Vehicle Description
Presenting a Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit in rare and aptly named "Balmoral Green" with gold fine lines and magnolia Connolly hide interior. The seats are finished with dark green piping that coordinated with the exterior beautifully. This would arguably be amongst the nicer 80s Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit in the country.
Its first and only owner were the Eaton's:
The Eaton family of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, were owners of the Eaton's department stores, a national chain that was founded in 1869, and became bankrupt in 1999. At the family's height, their net worth was around $2 billion. Today, after the store's demise, "The Boys"—John, Fred, Thor and George—are collectively worth around $450 million.
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and author Rod McQueen has dubbed them as "Canada's royal family", with the CBC describing the Eatons as "homegrown aristocracy" which drew comparisons to the influential Kennedy family. The Eatons were well known for their lavish lifestyle and generous philanthropy. Today, they and their wives and children continue to hold prominent positions in Toronto's society circles. (We left all the "club membership" stickers on the front window as part legacy of the Eaton ownership).
In line with their "Canadian Royalty", there is a flagstaff mounted on the front fender which was used to display flags of dignitaries and VIPs they had as guests. It is rumoured that overseas royalty, including member of the British Monarchy, were ushered around in this very car.
This is a true 9½ out of 10 one owner car that is very close to show quality standard. It has an amazing 47,000 original miles (77,000klms) and the car simply looks like it is only half a dozen years old. Primarily all original paint, tyres, and finishes. The interior even smells like a brand new Rolls-Royce (I will never forget the smell when I visited the Crewe factory in the late 1990s!)
An impeccably maintained example in excellent condition and presents beautifully. It sports original specification and factory fitted Goodyear Eagle whitewall tyres – these are no longer available and although they may not be ideal for long distance touring, they are a brilliant touch of originality and certainly period correct.
The body and paint is in very good condition with only the slightest imperfections. With the car still "dressed" in its original single stage paint it is not perfect to current paint methodology and standards but it does have an excellent original presentation. It is certainly high in luster and consistent. Being a low mileage example there are virtually no dings or dents which you would normally expect on any car of this age still sporting its original paint. There are some unusual scratches in 3 of the glass panels which I cannot explain (see pix). A fellow enthusiast suggested it could have been caused by an ice window scraper.
The interior burl walnut wood finishes are excellent. The door cappings were redone by us as they were showing noticeable signs of clearcoat hair-line cracking. On a lesser example, we would not have redone them as they were not so bad but on this example being so otherwise beautiful, we elected to re do them. These are in now like brand new with some 20+ coats of clear lacquer wet-sanded between coats to provide a very deep glass-like luster. The dash, centre console and vanity mirrors are all original and only minor hairline marks can be seen on parts of the centre dash. Certainly not something we thought warranted redoing. The Connolly hides are pretty much without marks or blemishes with only a slight showing on the driver side bolster, and presents very elegantly. The seats are super soft and the close-up photos clearly show their almost perfect condition (nothing has been redyed).
Having spent almost all its life indoors and in the last 20 years, climate controlled storage at all times, the car is very clean and dry and there are absolutely no signs of rust.
