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What a nice example.<br>
<p>So sad that we never got these updated second series SD1s in the
USA.</p>
<p>Brought back nice memories of my SD1. What a great driving and
practical vehicle this was. With the back seat down and with that
hatch, it was like an estate. Build quality and interior materials
of what we got in the USA in 1980 were atrocious. These later cars
were a real upgrade.</p>
Still, a great driving car. I always thought it felt as light and
tossable as an MGB but was really planted on the ground. When I got
it, there was a Holley 390 on it which tended to only work well at
full throttle, but boy did it scoot. 5-speed manual. I replaced it
with a very tractable and simple to adjust Weber which was a
wonderful appliance but didn't deliver that punch.<br>
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I towed a white automatic parts car all the way from south of
Richmond, VA to Philadelphia and stripped it of all its parts. By
the time it was just a unibody on 4x4 timbers, I decided that I
should have gone the other way and used the parts car as the keeper
since it had zero rust. Removed the engine in my driveway by
releasing the front subframe and jacking the body up in stages with
4x4 blocks until I could pull the engine forward and out. One of the
hairier things I ever did, but it worked and no one was killed.<br>
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My wife actually used this SD1 as a daily driver to commute back and
forth to work. She actually liked it and enjoyed all the questions
and comments she got.<br>
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