Silver Cloud III walkaround: a navy classic on a city street

Nov 08, 2026 Last reply: 20 hours ago 4 Replies
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Most classic cars that cross this forum get presented as a handful of static shots: front three-quarter, rear, interior. What the maker does here is different, taking the camera on one unbroken lap around the car. For a Silver Cloud III I think that format earns its keep, because a car of these proportions rewards a slow, continuous look.



The route runs down the right side, ducks into the cabin, rounds the rear boot, circles the driver's side and finishes at the front grille. The car is finished in dark navy blue, parked on a residential city street beside terraced buildings, and the plates read KGJ 262A.



Plenty of small features reward that pace. The vertical-slat chrome grille carries the Spirit of Ecstasy ornament and the interlocking RR emblem, flanked by quad headlights and chrome bumpers with overriders. Whitewall tires sit on polished chrome hubcaps, chrome side trim runs along the flank, and round side mirrors mount on the wings. Through the windows there is leather seating, and the cabin holds a large, thin-rimmed black steering wheel with the central hub on the right.



Two things stay open for me. The on-screen text dates registration to 1997, an odd year for a car of this vintage, and no explanation appears anywhere in the walkaround. I would also love to know the state of the car itself, since nothing in the lap touches on that, and it is the first thing I would ask about.


Ending the lap at the grille seems like the right call to me. That vertical-slat surround with the ornament and the RR emblem is the signature of the car, so closing on it leaves the strongest impression last. The trade-off is that the rear details get less screen time, though the boot lap does cover them.

I would like to know how the 1997 registration fits into all this. Was the car re-registered at that point, or is the date on screen simply when the walkaround was filmed? It is the one number that does not seem to sit with anything else shown.

The maker has not said why 1997 appears. The only date given on screen is the registration year itself, and nothing else in the walkaround explains it. The plates read KGJ 262A, but no connection between the plates and that date has been offered either, so for now it stays unexplained.

A set of still frames to run alongside the moving lap would be my suggestion. Small items like the hubcaps, the wing mirrors and the overriders pass by quickly at walking pace, and freezing on each one would let people study them properly. A still of the steering wheel would help too, since the right-side hub is the kind of detail worth a long look.

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