric as a majority of the electrical make up. Lucas electric was terrible. Lucas electric also did freezers refrigerators etc. There is a saying I've heard for years, that the reason why the British drink warm beer is because of Lucas electric. Good luck with your getting this car going.
Got to use that joke just the other day 😂
@@ManicWrench that is cool sir
I read once that Brits used to refer to Joseph Lucas, the founder of Lucas Electronics, as 'the prince of darkness'. Because of all the european cars running around with no headlights because of defective Lucas electrical system parts.
@@m6780 Hopefully they have fixed Lucas electric. Thanks for that information it as funny.
Yeah Lucas the prince of darkness 😂😂
I have a hotwheels of this from 1969
Great.
Never mind fiddling with the points : the FIRST thing to do is clean out all the grass and dirt from the engine bay - otherwise to do anything else risks contaminating the innards with foreign bodies
I looked at an '80 R-R guy said it had new tires and fresh paint job ? But the car hadn't been driven in 9 years ? Paint job was a definate 20 footer !
Rustoleum paint job would make it nice
Wouldn’t be surprised if it had a seized valve or two. Very common on these engines after long periods of lay up
We actually got it running pretty good at this point. This one surprisingly doesn’t seem to have any such valves. Working on the brakes currently. There will be an update video coming soon that will hopefully show it driving down the road.
@@ResurrectedGarage awesome. I brought one back to life a few years ago. The braking system seems complicated but it really isn’t. Simple hydraulics. There are some good animated diagrams online
If you need any guidance shoot me a note
@@lifeat5knots Thanks. I will keep that in mind. You can never have too much information on these things.
The best thing I ever did with a British car was traded it for a Suzuki.Wich I traded in for another Chevy for my wife.Who We', eventually traded for Some Other's
Certainly not a project for the faint of heart
Put some matching oil like 3 in 1 in the top of the su carbs
Thanks, since the original video was posted we got rid of the SU Carbs and fabricated a Holley on the car.
Dude's on 7:21 the rolls royce don't start but i'm gonna watch the vid till the end and i am sure this beauty gonna start! In case the rolls don't start i drink a jerrycan fully fueled gasoline mixed with diesel!!!
If you hang out until the end of the video you will see that after we got the carbs moving freely the car actually runs pretty decent. Trying to start it on aerosol just lets us know the timing, compression and spark are all present for the car to run once a proper fuel supply is added.
Best place for that the nearest scrapyard
Rolls Royce motor cars never break down, they simply 'fail to proceed'.
Yes! Nicely put!
How much do you want for it!
never mess with a rolls engine UNLESS you know about rolls royce they are very special .
That was exactly why we ended up getting this car was to learn about it and the special systems it has. It was on its way to be crushed, it's in rough shape. After getting this one we were able to fix 2 RR for customers. Nobody around our area will touch these cars.
Good for banger race 👍
lol
Whatever you do with it will be better than it disappearing from the world altogether
Glad you agree
6.0 LS swap, original rims with vogues, paint it black and put some decent interior and boom you got a fast luxury car.
Does the grass come with it?
You must start unless you clear every thing engine serviced , oil , water topup, engine can be damaged
Those side draught SU carbs are dead simple. They were used on everythings from various Austin/Morris cars up to Rolls Royce engines.
Making sure that there is fresh oil in the dampers (the pot shaped aluminium thing with the plastic/bakelite cap on the top) was essential to make sure they work.
Getting the dampers clean and moving freely again was key in getting the car fired up and running. The enrichment system for cold start is not working and one of the floats is cracked and sinking causing fuel leakage if you let the bowl fill
Hello Graham how are you doing 😊
@@ResurrectedGarage Engine oil in the SU dampers on R-R
Even lying in dort and dust, Roles Royce remains a Roles Royce. Should be maintained and fired up with proper prepration. Chech fuel line, tank, carbs, ignition, engine oil, etc etc before hitting start.
Absolutely, fuel lines were rotted, carbs stuck, ignition not firing and. Oil was full, which was actually checked before we handed over cash for the car
Bueno, es una chapuza, como decimos en España a un mal trabajo. Ese motor hay que desarmarlo entero, limpiarlo, y rectificarlo. Después, un buen trabajo de chapa y pintura