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    A Regal BEGINNING

    Oct 08, 2021 5 minutes
    WORDS & PHOTOGRAPHY: PAUL GUINNESS

    “To be honest, I wasn’t originally looking to buy a Rolls-Royce,” smiles Ravin Naik, as he opens his garage door to reveal the 1976 Silver Shadow lurking inside. “Ever since I’d got into cars as a youngster, I’d wanted a Jaguar XJ12 Coupé – the two-door version of the Series II XJ. I finally started looking for one nearly three years ago but kept getting out-bid at auctions, which was very frustrating. I noticed, however, that at every auction I went to, there was at least one Silver Shadow, and I suddenly started to take more of an interest in those.”

    Ravin did his research and decided that, despite his original penchant for what is now a rare classic Jaguar, the Silver Shadow was an even more

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