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Rolls-Royce Flying Spur
1995



Number manufactured

134

First and last chassis number

First chassis number: SCAZG03C2SCX54602 (1995).
Last chassis number: SCAZG03C5SCX55761 (1995).

Dimensions, kerb weight, performance

Length, width, height

The same as the R-R Silver Spur III.

Kerb weight

2387 kg

Acceleration 0 - 100 km/h

Ca 7.0 seconds

Top speed

140 mph, 225 km/h

Characteristics and peculiarities

Backgrounds of this model
- The Rolls-Royce Flying Spur has no predecessor or successor but is a model besides already available models.
- The Rolls-Royce Flying Spur is a limited edition of the Rolls-Royce Silver Spur III. To assure exclusivity 50 cars were scheduled to be built. It finally became 134 cars.
- The Flying Spur is the first Rolls-Royce with a turbo. It is a Silver Spur III with a Bentley Turbo R drive train.

General characteristics
- The same charateristics as the Silver Spur III with the exception of the engine. The engine is the same as the one in the Bentley Turbo R from model year 1995.
- The model got other alloy wheels than the Silver Spur III.
- 255/65 VR15 tyres.
- Numbered wooden panel in the facia.
- 355 bhp of power.

Production and chassis numbers

Identification of the model in the chassis number
The chassis number of a Flying Spur has:
- the letter G on the fifth position
- a number between 54602 and 55761.

Further details about the production and the chassis numbers
- In 1995 the numbers of the following models are mixed within the same series of numbers: Silver Spirit III, Silver Spur III, Silver Dawn, Flying Spur, Bentley Turbo R, Bentley Turbo R LWB, Bentley Brooklands, Bentley Brooklands LWB.
- Number 54602 was built as a 1994 Silver Spur III (SCAZN02C0RCX54602). After some months the car got the turbocharged engine of the Flying Spur. Number 54602 was changed into a 1995 Flying Spur number (SCAZG03C2SCX54602), but Silver Spur III number 54602 was not deleted. In the archives the number 54602 is the only number that exists for two cars. In the archives a note can be found with the text: "Will all concerned please note that 54602 was converted + used as the development “Flying Spur” during jan – april 94. J Dyer."

Numbers LHD / RHD

Left-hand drive

Right-hand drive

Model year

Number

% (p yr)

Number

% (p yr)

Total

1995

92

69%

42

31%

134

Total

92

69%

42

31%

134

All chassis numbers

SCAZG03C2SCX54602
SCAZG03C6SCX54974
SCAZG03C8SCX55012
SCAZG03C6SCH55013
SCAZG03C7SCH55022
SCAZG03C3SCX55029
SCAZG03C1SCX55031
SCAZG03C0SCH55038
SCAZG03C2SCX55040
SCAZG03C1SCH55047
SCAZG04C9SCX55048
SCAZG03C1SCX55059
SCAZG03C5SCH55066
SCAZG03C9SCH55068
SCAZG03C0SCH55072
SCAZG03C7SCX55082
SCAZG03C9SCH55085
SCAZG03C6SCX55087
SCAZG03C2SCH55090
SCAZG03CXSCX55092
SCAZG03C7SCX55096
SCAZG03C5SCH55102
SCAZG03C6SCX55106
SCAZG04C1SCX55108
SCAZG03C1SCX55109
SCAZG03CXSCX55111
SCAZG03C4SCX55119
SCAZG03C2SCX55121
SCAZG03C6SCX55123
SCAZG03C1SCX55126
SCAZG03C3SCX55130
SCAZG03C6SCX55140
SCAZG04C2SCX55151
SCAZG03C3SCX55158
SCAZG03C5SCX55162
SCAZG03C0SCX55165
SCAZG03C4SCX55170
SCAZG03C8SCX55172
SCAZG03C3SCX55189
SCAZG03C3SCX55192
SCAZG03C5SCX55193
SCAZG03C4SCX55198
SCAZG03C9SCX55200
SCAZG03C7SCH55201
SCAZG03C5SCX55212
SCAZG04C6SCX55217
SCAZG04CXSCX55222
SCAZG03C1SCX55224
SCAZG03C7SCX55227
SCAZG03C9SCX55231
SCAZG03C2SCX55250
SCAZG03C7SCX55258
SCAZG03C5SCX55260
SCAZG03C4SCX55265
SCAZG03CXSCX55268
SCAZG03C1SCX55269
SCAZG03CXSCH55273
SCAZG03C1SCH55274
SCAZG03C1SCX55286
SCAZG03C3SCX55290
SCAZG03C3SCH55292
SCAZG03C2SCH55302
SCAZG03C8SCH55305
SCAZG03C1SCH55310
SCAZG03C7SCX55311
SCAZG03C9SCX55312
SCAZG03CXSCX55318

SCAZG03C8SCX55320
SCAZG03CXSCX55321
SCAZG03C2SCX55331
SCAZG03CXSCH55337
SCAZG03C7SCX55339
SCAZG03C4SCX55346
SCAZG03C6SCX55347
SCAZG03C4SCH55348
SCAZG03C9SCX55360
SCAZG04C1SCX55366
SCAZG03C0SCX55375
SCAZG03C6SCX55381
SCAZG03C8SCX55382
SCAZG03CXSCX55383
SCAZG03C3SCX55385
SCAZG03C7SCH55389
SCAZG03C6SCH55397
SCAZG03C6SCX55400
SCAZG04C5SCX55404
SCAZG03C3SCH55406
SCAZG03C2SCX55409
SCAZG03C5SCH55410
SCAZG03C0SCX55411
SCAZG03C3SCX55418
SCAZG03C9SCX55424
SCAZG03C0SCH55427
SCAZG03CXSCX55433
SCAZG03C3SCX55435
SCAZG03C5SCX55436
SCAZG03C3SCH55437
SCAZG03C0SCX55439
SCAZG03C6SCX55445
SCAZG03C6SCH55450
SCAZG03C5SCX55453
SCAZG03C1SCX55465
SCAZG03C7SCX55485
SCAZG03C7SCH55490
SCAZG03C5SCX55498
SCAZG03CXSCX55500
SCAZG03C2SCH55512
SCAZG03C5SCX55517
SCAZG03C2SCX55524
SCAZG03C4SCH55530
SCAZG03C2SCH55543
SCAZG03CXSCH55547
SCAZG03C5SCX55548
SCAZG03C2SCX55555
SCAZG03C5SCH55570
SCAZG03C9SCH55572
SCAZG03C4SCX55587
SCAZG03C8SCX55589
SCAZG03C4SCX55606
SCAZG03C3SCH55616
SCAZG03C7SCH55618
SCAZG03C9SCH55619
SCAZG03C8SCH55644
SCAZG03C3SCX55645
SCAZG03C5SCX55646
SCAZG03C3SCH55647
SCAZG03C9SCH55653
SCAZG03C8SCX55656
SCAZG03C2SCX55698
SCAZG03C3SCX55712
SCAZG03C2SCH55736
SCAZG03CXSCH55757
SCAZG03C1SCH55758
SCAZG03C5SCX55761











Rolls-Royce Flying Spur, model year 1995, press photo (above).
Rolls-Royce Flying Spur SCAZG03C9SCH55068 (below).



















Please find below an article from The Spirit, a magazine of the RREC/SZ Register, issue 3, 2016.












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