1995 SVX 5-speed Crashed

[LarryIII]

Don DiNaro, a long time SVXer who is on the Yahoo SVX site, recently crashed his 1995 Bordeaux Pearl, 5-speed, SVX. Thankfully he is OK.
I have copied his post and pasted it below.
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Unfortunately I crashed the smallcar Ebay SVX I bought 10
> months ago. The brake pedal simply hit the floor and I had no brakes
> and ran up and under the back end of a 5-ton 1/4 " steel plate
> trailer. Since I ran under the trailer the damge was top of the hood
> down to the motor, shearing off many critical systems. Gone are
> Lights, grills,radiator, air compressor, air cleaner, alternator,
> electrical fuse box and the links, hood, right and left quarter
> panels. The rest of the car is Mint! Naturally insurance companies
> being the disgusting group they are, did not pay me for the 10K
> thousand I had in this Cherry Mint condition beautiful car that I
> think ran at 275 horsepower and was King of the Pa. Turnpike. So, I
> hate to see this car go to the auto crusher. You could buy this car
> off me for $2,000.00 USD with its wonderful 5 speed conversion
> intact. There was no damage to anything past the mid line of the
> hood. The airbag did not go off, there is no damage to the front
> bumper, weird this accident. I walked away in good condition, but my
> baby got really messed up. Contact me at Dondi@p... or call my
> cell # at: 412-378-2034. I do have to beat the insurance man who has
> no love for 10 year old classic cars. Of course I still have my 1992
> Liquid sliver Pit bull, The best built of all the SVX years and will
> always keep her.
> Does anyone have a good idea as to how its possible that
> the pedal could hit the floor , leaving me with no brakes at all.
> Leaks ? In what system would do this, ABS or vacuum master cylinder ?
> Since I hit a guy up the rear I do have some legal problems with
> the police charging me with bad driving. Pa is not a very friendly
> state and the cops are well meaning but disbelieving.
Regards, Don DiNaro
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[Chiketkd]

I remember that Bourdeaux Pearl 5-spd SVX on Ebay. I'm glad he's trying to sell it to someone else rather than send it off to the junk yard.

-Chike

[n00b on demand]

Hmmmm you know somethin chike i actually have the 30th,1st off ...maybe i can talk omar into going down for the swap!!...sorry to get OT

[GreenMarine]

THat is a terrible post to read man ... Really glad that you are OK though... Seems like there are alotta SVXi that are getting into accidents now It really is too bad too...

[TomsSVX]

Maybe the accident may have been related to small car's pedal assembly? If the assembly cracked at a weld or broke elsewhere, it may have caused the pedals to go out. I think he would have better luck parting it out and selling me the pedal assembly, (if it is not broken) Anyway I am sorry to hear another SVX is down for the count but happy to hear the SVXer is ok.

Tom

[Chiketkd]

Originally Posted by soobiesvx93

Hmmmm you know somethin chike i actually have the 30th,1st off ...maybe i can talk omar into going down for the swap!!...sorry to get OT

That's awesome. Hope you can make it. It'll be nice to meet you and Omar in person.

-Chike

[drivemusicnow]

Larry, Tell him to ask the police what mechanic they will trust for "legal issues" have them inspect the car (should do it for a very low cost) they should be able to relieve him of responsibility, and even point out what may have been the cause. Also ask him if he has ANY reciepts of parts that hes put in the car (try to get the small car reciept if he can) DO NOT TAKE THE INSURANCES FIRST OFFER! hand them a pile of reciepts with all the money you've put in your car, and they'll be like "oh... ok how about THIS number" you can still buy the car back and part it out and should be able to end up with a significant amount of money more than the insurance agents first stated.

[Earthworm]

My guess is that a brake line popped. Happened to me in my Justy. There was no warning. I was lucky no one was in front of me or crossing that intersection.

It's sad to see a 5spd SVX lost. Any idea which tranny was in it?

[svxsubaru1]

since its small car its a hydralic one.