Think the standard radio may have been a blaupunkt Toronto.

Ex father in law had one, it almost ruined him until he eventually sold it. Everytime he went near it a pipe burst or a bit of trim fell off (it wasnt a banger, he paid top dollar for a good one) The specialist he used in Edinburgh often served him up bills in the thousands lol. I drove it once, i didnt like it, windscreen was to narrow for my tastes, kinda felt awkward to drive.

Nice colour. I would buy it to park it in my drive and impress the neighbours.

Lovely car, a very early 760 Turbo is my absolute dream car. Stately but fantastic styling, hallmark Volvo design that aged very very well. Seems though that this early fuel injection system on the B23ET can cause issues.

Terrific report.

I’ve owned two, an 86 Spirit for three years and for the last eight years a 1990 Spur 2. It is possible to run a Rolls-Royce on a budget. Some guys buy season tickets to football teams. I drive my Royce.

the tatts look very low rent

No ridiculous huge computer screen, thumbs up.

I'll never know how them Brits did it, but they made Rollsies so understated, that they were ACTUALLY orgasmically overstated.

Flush headlights is an ABOMINATION and RAPE of a stylist's creative vision...brought to you by?? American governmental bureaucracies in the criminally FAKE name of "safety".

Jaguar: "Were we a joke to you?!" Rest of the world: "Yes."

This is a car that still rocks today. Class never goes out of fashion. When you bought one of these you'd never need another car. If I owned one of these I'd invite visitors to the car instead of my home.

Cigarette lighter? No no no, young man. A Rolls has a cigar lighter. Lovely car but I've always hated the digital clock. Tacky. I want a real clock. Also, take care of that grille. Looks like someone polished it with a knife and fork.

I have always loved these cars. The Silver Spirit was always understated and classy.

On the subject of the interior hide. It's not widely know but to save money RR started to use horse hide rather than cow hide

Very smart. A Spirit is a great first Rolls Royce.

The car named after what it was lacking😂. I wrote my first master thesis at the company that developed this and the S/V40. I never liked the Carisma, very easy but totally unengaging drive. On the GDI the idle goes down to 450rpm after 10 seconds or so when warm. Therefore it needs a blip of the throttle before you drive off to prevent it bogging down. Little known maybe is that the S/V40 was also available with this engine, which was badged as the "1.8i" (opposed to the Volvo 1.8 which was badged as "1.8"), with exactly the same GDI logo on the engine cover. It didn't idle so low and I found it better to drive, in the Volvo this engine was very quiet.

Looks like it was sold by Abbey Cars in Dunfermline. Sadly not in business anymore. Beautiful Rolls though. 😊

I'd love to own one of these, I guess for nostalgic reasons. I would never consider the 1.7 for that reason. My parents owned a late 1981 343 DLS with the B19A engine. Same front as the 360 but still the old interior. It was the car my parents kept for the longest of all cars they ever owned. On hockey matches the parents took turns driving us early teenagers to the Sunday match in a neighbouring village or city, and I remember vividly my dad outpulling some of the other parents, in their sometimes a lot newer cars. You can say the car made my dad popular amongst my teammates. Oh the memories🙂

Hooper & Co Coachbuilder took a 1989 Silver Spur and spent 2 years transforming it to the sold 40 inch longer 4 inch higher Hopper Rolls-Royce Emperor State Landaulette - limousine / convertible. I was the chauffeur of a year in Australia in 1993 when it did a tour of the Motor Shows and charity events. Total of 5,380 road mile plus shipment by container to Brisbane, Melbourne & Perth motor shows... awesome machine.

She is a beauty.....hides: 7 for swb and 11 for lwb ... i think

The Silver Spirit Rolls_Royce to go for,if you can find one. Is the last of line very rare mark IV version. The absolute very best of the best. Produced between 1996 - 1997. Only 146 were made !..

Just remember, there is no such thing as a cheap Rolls_Royce. The most expensive car 🚙 you can ever buy is a so-called cheap Rolls_Royce !.....

I’m 23 and have owned my 1981 Spirit for over a year now - cost me about £800 ex fuel etc for the year - some of which deferred maintenance from the previous owner. To me if you have a car like this, you enjoy putting fuel in it! Smiles per miles, if you are bothered by the fuel gauge not the car for you…

I think they would refer to the bhp as “adequate”

Amazing!

I truly hope you would give ur boi a proper ride when my thumbs out & luck down, Ohh the conversations on the way to redemption, thanks mate ur the best 👌

I’m surprised there is no logo or decoration in the middle of the steering wheel. Maybe it was meant to be that understated.

Did you get it off my mate Vince

Nice one Chris 👍 Most of us have wondered about a car like this. Should I buy it? 😅 No! The attention to detail is astounding which is expected of this car at the time of its launch. One of my questions is, ‘Who actually owned these magnificent machines? ‘ Imagine the elites that are looking for their car that they bought when they were young’ 👍

Eight carefully matched hides. Citroën hydropneumatic suspension on the rear only. A BX had the same all round! That A/C compressor is bigger than the engine on my first car!!! 😂

This car is sheer class... No corners were cut to produce this car... I have had the pleasure of being in one of these... The first thing you notice is how quiet they are... No road noise ..No noise from the tires. This is the ultimate in luxury.

PD130 swap lifelong sunday cruiser

Brilliant day and lighting to showcase the leather trimmed interior in best light . These things are old. But imposing. Quite a thing. Almost more than a car???

Yes. Agreed. My only old Roller bought and sold in the motor trade remember the skinny skinny wheel. I too thought odd. Must be a Roller thing !!!!

skoda made a turbo version of the rapide 😃

I have a 2+2 version of this car. Just finishing a restoration of it

Not in the best condition… quite nice though 👍🏼 Kill switch not original… cassette player not original… head lining is original… abs switchable… tow bar won’t help its value though…👍🏼

The car looks great you have done a really good job

You get used to a heavy clutch. I used to own a Bolwell mk7, which was an Aussie kit car. It had an incredible heavy clutch. After a couple of weeks I didn't even notice it. Until I drove a mates 2 litre Escort, and nearly stomped his clutch pedal through the floor...

A Scotch bloke hating a Scotch block! I chuckled sorry! 😉👍🏻

Subbed mate great channel 👍🏻🇬🇧

That's a thumbs up from me. Brings back memories. My first car was a 142 1972 model. (Best year for these cars imho.) It went through the treatment that a lot of young guys' cars did back in the 1980s. Removed bumpers, shaved of side trim with all the mounting holes welded up, 13 inch leather steering wheel, freestanding rev counter on top of the dash, extra gauges in the center console, lowered by cutting of a round of the stock coil springs etc. And fantastic heaters in these cars. Perfect for Norwegian winters. Good times.

The ONLY thing good about a 360 was it had a volvo engine. Period

I quite like the styling of these. My dad had an Estelle saloon, with similar black vinyl seats, which could get a bit ouchy hot on sunny days.

Just come across this. 1986 360 GLT owner here from Aus. Looking forward to seeing a lot of (English) speaking content of this car!!! New subscriber for you, good sir!

They had adjustable suspension, adjustable from a switch on the dash

Hi. Just found your channel 😊

Very good looking car. And the dashboard and controls are impressively clean in design. Peugeot had the luxury of being a little late to the party with the 205, so benefit being able to see what their rivals did first.

My friend did a full nut and bolt restoration on a 1.9. It was truly stunning condition selling for £22,000. It drove amazingly well but the years have moved on and the performance was slightly lacking when you have turbocharged non hot cooking hatchbacks with 200bhp now but for a nostalgia buzz it was unparalleled and took me back to the early 90s when I had one. I’m looking forwards to your 309 review as I had one of those too.