£8,294
1981 Rolls-Royce Silver Spur Offered without reserve
Historics • UK • 23 Nov 2024
Market Position:
Lowest 30% of Past Sales
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£8,294
1981 Rolls-Royce Silver Spur Offered without reserve
UK • 23 Nov 2024 • Lot 266
Vehicle Details
AI Listing Summary
This 1981 Rolls-Royce Silver Spur, offered without reserve, has a mileage of 72,000. The car presents very well in gold with a cream Everflex roof and Magnolia interior, has been chauffeur driven and well maintained throughout its life, and has had recent reconditioning work.
Condition
7
The car presents very well in gold with a cream Everflex roof and Magnolia interior. The history file has many old receipts and MoT’s, showing its use over the years. During our vendor’s ownership, the car has been fitted with a reconditioned steering rack, front springs and shock absorbers and a handful of other small parts.
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72,000 miles
LRX 399X
1981
Auction
SCAZN0009BCH02743
RHD
United Kingdom
£8,294
1981 Rolls-Royce Silver Spur Offered without reserve
Historics • UK • 23 Nov 2024
Market Position:
Lowest 30% of Past Sales
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Description
Year: 1981 Make: Rolls-Royce Model: Silver Spur Registration: LRX 399X
Chassis No: SCAZN0009BCH02743
Engine No: 02743 Mileage: 72,000 In the 1970s, Austrian Fritz Feller was chief engineer of styling and future projects at Crewe.
He looked to the Pininfarina-designed Camargue for design cues, resulting in the Silver Spirit and Silver Spur of the 1980s.
Externally these cars were entirely new but retained most of the chassis platform of the Silver Shadow.
The major exception was the rear end which was modified to accept new rear suspension.
This new system had been launched during 1979 on the Rolls-Royce Corniche.
Many of the changes behind the development of the new car were down to impending safety legislation.
The Spirit of Ecstasy, for example, was no longer fixed to the grille, but designed to retract into the radiator shell upon impact.
Other improvements included better ride comfort and a new suspension system with automatic ride height control.
The long-wheelbase versi...
Price Analysis vs Other Silver Spur Is
£1,339
Lowest Price (Since 2020)
£9,556
Median Price (Since 2020)
£65,347
Highest Price (Since 2020)
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MOT Information
Expired
Expired on 4th Nov 2025
Latest MOT mileage:
72,278 miles
MOT History
Passed
On 5th Nov 2024, 72,278 miles
There were 3 defects noted.
Advisory:
- Front Oil leak, but not excessive (8.4.1 (a) (i))
- Rear Oil leak, but not excessive (8.4.1 (a) (i))
- Underside Generally Corroded
Passed
On 2nd Sept 2020, 71,408 miles
There were 4 defects noted.
Advisory:
- Offside Front Shock absorbers light misting of oil or has limited damping effect (5.3.2 (b))
- Oil leak, but not excessive (8.4.1 (a) (i))
- Rear Brake pipe corroded, covered in grease or other material (1.1.11 (c))
- underbody corroded
Passed
On 13th Aug 2019, 71,180 miles
There were 4 defects noted.
Advisory:
- Rear Brake pipe corroded, covered in grease or other material (1.1.11 (c))
- Oil leak, but not excessive (8.4.1 (a) (i))
- Offside Front Shock absorbers light misting of oil or has limited damping effect (5.3.2 (b))
- Offside Rear Shock absorbers light misting of oil or has limited damping effect (5.3.2 (b))
Passed
On 13th Aug 2018, 70,891 miles
There were 3 defects noted.
Minor:
- Nearside Registration plate lamp inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (4.7.1 (b) (i))
Advisory:
- both off side wheel bearings have slight play
- both off side shock absorbers have a light misting of oil
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