Rolls-Royce Motors formed Mulliner Park Ward in 1961 by the merger of two subsidiaries: Park Ward of Willesden, London since 1939 and H.

J.

Mulliner & Co.

of Chiswick, a Rolls-Royce subsidiary since 1959.

They were brought in to develop the new unitary constructed Silver Shadow unveiled in 1965 to huge acclaim.

Despite being shorter and narrower than the previous Silver Cloud, they actually offered more internal space.

The standard Shadow had four doors until the introduction of the coach-built models with a two-door coupé and dropheads respectively.

Up to 1970 and pre-Corniche moniker, they were fitted with a 6230cc engine mated to an automatic transmission from General Motors.

From 1970 onwards, the well-known 6750cc was fitted to pretty much all models across the range.

These exclusive cars were hand-built in the best traditions of British coachbuilding using only materials of the finest quality including Wilton carpeting, Connolly hide and burr walnut veneers.

Such painst...