Vehicle Description
The Silver Spirit being presented here is a stunning and uniquely
breath-taking example of a bespoke motorcar that follows all the
rules and tradition of the marque's designers. Once owned by
well-known and highly regarded afficionado of all Crewe produced
Rolls-Royces - Mr John Shostrom - this Silver Spirit was personally
bespoked to his specific needs and design. The result was, and
remains, a very fine example that presents like it was undertaken
by Rolls-Royce itself. This is the key to any specialised
customization; "it should always look like it came from the factory
that way". This car hits that bullseye dead centre. For this
amazing result, we refer to her as a "bespoke edition". This Silver
Spirit started from the factory as an elegant combination of
Georgian Silver over Claret with light grey leather and grey
carpeting. When John purchased the car some 22 years ago, it was
showing signs of paint fade and elected to refinish her as part of
what was to become a bespoke redesign of some 450 days of design
implementation, love and labour. The current condition of the car
is exemplary, presenting in a manner that looks like it was
completed only some 3-4 years ago. This is an accurate summary by
John Shostrom himself which, on today's standards, amount to some
$80,000 of bespoke design refinements: EXTERIOR * New paint in
original colours 9510437 Georgian Silver over 9510408 Claret *
Slate double thin over thick fine-lines to body and wheel discs,
those on the body being feathered out to the edges as seen only on
very early Silver Spirit motor cars * Factory badge bar to front
bumper * UK/EU factory one-pecs rectangular headlamps * UK/EU front
indicator/parking lamps with amber/clear lenses * NOS stainless
steel grille shell * Kneeling Spirit of Ecstasy mascot * Stainless
wheel discs completely trued and re-polished * New factory rubber
bumper trims * New factory brushed stainless steel bumper inserts *
New factory polished stainless steel tailpipes INTERIOR * New
upholstery in Connolly Autolux A4137 Slate hide, piped in A4211 St
James Red hide. 2 matching corner pillows to rear seats, and 2
matching lozenge lumbar pillows to the front seats. (The pillows
are no longer with the car) * Slate hide to headliner, parcel
shelf, facia surround, driver's heel pad, horn button and centre
console. * Wilton cut-pile wool carpet in Cherry Red 21 with Slate
hide binding * Cherry Red oversized mouton rugs to all footwells
with driver's heel pad in Slate hide. (The left rear passenger rug
is now missing from the vehicle) * NOS correct Bakelite steering
wheel with horn button finished in Slate hide. * Boot finished in
carpet to match passenger compartment, including underside of lid.
* All moulded plastic boot hinge covers and trim pieces in Slate
hide. * Specially-designed full-through centre console. * Cocktail
requisites to centre console behind hide-covered tambour lid with 2
silver-capped cut crystal decanters and 4 cut crystal nip glasses
in correct Tudor 'Seymour' pattern lead crystal. * Hand built
MacIntosh MX406 AM/FM/CD sound system to centre console with 5-disc
changer in compartment under boot floor. * Sony stereo cassette
player to centre console. * Alpine speakers to all doors with
colour-keyed grilles to match upholstery. * Colour-keyed coat hooks
* Automatic air conditioning sensor grilles colour-keyed to match
upholstery. * All folding armrests open to reveal compartments
lined in Slate hide. * Glovebox lined in Slate hide. * Factory
centre-mounted high-level brake light covered in Slate hide. * All
woodwork throughout the car, including facia panel, centre console,
door callings, picnic tables and rear compartment vanity companions
finished in specially-selected and personally-matched Italian burr
walnuts. All veneer is book-matched throughout the car, with the
exception of the picnic table facings, which are quarter-matched. *
Extra sound-deadening to the insides of door
