Four Inches

The 1977 to 1980 Silver Wraith II.

 

I just came across this forgotten 1978 brochure from my old 'box of RR stuff'.

 

 

Not sure why Rolls-Royce would show a car with French spec. yellow headlamps in a brochure. LHD too.

 

Really a Silver Shadow II LWB renamed.

 

 

Nice registration number. Not French...

 

Four inches longer, a smaller rear window (a la Shadow LWB), the plain Corniche/Camargue wheel trims (I never liked those covers...)  and the Everflex roof - on pretty well most, but not all....

 

 

That's a lot of work. A longer door, longer door glass as well as the body stretch - all for four inches.

But it does make a difference.

 

 

More brochure images:

 

 

 

 

And the extra RR badge on the rear C pillar:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Perfect for a quick run to the bank.

 

 

 

What I did notice today on my brochure was the 'Gulliver Motors' stamp.

 

 

Gulliver Motors was a Rolls-Royce dealer in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada up until the early eighties.

 

 

 

(Now Ontario's only RR/B dealer is Grand Touring Automobiles in Toronto.)

 

I must've picked it up on my 1980 Hamilton visit:

 

 

 

Note the big 'G' Union Jack on the wall.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yeah, that is actually me thirty two years ago....

 

And the Wraith II was available with a division (again, just like the LWB Shadow)

 

Here's a car Rodd had a while ago:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ahh, the division, perfect for outings with the In-Laws. Pull the fuse when the glass is up...

 

(posted by David Irvine)