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1964 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud
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The Project

This 1964 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud arrived into the Carrosserie workshop in August 2022 for various fabrication jobs, including new wheel arches, rear quarters, along with sill and boot floor repairs.

19th June 2024: Brakes stripped, leaking lower cylinders, shoes contaminated on N/S. Fresh air flap, dash control. Heater motor out and working.

26th June 2024: The breaks have been stripped to uncover the heavily corroded back plates.

23rd July 2024: Offside backplate mounting holes in wrong position,(re-drilled). Single pipe bracket cut off and double riveted on. Parts blasted and cleaned. Primed and painted and will be put back together. Rear cylinder repair kits shown.

25th July 2024: Wheel trim base coated ready for pin striping.

29th July 2024: Breaks have now been reassembled and these images showing the new pipe work.

2nd August 2024: The car has had a full valet and polish and has now been collected by it’s owner.

Once the fabrication work was completed on this grand British classic, it was then treated to a full respray by our experienced paint team in our very own Dalby Spray Booths.
 
4th August 2022: It has begun to be stripped and rust is visible in various parts of the car. Both back quarters to be replaced and various bodywork to be carried out and resprayed.
 
1st September 2022: Work continues on the rear quarter repairs
 
19th January 2023: Two coats of primer applied, imperfections corrected from each coat. Stone chip to be applied under back wheel arches.
 
17th February 2023: Doors, bonnet, boot and remaining bodywork sprayed and ready to be reassembled.
 
23rd November 2023: Has been out for road testing and nearly ready to collect. One or two issues to fix including window seals. This has had numerous bodywork repairs for corrosion including back wheels arches. It has also had a full respray.
 
The Silver Cloud was a very rewarding restoration for our team at Barnard Castle to undertake and we thank the owner for their commitment to maintaining such high standards to this fine British classic.
With famous owners including Frank Sinatra and John Lennon having owned this iconic Rolls Royce model, it’s a great privilege to have a classic in the workshop that had such an impact on the luxury car market.
 
The Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud first arrived in April 1955 as the much-awaited replacement for the Silver Dawn.
 
The design was much more modern than the pre-war designs customers had become familiar with and for which the firm had become known.
 
Featuring a pressed steel body on top of a straightforward box-section chassis, the doors, bonnet and boot lid were all formed of aluminium rather than steel to save weight.
 
Thus, the Silver Cloud was a transitional combination of the old and the new.
 
The 155bhp straight-six engine might not have been the last word in power but it was exceptionally smooth.
 
The Silver Cloud II arrived in 1959. Now boasting the soon-to-be-venerable Rolls-Royce V8 engine under the bonnet, its extra power made its presence felt with a 0-62 kmph time of just over 11 seconds.
 
The Silver Cloud III arrived in October 1962.
 
More than 100kgs lighter than the car it replaced, it featured some subtle stylistic tweaks – the most obvious being the introduction of twin headlights.
 
The Silver Cloud was succeeded by the Silver Shadow in March 1966.
1964 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud | Classic Car Restoration | Carrosserie
Karen Innes
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Friendly, helpful, extremely knowledgeable, patient enough to explain the processes and reasons for doing things and highlighted even more how approachable the team are. They tried to accommodate our needs and requests to get our beloved old riley back on the road as soon as possible despite the ups and downs that were thrown our way and into the teams path! We could not have wished to deal with a more personable company after encountering some other teams that really made a botch of stuff, seemed uncommitted and were not professional at all. Carrosserie as a team were totally the opposite . . would we recommend them ? ABSOLUTELY !!! We would not go anywhere else now, THANK YOU TO Steve, Neil, Graham and Nicola . . Oh and Karen who spilled the beans about the the birthday surprised to my partner (whose car it is ) . but made the experience all the more special when a bottle of wine was presented as well as a treat to Simon for his birthday AND made it all the more worth dealing with the team ! THANK YOU AGAIN !!!
Graeme Phillips
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My car was the subject of some body and paint repairs here in Spring 2024, to address corrosion plus some substandard paintwork. An annual service was also carried out. There was good responsive communications, advice, and attention to detail throughout, to ensure a high quality, durable result, with the final paintwork being indistinguishable from factory finish, and easily better than any franchised dealership repairs. If you are invested in your classic car, want to make it last, with an exemplary finish to be proud of, then you need look no further.
Steve
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I can't recommend Carrosserie highly enough, the service was exemplary from start to finish and the workmanship is second to none. I highly recommend giving the team a call for any work you need doing to your classic car, no matter what it is, you will not be disappointed!
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