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Title: Solved - MJW #1129 - Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow Hearse by Dario Casale 1980
Post by: woodinsight on February 22, 2013, 03:55:45 AM: Another hearse - understated and well-designed.

For one point name the make, model, year and coachbuilder.
Title: Re: MJW #1129
Post by: woodinsight on February 26, 2013, 11:31:58 AM: Hup!
Title: Re: MJW #1129
Post by: Hiawatha on February 26, 2013, 11:40:28 AM: Rolls Royce Silver Shadow 1980 ,by Pilato?
Title: Re: MJW #1129
Post by: woodinsight on February 26, 2013, 01:56:23 PM: Quote from: Hiawatha on February 26, 2013, 11:40:28 AM
Rolls Royce Silver Shadow 1980 ,by Pilato?
Yes, it's a Rolls-Royce but not a Silver Shadow and not by Pilato.
The year 1980 is correct though....
Title: Re: MJW #1129
Post by: nicanary on February 26, 2013, 02:04:15 PM: By Dario Casale, and since it's probably the LWB base, it's a Silver Wraith II.
Title: Re: MJW #1129
Post by: Hiawatha on February 26, 2013, 02:16:35 PM: The very car of the puzzle is currently for sale in Italy with the description I mentioned. I am more than prepared to be proved wrong, but I would like some evidence-
Title: Re: MJW #1129
Post by: nicanary on February 26, 2013, 02:28:48 PM: If it's any help, my information came from an almost identical design in a different colour on the site rrsilvershadow.com.
Title: Re: MJW #1129
Post by: ecurie on February 26, 2013, 02:32:18 PM: The conversion might have been done in 1980, but I suspect the car itself is older.
It sports the earlier version of chrome bumpers as from 1977 the Shadow/Wraight got bigger rubber & chrome bumpers.
Also the wheelcovers are non-vented, which were available until march 1971.
Title: Re: MJW #1129
Post by: Hiawatha on February 26, 2013, 02:48:38 PM: Quote from: nicanary on February 26, 2013, 02:28:48 PM
If it's any help, my information came from an almost identical design in a different colour on the site rrsilvershadow.com.

Actually I had my eye on that car before, but the roof line is different from the one in the puzzle.
Title: Re: MJW #1129
Post by: woodinsight on February 26, 2013, 04:12:45 PM: Quote from: nicanary on February 26, 2013, 02:04:15 PM
By Dario Casale, and since it's probably the LWB base, it's a Silver Wraith II.
Yes it's by Dario Casale but according to my source not a Silver Wraith II......
Title: Re: MJW #1129
Post by: woodinsight on February 26, 2013, 04:18:40 PM: Quote from: woodinsight on February 26, 2013, 04:12:45 PM
Quote from: nicanary on February 26, 2013, 02:04:15 PM
By Dario Casale, and since it's probably the LWB base, it's a Silver Wraith II.
Yes it's by Dario Casale but according to my source not a Silver Wraith II......
I'll LOCK it for you for another guess as to the model......
Title: Re: MJW #1129
Post by: nicanary on February 26, 2013, 05:05:37 PM: The front section is definitely Shadow/Wraith II, so the only other option is that it is built on a Corniche base.
Title: Re: MJW #1129
Post by: woodinsight on February 27, 2013, 04:13:39 AM: Quote from: nicanary on February 26, 2013, 05:05:37 PM
The front section is definitely Shadow/Wraith II, so the only other option is that it is built on a Corniche base.
I have to admit that I filed this one as a Silver Cloud which is plainly wrong.... :bag:

On checking my source again, it should be a Silver Shadow.

So, the fairest way is to award a point to Hiawatha (who originally guessed Silver Shadow) and another point to nicanary (who guessed Casale as the coachbuilder) and to thank ecurie for his additional information.

I hope this is satisfactory.....
Title: Re: Solved - MJW #1129 - Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow Hearse by Dario Casale 1980
Post by: Hiawatha on February 27, 2013, 04:25:31 AM: Fine for me, but it means the people selling the car have their information wrong, which is, of course possible.
Title: Re: Solved - MJW #1129 - Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow Hearse by Dario Casale 1980
Post by: woodinsight on February 27, 2013, 04:30:41 AM: Quote from: Hiawatha on February 27, 2013, 04:25:31 AM
Fine for me, but it means the people selling the car have their information wrong, which is, of course possible.
It could also be my source (a book on Corbillards) that's wrong...... :-\
Anyway, I'm treating it as solved now unless someone comes up with more proof......
Title: Re: Solved - MJW #1129 - Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow Hearse by Dario Casale 1980
Post by: nicanary on February 27, 2013, 05:54:17 AM: Thanks for the fair allocation - always a problem, this internet thing. Sometimes things aren't as they seem!