Equipment
Column shift automatic, wheel covers, wide whitewalls, spotlight, Lucas driving lights, sunroof, rear seat tables, comes with original tools.
Condition
#3 Good
Runs and drives well. Flaws not noticeable to passersby. Most common condition.
Tired but presentable older paint with touch ups on the nose as well as small chips throughout, particularly around the panel edges. Tired, probably original chrome. The chassis looks like it got some undercoating at some point. Signs of a little rust at the bottom of the seam between the doors, which is not unusual on these cars. Lightly cracking original leather up front. Wrinkled but pretty good in the back. The wood is a little tired but mostly quite good for original. The lens on the left fog light is severely cracked. An unrestored and pretty tired old Silver Dawn, but well worth keeping around and enjoyable as is provided the mechanicals are sound.
Market commentary
The Silver Dawn was the first Rolls-Royce with a factory-built body, and 760 were made. It's nearly identical to the Bentley MK VI but typically sells for well above the Bentley, making the restoration of one more financially sensible. This one was bought way at the bottom end of the price spectrum even though it doesn't have any truly severe problems, so there is quite a bit of money left over for a lot of much-needed cosmetic work and mechanical freshening if not a full restoration.