tommyb
07-01-2019, 08:32 PM
My 1985 SVO is back home! After 9 years away from "home" I decided to bring my 1985 SVO home again. I bought this car with 26,736 miles outside Detroit in Inkster MI. and proceeded to drive it home September 6, 2008 after flying out and buying it sight unseen. This car was driven sparingly and then shipped to Tucson, AZ where it resided at a seasonal home for approximately 7 years where is was garaged and taken on short trips for exercise during my visits there. After selling the Tucson house it rode back to Minnesota in the back of a semi trailer behind the furniture and was delivered to Brainerd, MN vacation house again stored in a heated garage and driven sparingly in the summer months. Friday June 28, 2019 I drove the car a short distance from the house to play golf as a test for the long 135 mile drive home, during this short trip the odometer turned to 29,000 miles. It now sits in my garage with 29,142 miles after nearly 11 years of ownership (2406 mi.). I almost forgot what it was like to drive a car without cruise control, my aching leg! During my ownership I have replaced the exhaust with a custom SS system replicating the original dual tip look, new brakes all around, tires, H&R sport springs, Ford Motorsport Aluminum driveshaft, frame mounted fuel pump and new rag joint thanks to my good friend Doug (aka Laredo), (steering was getting pretty sloppy). Otherwise car is bone stock and a great survivor! Nice to have my old friend back home!