Rolls Royce MPW project

[Oneball]

Ha! I searched for 'Charlie Hungerford car' in Google, and got this:

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Anyway, apparently it was a Silver Cloud III.

 

[Oneball]

After the painful phase it was time to choose a new colour. After a lot of toing and froing and looking at many many RR pictures I settled on Silver Sand (light bronze/gold) with Magnolia upholstery, black carpets and a black hood. The engine required new pistons and rings as they had rusted too much plus a couple other items that were broken, all new hoses and belts etc. The cost of the engine rebuild ended up being about 40% of the total cost of the restoration.

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Nice colour choice.

 

[philw696]

Must of been a few years ago as you can't find newspapers anymore for masking up when doing bodywork.

 

[Tallman]

Must of been a few years ago as you can't find newspapers anymore for masking up when doing bodywork.

It was, but here in South Africa we still have newspapers and they will use anything to cut cost…very inventive in many aspects and cutting corners is de rigueur so always need to check

 

[MAF260]

Must of been a few years ago as you can't find newspapers anymore for masking up when doing bodywork.

I was told to never use newspaper for masking when painting - something to do with the paint being absorbed and rpassing through as well as newspint coming off onto other paint below.

 

[Tallman]

Its always a bit of a honeymoon period when the colour comes on and it all seems worth while, however this is actually where most of the problems start. You then start putting stuff back and finding out what doesn’t work. This is where the cost starts piling up…

 

[philw696]

Going to be one Stunning bit of Motoring history for sure

 

[lifes2short]

It was, but here in South Africa we still have newspapers and they will use anything to cut cost

what great resto project, does the newspaper thing extend to the latrine as well

 

[Tallman]

what great resto project, does the newspaper thing extend to the latrine as well

Newspaper ?? You lucky *******, we had to to use discarded sandpaper if we were fortunate, otherwise it was the softest nettles you could find!

 

[Koz]

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[Tallman]

Always very satisfying to see the shiny bits re-done and the wood re-lacquered. Given the state of the wood I didn’t have much hope, but it was not a problem and looked gorgeous and like new.

 

[Tallman]

Next step was fitting the new hood, getting the engine back in and fitting lights etc. Starting to look like a real RR again!

 

[philw696]

Wow that's going to be a Lovely Car

 

[Scaf]

Very cool - got to love an old Roller !

 

[Tallman]

Very cool - got to love an old Roller !

Don’t you be calling that old! It’s a 1970 model, a spring chicken in my books. Granted a bit older than my wife but close enough - heaven knows what would happen if I called her old

 

[Gazcw]

Don’t you be calling that old! It’s a 1970 model, a spring chicken in my books. Granted a bit older than my wife but close enough - heaven knows what would happen if I called her old

Your nuts will get rollered

 

[Tallman]

Next we put the seats and panels back. I went for black piping to give the interior some more definition and fitted a Nardi steering wheel as the old bakelite 2 spoke black original just didn’t look good with the new interior.

 

[philw696]

Wow that's pure Class and Love the Nardi wheel just perfection.

 

[Tallman]

To brighten up the Monday here are some pics of the completed 1970 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow Mulliner Park Ward Drophead Coupe. I don’t think I’ve come across a longer official name…they changed it to Corniche in March 1971, when they added a rev counter and made a few small cosmetic changes. They had already enlarged the engine to the well known 6.7L from the original 6.2L in late 1970. I joined the local Roll Royce club and had a few nice outings in the Cape Winelands.

 

[Felonious Crud]

Wonderful!

As an aside, I strongly urge you to watch Romantic Road. https://www.romanticroadmov.com/