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What will be of the SVX in 100 years
Do you think there will be any SVX's around in 100 years, and if there are, will there still be gasoline around to power it. What would one be worth?? Just an interesting thought that came to me recently. None of us will be around, so lets hear your insights and comments.
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Good question, 100 years is a very long time. We are just getting to the point where there are even 100 year old cars in existence. Certainly there will be some current cars around 100 years from now, in private collections or museums. The question will be with so few SVXes, will some make it there? It will depend on wheter our passion will be passed down a couple generations I guess.
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One idea of the future as it relates to cars that's kinda cool to think about:
RUSH LYRICS "Red Barchetta" My uncle has a country place That no one knows about He says it used to be a farm Before the Motor Law And on Sundays I elude The Eyes And hop the Turbine Freight To far outside The Wire Where my white-haired uncle waits Jump to the ground As the Turbo slows to cross the borderline Run like the wind As excitement shivers up and down my spine Down in his barn My uncle preserved for me an old machine For fifty odd years To keep it as new has been his dearest dream I strip away the old debris That hides a shining car A brilliant red Barchetta From a better vanished time I fire up the willing engine Responding with a roar Tires spitting gravel I commit my weekly crime Wind In my hair Shifting and drifting Mechanical music Adrenaline surge... Well-weathered leather Hot metal and oil The scented country air Sunlight on chrome The blur of the landscape Every nerve aware Suddenly ahead of me Across the mountainside A gleaming alloy air car Shoots towards me, two lanes wide I spin around with shrieking tires To run the deadly race Go screaming through the valley As another joins the chase Drive like the wind Straining the limits of machine and man Laughing out loud with fear and hope I've got a desperate plan At the one-lane bridge I leave the giants stranded at the riverside Race back to the farm To dream with my uncle at the fireside Great song! This was inspired by the short story "A Nice Morning Drive" published in Road and Track in 1973. You can read it here. Well worth the read and strangely prophetic about a lot of things.
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Troy 1992 SVX LSL "Serenity" 250,000 miles! I don't care, I'm still free, You can't take the sky from me... |
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As for SVXi in 100 yrs? Take a look at the cars that have lived 100 yrs, or even 50yrs. They were, in thier day, either super rare, and expensive, or so ubiquitous that parts stayed available for the long haul. Take the Model T, and say an early Rolls. The Rolls was preseved, not through maintenance, but rather through not being used as much. The Model T was likeley worn out & rebuilt several times, because parts were cheap & plentiful. As we well know, parts are starting to get hard to find for our cars. At this point, for an SVX to last 100 yrs it'd need to be put up, then excercised very sparingly. I think we ALL hope our cars will see 2108. The truth of the matter is, only a VERY few cars reach the century mark. (Buicks excepted)
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Troy 1992 SVX LSL "Serenity" 250,000 miles! I don't care, I'm still free, You can't take the sky from me... |
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Think of the tens of thousands of WWII warbirds built in the U.S., of which only a few priceless examples remain. They didn't disappear for want of parts, but because their value didn't begin to ascend to breathtaking heights until suddenly, almost all were gone. Most were simply scrapped. That said, it's certainly possible that someone could conserve an SVX for that long. And sure, there will be some gasoline around, but it will probably be considered little more than a pricey, smelly solvent. dcb |
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I think a more realistic question is how many will be around in 50 years or when the car is 50 years old.
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i hope it will have fully biodegraded by then!
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Only if someone invents faux termites to eat the faux wood
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