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Originally Posted by captain paul
I can fill in a bit of info on the test car.
Myself and a business partner bought PDH at auction as seen last summer, she drove nicely considering the age of the car but check engine light was on.
We had her on display at various events around the country on sale.
The gearbox was fine until someone (not me) decided to play with the gears in manual mode, not a good idea as we all know.
She was then sold at a classic car auction as seen. I should have bought out my partner's share in the car and kept her but storage was a problem at the time and financially it did not make sense to own 2 SVXs.
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Hey Paul
Welcome to the site, and thanks for the update.
The gearbox may have been on a downward spiral, and playing with it just hastened the demise. I'm saying this, having had quite a bit of trouble with my last car, and currently, I have not had time to solve an electrical glitch in Betty's gearbox.
I think if you don't hammer the box, or change down to a gear that is too low, with a good gearbox you can play a bit without too much harm done. I constantly shift from D to 3 and vice versa in order to SAVE my gearbox and drivetrain.
PDH should be a good bet to hold onto, but it does sound as if quite a bit of rectification is currently on the cards. With a few of them on the market at pretty cheap prices, I am sure it would be very easy to buy a better one for the money, for everyday use.
But as a piece of nostalgia, PDH would be a worthwhile gamble for somebody mechanically minded, who was willing to do a rolling restoration.
Nice to have you on the forum, and thanks again for the history.
Joe
