I was recently asked to car sit a 1976 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow…. say what? Yes, it’s true.  She said to me, would you mind car sitting for me,  for an entire month… but you must promise to drive it at least once a week.  Well, I’ll do my best. Can I take a few photos and maybe some video footage? Sure she said.

During that month I booked up every weekend with activities for this gem. I did a professional photoshoot, a casual shoot with a friend for our social media (seen below), a pro video shoot for our tv pilot Artful Living  which took an entire 12 hour day to complete, not to mention the slew of still photos I snapped for this article. I can’t wait to get the video footage to our editors so that I can share more of this cars fascinating history with you.

There’s something so Dynasty-esque about this era of Rolls Royce, especially when driving through the streets of Beverly Hills. If I could tell you the amount of times tourists stopped to take photos and video  of us while filming, especially on Rodeo Drive, it was totally surreal.  And while we were parked and shooting video at the Beverly Hills Hotel, four different tour busses stopped to take photos and chat us up. Talk about feeling like a movie star, this car is a total head turner.

Lets be honest,  it’s all about the dynamic paint job on this car, it’s so gangster.  It looks the same way that It did when it rolled off the showroom floor in 1976. The car has been fully restored, including its paint job and upholstery.  Only 2,000 Rolls Royce’s were built in 1976.  The gentlemen at Charles Agapiou, LTD. in West Hollywood told  me that there might have been a couple more produced with the same color palette, but through all of my online  searches, I can’t find a single one. So I wanted to put this pristine beauty on full blast for your viewing pleasure.

If you happen to see this beauty rolling around the streets of LA or Beverly Hills, be sure to wave and say hi to the owner. She will absolutely love it!